A disruptive US backup and security vendor is looking for a Junior Pre Sales Engineer to support the sales teams across the UK.
This is a customer facing role.
As a pre-IPO start-up they are looking for a dynamic individual who has experience within back-up, disaster recovery and data management solutions.
Key Responsibilities: As a Junior Pre Sales Engineer, you will be accountable to deliver and exceed revenue goals by driving innovative technical engagement with partner and/or prospects in conjunction with the sales team.
- Demonstrate technical leadership and subject matter expertise.
- Support of pre-sales activities in the assigned market building technical relationships with channel partners, their customers and eco-system partners.
- Delivers technical and sales presentations to channel partner's sales teams heavily focused on the technical roles and directly to end users.
- Successfully builds relationships with the account team, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages corporate resources, abilities, budgets and personnel as appropriate.
- Leads technical sales calls and educates others.
- Qualifies sales opportunities in the terms of customer technical requirements, competition, decision making process and funding along with sales team.
- Support lead generation activities such as events, webinars, user groups, etc.
Requirements: - Hands on experience with Veeam Data Platform and datacentre experience (Storage, networking, virtualization).
Other data protection will be considered.
- Driven –highly energetic with a strong hands-on, "can do" approach.
- Entrepreneurial - willing to go the extra mile, strong work ethic, resourceful, "get it done" attitude.
- Strives in moving in a fast-paced environment; including handling multiple calls/demos per day with immediate follow up.
- A high level of business acumen and experience working with Cx0 level personnel, knowing that technology solutions solve business challenges.
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and be able to educate others.
- Willingness to travel for regional events and customer meetings; 50% travel.