Solutions Engineer
Interact Software - Manchester
About us
Interact provides enterprise-grade intranet software that connects over three million employees to leading global names like Levi's, Domino’s, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Technicolor.
Our team of customer-focused problem solvers are passionate about helping organizations to communicate better. We do this together by constantly working to improve every service and product we offer. With offices in New York, Tulsa, Manchester, Warsaw & Dubai, we operate across North America, EMEA, and Australia.
Click on any of our vacancies and you’ll see one thing in common – they all begin with this message. Why? Because at Interact we treat everyone with the same respect and honesty. Whether you’re a developer fresh out of college or a seasoned salesperson, we live the motto that we uphold for our customers: our people are our most valuable assets.
Our team of customer-focused problem solvers are passionate about helping organizations to communicate better. We do this together by constantly working to improve every service and product we offer. With offices in New York, Tulsa, and Manchester, we operate across North America, EMEA, and Australia.
We’re looking for candidates who love partnering with our customers to craft experiences which amplify productivity and delight users. Our products are used by businesses across the world to connect teams and provide a foundation for work to be done – our stack is used alongside tools from Microsoft, Atlassian, SAP, and others, which means our customers are discerning and demanding.
We’re looking for a seasoned Solutions Engineer to join our Product Team, who will work primarily with our Sales Team, and provide support to our Customer Success Team. You’ll have the opportunity to play a key role in the acquisition of new business – slicing through requirements set by household brands that we’re lucky enough to have as prospective customers, and stories (expressed in live demos) that drive conversion.
A little about you...
- 4 Years+ working within sales or pre-sales teams for SaaS businesses
- Knowledge of common enterprise IT systems and how large businesses think about software and procurement
- Professional experience presenting to technical and non-technical audiences
- You’re an optimistic technologist* at heart. You love solving real problems by deploying the right tools, measuring their impact, and experimenting until you have something compelling and delightful
- You love helping people by matching their needs to solutions that minimize trade-offs, and maximize delight
- You’re deeply empathetic – you don’t need to be told that someone is having a tough day, and you seek out opportunities to make people smile
- You ask lots of questions – knowing that most people need careful coaching in order to truly explain the meaning behind their message
- You’re an excellent communicator – thinking carefully about how certain messages and phrases will be interpreted, and selecting the most effective based on reading the room – most importantly you deliver messages confidently and clearly
- You’re comfortable in front of audiences that most would find intimidating – and you’ve worked with enterprise prospects for years and are confident in talking to such stakeholders
- You over-prepare (or, as you would describe it, prepare adequately) meaning you anticipate lots of things going wrong, and usually have a way to recover quickly
About the role...
- Manage the technical setup of demo environments – connecting our platform to 3rd-party integrations via our Marketplace suite of tools
- Read and parse extensive RFI/RFP documents to understand prospect needs – working closely with the Sales Team to build insights into what the foundational needs of each opportunity are
- Create and deliver compelling demos of the platform which are tailored to the prospective customer’s frame of context
- Be a product expert (with lots of help from our extensive training materials)
- Think on your feet (or, office chair) – when quizzed by prospective customer teams across diverse functions such as IT, HR, Communications, and Leadership
- Continually learn about, and deliver presentations on, the platform roadmap – with a focus on the benefits of the features we’re developing
- Analyze the sales lifecycle and suggest refinements – asking questions and devising options for improvement
- Work closely with team members across the US and UK – sufficient overlap with relevant time zones is important
We wanted to call this role Optimistic Technologist, but our People and Culture Team told us that nobody knows what that is, alas.