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Strategic Solution Engineer - Travel, Transport and Hospitality

Greg's List - DC

London

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GBP 30,000 - 33,000

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28 days ago

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Job summary

A leading company in the technology sector is seeking a Strategic Solution Engineer specializing in Travel, Transport, and Hospitality. This role involves leveraging technical expertise to drive digital transformation and engage with customers effectively. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in solution engineering and a strong understanding of industry trends and technologies. Join a team committed to innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

10+ years' experience in solution/sales engineering or TTH industry.
Experience in data technologies like Snowflake, Data Bricks.
Strong communication and relationship skills.

Responsibilities

Serve as a thought leader in the TTH industry.
Contribute to pipeline creation and lead GTM strategies.
Engage in market awareness activities.

Skills

Technical credibility

Interpersonal communication

Time management

Problem-solving

Inquisitive nature

Tools

Data technologies

Cross Cloud technologies

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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

Were Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good youve come to the right place.

Were looking for exceptional candidates to join the Strategic Solution Engineering team, aligned to the Travel, Transport & Hospitality (TTH) industry. The Strategic Solution Engineer (SE) is responsible for presenting Salesforces product offerings and architecture in the best light to prospects and customers, instilling confidence in our technology, and addressing all technical objections in the sales cycle. This role goes beyond traditional solution engineering to focus on industry-specific strategy, thought leadership, and go-to-market execution. The Strategic SE must have a strong desire to leverage their technical, sales, industry and transformative expertise to drive pipeline, engage key stakeholders, and influence industry-wide digital transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as a TTH (Travel, Transport and Hospitality) industry thought leader with a point of view, both internally and externally

Establish strong technical credibility and professional rapport with customers, partners, and internal collaborators.

Contribute to pipeline creation, working closely with account teams to identify and develop new opportunities.

Lead local industry technical go-to-market (GTM) strategies, such as Agentforce, and craft Salesforces industry point of view (POV).

Develop and deliver compelling demonstrations, business value assessments, and go-to-market assets that resonate with customers.

Engage in market awareness activities, including speaker engagements, industry forums, and thought leadership content.

Act as the voice of UK&I customers to the Product and Global CoE teams, providing feedback to advise roadmap decisions.

Collaborate across Salesforces global teams to ensure consistency in messaging, approach, and execution.

Work with partners in the local market to align on industry messaging, competitive positioning, and ecosystem engagement.

Provide competitive insights to help advise go-to-market positioning and customer strategies.

Drive multiplier impact on strategic accounts, ensuring scalable success across the industry.

Educate internal teams on industry trends, challenges, and best practices to improve collective expertise.

Focus on strategic opportunities, accounts, and industry motions, delivering industry-specific innovation.

Participate in all appropriate training and certifications to maintain deep product and industry expertise.

Meet and exceed quarterly and annual objectives as assigned by management.

Required Qualifications

10 or more years' experience as a solution/sales engineer for a CRM company or similar technology
or 10 or more years' experience gained from working within the TTH industry (Travel, Transport & Hospitality) in the UK or globally
Experiences in Data technologies such as Snowflake, Data Bricks, Amazon S3, Datamirror etc
Understanding of Cross Cloud technologies
Experiences in driving transformational changes across a retail organisation and or the retail industry
Knowledge of related applications, relational database, web technology, and cyber-security
Crucial to demonstrate an understanding of key industry processes including appropriate AI use cases
Track record of solution engineering, consultancy, delivery, or training success for an enterprise software solution organisation. We are open to a variety of backgrounds for the role.
Shown oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication and relationship skills.
Time management skills in a dynamic team environment.
Ability to work as part of a team to tackle problems in dynamic, energising environments.
Inquisitive, practical, and passionate about technology and sharing knowledge and standard processes
Willing and able to travel occasionally

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