Senior Solutions Engineer

Pimento Connection; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Generous pension

Job summary

Pimento Connection seeks a senior technical client advisor to support Defence, National Security, Law Enforcement and Justice customers within the Public Sector. The role combines technical credibility with relationship building to translate needs into AI and analytics solutions.

You will lead technical strategy, act as primary contact, and guide pre‑sales activities with cross‑functional teams to win opportunities.

Qualifications

• Customer discovery and high‑value questioning.
• Translating client business and mission requirements into solutions.
• Value‑based selling with technology to customer outcomes.
• Clear storytelling for technical and executive audiences.
• Workshop facilitation and requirements gathering.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary technical contact and trusted advisor for Defence, National Security, Law Enforcement & Justice customers.
• Define and execute the technical strategy in partnership with account teams.
• Lead multi‑discipline teams to pursue opportunities and demonstrations (POCs).
• Deliver high‑quality customer experience and articulate value through presentations and demos.
• Balance technical credibility with business outcomes to win engagements.

Skills

Customer discovery

Active listening

Value‑based selling

Storytelling

Workshop facilitation

Influencing

High EQ

Curiosity

Project leadership

Job description

Our customer is a global leader in data and AI and within the UK, our customer is a strategic partner to UK Government, working with many central departments and in Enterprise Agreement with MOD.

About the role:

Due to the expansion of the Public Sector Business Unit our customer is looking for a senior technical client advisor to support their Defence, National Security, Law Enforcement & Justice customers.

In this role, you will combine technical credibility, industry understanding and strong relationship-building skills to help clients solve complex mission challenges through data, AI and advanced analytics.

You will act as a trusted advisor and primary technical contact, shaping customer engagements, translating business needs into compelling customer solutions, and leading the technical strategy for new opportunities in close partnership with account teams and wider specialists.

Key responsibilities and characteristics as follows:

• Be an advisor, providing guidance on how public sector organisations can create business value and support their goals through the use of data and deployment of AI and analytical solutions.
• Act as the primary technical contact between the client and our customer, translating client business needs to value-generating solutions based on products (software and cloud) and associated services.
• Define and execute the technical strategy, working independently from, but in alignment and close partnership with, the account executive and wider engagement team.
• Provide technical and pre-sales leadership to new business opportunities, engaging with technical and business audiences – defining and owning the technical engagement plan, building and leading multi-discipline teams in pursuit of these opportunities.
• Be responsible for dealing with complex customer situations using knowledge of industry standards, solutions and the customer’s technology landscape to help deliver win‑win outcomes for the customer and for the wider business.
• Deliver a high‑quality, high‑impact customer experience and demonstrate our customer’s value through various mediums (presentations, discussions, demonstrations POCs etc).
• Use domain (technical and industry) knowledge to create a compelling vision to influence all stakeholders in formal and informal meetings, adapting the material to suit the audience and using influencing and negotiation skills to overcome internal and external objections.

Ideal requirements:

• UK Security Clearance – ideally DV.
• 5+ experience in a similar role (business partner relationship, sales, technical) within the technology industry
• A broad mix of technical knowledge, understanding of enterprise architecture with knowledge of architecture standards and cloud platforms
• A passion for AI and how it’s application can make the world a safer, healthier and fairer place – and ideally with experience in topics such as data management, AI, analytics, fraud detection and intelligence
• Willingness to travel to customer sites as required; skills to be hands‑on in customer‑facing situations; for example - facilitate workshops, gather requirements, and be comfortable delivering software demonstrations as needed
• Ideally - previous experience of working in the territory - MOD (as a civil servant or in one of the services) or UK Policing/National Security

Skills:

• Customer discovery, active listening and high‑value questioning
• Translating business and mission requirements into compelling business solutions
• Business and industry acumen, with the credibility to become a trusted customer advisor
• Value‑based selling and the ability to connect technology to value and measurable customer outcomes
• Clear and engaging storytelling, presentation, written and demonstration skills - for both technical and executive audiences
• Workshop facilitation, requirements gathering and creative problem‑solving
• Influencing, negotiation and objection‑handling skills
• High EQ to building trusted relationships – with customers, and internally for cross‑functional collaboration and virtual team leadership
• Curiosity, adaptability and a commitment to continuous learning
• Strong organisation, prioritisation and project leadership skills

Location:

Our customer has a flexible, hybrid working approach - home working is permitted. They encourage employees to work from one of the offices for 2-3 days a week.

The offices are a modern working environment with superb facilities - designed to promote wellbeing, creativity and collaboration (the Buckinghamshire HQ has subsidised canteen, free beverages, onsite golf course, cricket pitch, games room etc).

Compensation:

Competitive Base Salary, OTE and benefits package, Car allowance, Generous Pension scheme, Private Healthcare and Flexible Benefits (family healthcare, dental cover, holiday trading, discounted shopping and rewards).