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We are thrilled to offer an exceptional opportunity for a visionary Presales professional to join our team as a Account Solution Engineer. This role presents an exciting chance to collaborate with a rapidly expanding and dynamic industry, showcasing the innovative capabilities of Salesforce applications and platforms. We are seeking a candidate who is not only proficient in Presales but is also deeply passionate about driving impactful change and fostering continuous learning and personal growth.The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of partnering with organisations to drive tangible business outcomes through cutting-edge technology solutions. They should possess a keen ability to engage with both business and technology leaders at the highest levels, effectively communicating the transformative power of Salesforce.More than just presenting features, we are looking for someone who can passionately articulate the profound business value that comes from embracing change and leveraging Salesforce as a strategic partner in this journey towards digital transformation. If you are an innovative thinker who is enthusiastic about your work, dedicated to ongoing learning, and driven by the prospect of personal and professional growth, we encourage you to apply.


Responsibilities

• Manage ESMB organisations across a range of industries to understand their challenges and goals through focused discovery sessions and workshops.
• A Solution Engineer plays a pivotal role in aligning innovative strategies to technology solutions within complex accounts. This role focuses on partnering with clients and collaborating with internal team members to drive consensus on multi-product technology solutions across the various Salesforce product lines.
• Solutions Engineers work on a wide array of assignments including business development, operations and IT strategies, as well as product demonstrations. This person must assume the role of trusted advisor for driving innovative solutions forward while also improving business performance.
• Business Problem Solving: Take ambiguous and sophisticated business problems and using research and business assessment capabilities, define the problem, drive innovative ideas, define the opportunity set, and recommend practical next steps.
• Innovation Management: Bring focus to a client's decision making process by communicating and evaluating solution options, and driving consensus among key collaborators. In some instances, we help our clients develop new decision frameworks and governance processes that continue to deliver value far beyond a particular engagement.
• Connect Experiences: Demonstrate through software demos and rapid prototyping how connected experiences come to life with The Salesforce Solutions.
• "Solutioning" is fundamental to the SE role. It is important to realize that a component of the responsibilities will include assisting the customer, Account Executive and Professional Services team with the discovery, analysis and ultimately the recommendation of strategic solutions for the customer by delivering transformational pitches based in live product demonstrations to validate. These Solutions will use all of the Salesforce technologies to address the core challenges and objectives that are uniquely identified for each customer.
• Discover the customer's business needs, and position the best Salesforce solution to achieve those business objectives
• Build and present customized solutions and demonstrations focused on Salesforce products to multiple customer personas showing how Salesforce will accelerate their business strategies and a path to value.
• Convey a deep understanding of the customer's architecture as it pertains to Salesforce's solutions
• Orchestrate and lead cross-functional solutions guides, and align them to the opportunity strategy
• Develop and deliver the story of the customer experience aided by Salesforce technologies
• Participate in all appropriate product, sales, and procedural training and certifications to acquire and maintain the knowledge vital to be effective in the position
• Ability to travel based on territory alignment and region

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
• Knowledge of related applications, relational database and web technology
• Solid oral, written, presentation, collaboration and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team to solve technical problems in varied political environments
• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Salesforce Certifications
• Previous experience as a solution/sales engineer for a CRM company or similar technology
• Basic programming experience in HTML and other web based technologies

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