Everbridge: a fast-growing global provider of SaaS-based critical communications and enterprise safety solutions currently have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Sales Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer to be responsible for the LATAM region. This is a remote/home-based position to be based in Chile or Mexico. The Sales Engineers are the primary Pre-Sales technical resource for the Everbridge Account Executives and work with our largest and most complex clients and prospects. The Sales Engineers evangelize, demonstrate, and prove the Everbridge Critical Event Management (CEM) platform to business and technical users including C level executives. This role is responsible for actively driving and managing the technology evaluation stage of the sales process and designing customer solutions that address and overcome business problems whilst establishing and maintaining strong relationships throughout the sales cycle and will involve some travelling.What you'll do:
Working directly with Account Executives as their primary technical pre-sales contact
Providing assistance and knowledge during the discovery phase of new sales opportunities
Presenting the Critical Event Management Platform/Vision to technical, business, and C level audiences.
Providing tailored solution demonstrations to address client business challenges and show positive business outcomes that can be achieved using Everbridge solutions
Facilitating technical sales workshops and conducting pilots to address defined business challenges
Creating high-level functional specifications detailing client requirements for customisations and integrations to third party systems to be used by Everbridge Professional Services team
Demonstrating Everbridge REST API and answering detailed technical questions about product capability and delivery infrastructure
Positioning Everbridge Professional Services for quality delivery of proposed solutions
Providing training and producing support material for the sales team
Responding to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs/Security Questionnaires
Presenting during company events, at industry trade shows, and on customer webinars
Submitting ideas into the product request for enhancement (RFE) process based on customer interactions and industry trends
Participate in delivery of Professional Services for a targeted number of billable days per quarter as defined in the yearly compensation plan
What you'll bring:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required, preferably in an IT or technical discipline
Extensive experience in enterprise software sales and services in a field facing presales capacity
Fluency in Spanish and English - verbal and written (must have)
Ability to interpret customer needs into solution-based demonstrations using discovery and questioning techniques
Ability to develop strong customer relationships and champions
Comfortable evangelizing solutions to C level audiences
Extensive knowledge of Internet hosted applications, highly available architectures, computer security, telephony, and networking
Technical knowledge with relational data structures, XML/SOAP, middleware architectures, and REST APIs
Excellent skills in maintaining a high level of productivity in a fast-paced, team environment while managing multiple competing priorities/sales support/professional service activities
Excellent skills in eliminating sales obstacles through creative and adaptive approaches
Experience with solution and consultative/value-based selling techniques
Ability to dynamically alter technical presentations and discussions based on client needs or better approaches to client challenges
Ability to prepare and deliver detailed product/technical discussions and presentations, at times with extreme short notice, limited preparation time, but with professionalism
Excellent communication skills (written and oral) to technical and non-technical users including experience responding to RFIs/RFPs/Security Questionnaires
Highly organized and driven by success, achievement and recognition
Entrepreneurial spirit, intellectual curiosity and persuasive confidence
Excellent time management skills with proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce.com and web-based applications
Ability and willingness to travel
Bridger Culture: At Everbridge, we have a mission that mattersto keep people safe and businesses runningduring critical events. Our Bridgers join Everbridge to make a positive impacton the world through their work. The core of our company culture is built around making a difference. Our people are dedicated to solving problems during difficult times and challenging situations as our software was built to save lives.We are a rapidly growing organization transforming the field of critical event management and need passionate, committed and determined individuals to help us carry out our mission. Our environment is dynamic, and our culture is constantly evolving and expanding in order to provide the best employee experience.Click hereto learn more about what we do. Passionate about our mission? Want to #BeTheBridge? Apply to be a part of our team today!Everbridge is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, or sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.