Manager, Sales Engineering - UKI

Cohesity; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohesity, the leader in AI-powered data security, is seeking a Sr. Manager, Sales Engineering to join our UKI team. You will provide technical leadership and drive our sales efforts with large enterprise customers.

Lead a team of sales engineers, mentor members, deliver product demonstrations, proof of concepts, and collaborate with product management. This role supports two UKI segments and requires travel.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in a customer-facing pre-sales role proposing enterprise solutions.
• 5 years of experience managing Sales Engineers teams.
• Experience selling Enterprise Hardware/Software, Cloud platforms or Virtual Infrastructure.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills; ability to influence multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Sales Engineers across UKI, guiding technical and solution architecture for opportunities.
• Mentor team members and develop their technical and customer-facing expertise.
• Provide expert sales and technical support by clearly articulating Cohesity technology to customers and prospects.
• Enable customers to integrate Cohesity products into production environments.
• Respond to customer and partner requests with timely, accurate proposals.
• Drive secondary storage technology strategy for key accounts and partners.
• Develop and deliver product demos, workshops, white papers, and proposals.
• Guide the team through proof-of-concepts to showcase Cohesity value.
• Collaborate with product management to relay customer requirements and influence product improvements.
• Provide project management and post-sales technical support as needed.

Skills

Customer-facing

Pre-sales

Sales leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree (CS/Engineering/Math)

Job description

Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and our culture.

Want to join the leader in AI-powered data security?

Let's redefine the modern world of data management together! Join us as a Manager, Sales Engineering at Cohesity and play a vital role in driving our growth strategy. As a SE Manager for UKI, you will have the unique opportunity to lead a team of exceptional Sales Engineers in delivering flawless solutions and architectures for Data Protection, Analytics, Storage, Virtualization, Database, and Cloud to our biggest clients. This role will support two UKI segements.

At Cohesity, we believe in the power of collaboration and inclusion. As a SE Manager, you will have close interactions with various teams, including Cohesity Sales, Customers, Engineering, Support, Product Marketing, and Partners. Your expertise and leadership will guide and empower our SE team to successfully compete in the market and drive solution closure time, deal sizes, and solution win rate.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

• Lead a team in the Ohio Valley and Midwest territory, assisting with complex customer opportunities.
• Mentor and develop team members, fostering their technical expertise and customer knowledge.
• Provide expert sales and technical assistance by clearly articulating Cohesity technology to both your SE team and customers/prospects.
• Enable customers to seamlessly integrate Cohesity products into their existing production environments.
• Assist in responding to customer and partner requests, ensuring timely and accurate information and proposals.
• Drive the secondary storage technology strategy for our largest customers and partners.
• Communicate Cohesity's vision by developing and delivering product demonstrations, workshops, white papers, and proposals.
• Guide the team in successfully implementing proof of concepts to showcase the value of Cohesity technology.
• Collaborate with product management to convey customer requirements and contribute to product development and improvements.
• Provide project management and post-sales technical support if needed.

WE’D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• 8 - 10 years of experience of demonstrated success in a customer-facing pre-sales role, proposing enterprise solutions at all levels of a customer organization.
• 5 years of experience of successful experience managing Sales Engineers' teams.
• Experience in cooperating with customers and technology partners.
• Experience selling Enterprise Hardware or Software, Cloud Platforms, IaaS, PaaS, or Virtual Infrastructure software.
• Comfort in working with multiple decision-makers to drive proposals.
• Excellent presentation skills, both technical and business, to small and large groups within the customer hierarchy.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Consistent track record of building strong relationships internally and working cross-organizationally.
• Self-motivated and a self-starter, comfortable working remotely and autonomously.
• Willingness to travel within the prescribed territory as needed.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related field, or equivalent experience.

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Cohesity is seeking a Sr. Manager, Sales Engineering to join our world-class team. As the Sr. Manager, Sales Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our sales efforts by providing exceptional technical leadership and expertise.

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In-Office Expectations

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