Enterprise Sales Engineer - UK

Chainguard; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading security software company in the UK seeks a Sales Engineer to assess technical requirements for clients and cultivate relationships with decision-makers. The role involves conducting product demonstrations and managing sales opportunities while ensuring customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates have over 3 years of experience in sales engineering, strong knowledge of containers and cloud technologies, and excellent problem-solving skills. Flexible and remote-first culture with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Flexible & Remote-First Culture

100% Covered Health Insurance

∞ Flexible Time Off

18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Experience as a Sales Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer.
• Experience with MEDDPICC and/or Command of the Message frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience selling into Enterprise and Mid Market prospects.

Responsibilities

• Assess and address technical requirements for clients.
• Conduct product demonstrations and POVs for customers.
• Cultivate relationships with decision-makers at various organization levels.

Skills

Sales Engineering

Collaboration

Customer Relationship Management

Problem Solving

Adaptability

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Overview

The role, in a nutshell: You will assess a prospect’s technical requirements and apply extensive knowledge of Chainguard products to illustrate how a deal will satisfy the client’s unmet needs. You will cultivate relationships with decision-makers at all levels of an organization and negotiate the competing needs of multiple stakeholders within an organization. You will secure technical wins using methods such as demos, RFP/RFI responses, lead POVs, partner with engineering for requested features, and participate in conferences and industry events (when applicable).

What you'll do

• Partner with our Sales Team to help customers evaluate and prove the value of our solution
• Focus on acquiring new customer “logos” in addition to growing existing customer base
• Own all technical aspects of sales opportunities and assist current customers in understanding the value of Chainguard
• Day to day responsibilities include:
• Listen to our customers and understand their challenges
• Conduct product demonstrations and POVs/POCs
• Actively participate in webinars, meetups, conferences and other marketing initiatives

What we're looking for

• Experience as a Sales Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer
• Experience with MEDDPICC and/or Command of the Message sales frameworks
• Experience selling into Enterprise (3+ years) and Mid Market prospects
• Experience in the following areas:
  • Container technologies (Kubernetes, Serverless, Docker)
  • Cloud technology (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)
  • Cloud security or containers security
  • App Security
• Startup experience
• Smart and passionate people that can persevere to success
• People acting as trusted advisors, able to build credibility with customers
• Strong team players committed to help and mentor their peers

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

Values

We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.

We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options.
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child’s first year.
• For a full list of our benefits and rewards, please refer to our careers page.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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