Manager, Sales Engineering - Chicago/Minneapolis

Cerebras; Illinois; On-site; USD 201,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Vacation

Paid holidays and refresh days

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Cohesity in Illinois is seeking a Sales Engineering Manager to lead a team of Sales Engineers, guiding technical engagements across the sales cycle. You will partner with Sales Managers to secure new opportunities and ensure high-quality pre-sales deliverables, including product demos, workshops, and POC execution.

The role requires strong leadership, enterprise security knowledge, and the ability to coach engineers for effective customer outcomes. Domestic travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Requires strong pre-sales and technical leadership capabilities.
• Experience coaching sales engineers and delivering customer-focused demos.
• Understanding of enterprise security concepts and data protection is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineers across sales cycles.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and high-quality pre-sales support.
• Demonstrate Cohesity solutions and run proofs of concept for customers.

Skills

Sales Eng Leadership

Pre-sales Experience

Public Speaking

Security Concepts

Team Coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

CRM (Salesforce)

PowerPoint

Job description

We strongly prefer candidates who are currently located in or near the designated job location. Candidates outside the area should apply only if they are committed to relocating prior to their start date and have the legal right to work in the job location.

Cohesity is a leader in AI-powered data security and management. Aided by an extensive ecosystem of partners, Cohesity makes it easy to secure, protect, manage, and get value from data — across the data center, edge, and cloud. Cohesity helps organizations defend against cybersecurity threats with comprehensive data security and management capabilities, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, monitoring for malicious behavior, and rapid recovery at scale. We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design. Join us on our mission to shape the future of our industry.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineers, supporting their technical development, customer engagement skills, and execution throughout the sales cycle.
• Partner closely with Sales Managers to support new customer opportunities, providing hands‑on technical guidance and ensuring high‑quality pre‑sales support across assigned territories.
• Support customer engagements across Cohesity’s Data Cloud portfolio, including backup, recovery, cyber resilience, and data security, ensuring solutions align with customer technical and business requirements.
• Assist with RFPs, RFIs, proposals, and deal support, ensuring timely, accurate, and well‑positioned technical responses in collaboration with Sales and Partners.
• Support customer and partner conversations related to secondary storage and data protection use cases, helping position Cohesity as a strong solution for modern data security needs.
• Ensure consistent delivery of product demonstrations, technical workshops, and proofs of concept, supporting SEs in demonstrating both product capabilities and customer value.
• Identify technical challenges during pre‑sales and early customer engagements, escalating and collaborating with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Support teams to drive resolution.
• Provide hands‑on coaching and guidance to Sales Engineers during complex deals, customer meetings, and evaluations, acting as a point of escalation when needed.

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

• Experience partnering with Information Security, IT, or Infrastructure teams, with a solid understanding of enterprise security concepts, compliance considerations, and customer risk requirements.
• Prior experience managing or mentoring Sales Engineers, or serving as a technical team lead within pre‑sales, infrastructure, data protection, or security environments.
• Strong technical foundation in enterprise data protection, backup and recovery, or cyber resilience technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop technical talent, improving skills, confidence, and customer effectiveness.
• Working knowledge of on‑premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, and how modern data management solutions integrate within them.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Security certifications (e.g. CISSP, CISA, CISM) are a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.
• Strong communication skills in spoken and written English.
• Willingness to travel as required to support customers, partners, and team needs.

Pay Range : $201,400.00-$251,750.00

• health and wellness benefits
• vacation
• paid holidays and refresh days
• 401(k) retirement plan
• life and disability insurance coverages
• other benefits the Company may offer from time to time

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In-Office Expectations Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.