Sales Engineer

PitchBook Data; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial data firm in London seeks a Sales Engineer to support the Sales and Customer Success teams. The role includes providing technical expertise on API and data feed solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and managing client technical requests. Candidates should have over 2 years of relevant experience and a solid understanding of financial markets. PitchBook offers extensive training and benefits, including private medical insurance and a generous leave policy.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Paid parental leave

Employee referral bonus

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in sales/solutions engineering or technical sales.
• Experience with enterprise clients, including investment banks and consulting firms.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and consultation to clients regarding data feed and API solutions.
• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Success teams on implementing solutions.
• Support clients with installation and troubleshooting of PitchBook products.

Skills

Sales engineering

Customer success expertise

Technical sales

Project management

Financial markets knowledge

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Overview

At PitchBook, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company.

Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.

If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.

About the Role:

As a member of our Sales team, your commitment to excellence and passion for helping people succeed are the foundations for your career growth at PitchBook! With our customers’ success comes our success, and we are dedicated to providing them with the highest level of service and expertise.

At the core of our business is our commitment to understanding our clients' needs, challenges, and opportunities. As a member of our team, you\'ll be at the forefront of emerging trends and technologies by working closely with clients to position our products and services in a way that helps them achieve their goals. You will enjoy access to extensive training and development opportunities, including ongoing coaching and mentorship from experienced sales professionals. We are committed to helping you achieve your personal and professional goals, and we can’t wait for you to join the team!

PitchBook’s Sales Engineer provides support to our Sales and Customer Success teams as well as our clients related to our API and data feed solutions. Our Sales Engineer can easily navigate the technical aspects of our API and data feed products and effectively communicate how these products work to our clients or prospects. This role also provides ongoing technical support to clients related to our API and data feed products.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Provide pre- and post-sales technical expertise as well as ongoing consultation to PitchBook clients and prospects related to our customer-facing data feed and API solutions
• Partner with PitchBook’s Sales and Customer Success teams to determine and implement technical solutions for clients and prospects
• Coordinate with Product, Technology, and IT teams to effectively communicate to clients and prospects how the PitchBook Platform features, functionality, processes, and underlying technologies work
• Partner with remote development teams to build client solutions for PitchBook’s data feed and API products
• Manage a queue of client or prospect requests for technical solutions and specs
• Provide support to clients with installing and troubleshooting our PitchBook Excel plug-in and PitchBook Apps for CRMs such as Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, etc., including editing page layouts and assigning correct permissions
• Work collaboratively with Product teams to share customer feedback and suggestions
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

Skills and Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in sales/solutions engineering, customer success, or technical sales
• Must have experience in at least two of the following areas: financial markets industry knowledge, strong technical skills, or sales/customer success expertise. This experience should enable effective collaboration with large-scale enterprise clients, including major investment banks, Big 4 consulting firms, or Fortune 500 companies
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work in cross-functional teams, demonstrating strong project management and organizational skills
• Experience using CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce) and familiarity with the sales pipeline, emphasizing the ability to help drive sales processes and track engagement
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite and project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence), with a demonstrated ability to quickly learn new software and systems
• Strong desire and ability to learn more about the private equity, venture capital, private credit, and M&A marketplaces and understand how each of our diverse client types engages with our product and data

Benefits at PitchBook:

Physical Health

• Private medical insurance
• Additional medical wellness incentives
• Life cover

Emotional Health

• Paid sabbatical program after four years
• Paid parental leave
• Robust training programs on industry and soft skills
• Minimum 25 days annual leave and volunteer days

Social Health

• Employee resource groups
• Employee referral bonus program
• Quarterly team building events
• Income protection
• Shared ownership employee stock program
• Transportation stipend

*Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment.

Working Conditions

At the heart of our company is a belief in the power of in-person collaboration. Being together in the office fuels our creativity, strengthens our connections, and drives the innovation that sets us apart. This role is expected to be in the office 5 days a week. The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

We are consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work and our culture is at the heart of our success. It’s our fundamental belief that people do and create great things and that people are the cornerstone of prosperity. We believe that proactively seeking out different points of view, listening to others, learning, and reflecting on what we’ve heard creates a sense of belonging within PitchBook and strengthens the PitchBook community.

We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.

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