UK PubSec Director of Field Engineering

3Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Job summary

3Search is hiring a Director of Field Engineering for the UK&I Public Sector in London with hybrid work. You will own both pre-sales and post-sales for critical government accounts, and lead a small team to deliver complex solutions.

You will interact with government CTOs and programme directors, shaping architecture, security and data analytics discussions while driving ARR/NRR growth. Equity and a generous bonus structure accompany the role.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a pre-sales or post-sales technical team against targets.
• Substantive UK government technology background, vendor-side or within government.
• Strong working knowledge of G-Cloud, CCS frameworks, sovereign cloud and security classifications.
• Technical credibility with government CTOs and evaluation panels on data, architecture and security.

Responsibilities

• Own pre-sales and post-sales for UK&I Public Sector under one function.
• Lead the most complex, high-value accounts while building the team.
• Own Net New ARR and NRR targets across central government, law enforcement, intelligence and regulatory bodies.
• Be the trusted senior counterpart to programme directors, CDOs and CTOs across government.
• Report into the VP Field Engineering, EMEA.

Skills

Leadership

Pre-sales

Public sector

G-Cloud

CCS frameworks

Security classifications

Job description

Director of Field Engineering, Public Sector UK&I | London (Hybrid)

£125k - £150k + 30% Bonus + Shares

I'm partnering with one of the UK's most successful AI and data analytics scale-ups to hire a founding leader for their UK&I Public Sector field engineering function.

Their software is already embedded in some of the largest government deployments in the country. UK public sector is now their most important reference market globally. This is the first time the business has created dedicated leadership for it.

The role

• Own pre-sales (Solution Engineering) and post-sales (Technical Account) for UK&I Public Sector under one function
• Player-manager role: lead the most complex, high-value accounts yourself while building and developing the team
• Own Net New ARR and NRR targets across central government, law enforcement, intelligence and regulatory bodies
• Be the trusted senior counterpart to programme directors, CDOs and CTOs across government
• Report into the VP Field Engineering, EMEA

What they're looking for

• Experience leading a pre-sales or post-sales technical team against commercial targets
• Substantive UK government technology background, either vendor-side or within government
• Strong working knowledge of G-Cloud, CCS frameworks, sovereign cloud and security classifications
• Technical credibility with government CTOs and evaluation panels on data, architecture and security
• Background in data analytics, entity resolution or intelligence-led platforms is a bonus