Principal Manager-Sales Engineer

Verizon; Georgia; On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid holidays & personal days

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a results-driven sales professional to partner with the SMB Channel, understand customer needs, and craft the best package of our data, voice, security, IT, mobility and managed services.

You will focus on the technical aspects of solutions for new business customers, driving advanced solution sales, developing architecture, establishing business cases, and growing both new and existing accounts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience selling technical solutions.
• A valid driver’s license.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Proactively engage in territory to drive advanced solution sales.
• Understand customer business challenges.
• Develop the solution and design the architecture to solve the customer need.
• Establish business cases and help customers choose our solution.
• Draft agreements with pricing, service commitments, and technical specifications.
• Make and manage technical program plans that will deliver on promises.
• Grow new business and existing accounts.

Skills

Sales experience

Technical solutions selling

Customer-focused

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years experience

Six+ years relevant work experience

Job description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife.

What you’ll be doing…

Partnering with the sales team, you’ll understand customer needs and craft the best package of our services from data and voice. Your toolkit will also include security, IT, mobility, and professional managed services – all to help customers run their businesses smarter, safer, and faster. You will be focused on the technical aspect of solutions for new business customers. The goal will be to deliver the best technical solutions along with the best customer service.

• Ability to proactively engage in territory to drive advanced solution sales
• Understanding customer business challenges.
• Developing the solution and designing the architecture to solve the customer need.
• Establishing business cases and helping customers choose our solution.
• Drafting agreements with pricing, service commitments, and technical specifications.
• Making and managing technical program plans that will deliver on promises.
• Growing new business and existing accounts.

This position will support the SMB Channel and will be based in Irving or Houston, Texas.

What we’re looking for…

You’re inquisitive, resourceful, and relate well to all people. Your active listening coupled with your analytical mentality ensure that customers feel that they get what they need to move forward.
With your technical savvy and business perspective, you understand how to communicate the value of complex solutions in language people can understand. Client service is your middle name. You know that the individual and team success will only be achieved with customer success.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience selling technical solutions.
• A valid driver’s license.
• Willingness to travel.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Worked on a sales team and met challenging sales targets.
• Technical design and engineering experience. Ideally, communications or networks.
• Knowledge of wireless services and benefits of data, voice, cloud, managed services IT, security, and/or mobility solutions. Ideally, M2M exposure.
• Negotiated and contracted for complex technical solutions.
• Created detailed project plans covering technical specifications and requirements, and milestones for complex technical solutions.

Where you’ll be working

In this mobile role, you’ll primarily work from customer or field location(s), with occasional visits to a Verizon location for in-person training and meetings.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is a commission based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.