Commercial Solutions Engineer Manager - APAC

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Senior level
Marketing Tech • Software
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The Role
Lead and grow a distributed Commercial Solutions Engineering team across APAC and MENA. Build scalable SE frameworks, integrate AI and automation to improve deal support and forecasting, partner with Sales, Product, and Marketing on GTM and account strategies, and act as regional technical sponsor for high-value commercial accounts to drive adoption and measurable ROI.
Summary Generated by Built In

Semrush is a brand visibility platform, empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact. We unify SEO authority and AI visibility, so brands are found, cited, and chosen everywhere search happens. That’s how Semrush gained the trust of over 28 million users—from scaling startups to Fortune 500 companies. 

Some highlights of our success:

  • $470M+ Annual Recurring Revenue with AI products surpassing $38M+ 

  • Dollar-based net revenue retention of 104%, as of December 31, 2025

  • Large deals growing 74% YoY

  • Semrush named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Search Engine Optimization Solutions, Q3 2025

  • Exceptional demand for the Enterprise platform, with deals with global giants like JP Morgan, LG, Samsung, TikTok, and others

Shared ambition makes a bigger impact. That’s why at Semrush, progress is a partnership: You push us forward, we push you further—and we all move as one.
Are you ready to be part of this journey?

About the opportunity

The Sales team is at the forefront of empowering businesses to achieve online visibility and digital marketing success. Through our selling approach and world-class enablement programs, we equip our team with the tools, resources, and training. This is how we keep delivering meaningful results for our customers.
Joining the Sales team also means:

  • Fast forward and continuous career growth: the highest rate of promotions within the organization

  • A team spread across 40+ locations around the globe

  • Offline and online bootcamps as part of our onboarding process

  • President’s club—an opportunity to celebrate exceptional results and reward top performers in high-class vacation destination 

  • Quota attainment has been recognized as higher than market average, according to RepVue

  • Uncapped commissions

About your future tasks

People Leadership

  • Recruit, develop, and lead a geographically distributed team of high-performing Commercial Solutions Engineers across APAC and MENA.

  • Foster a culture of collaboration, trust, and continuous learning across diverse markets and time zones.

  • Coach and mentor SEs to elevate technical depth, industry expertise, and consultative selling skills.

  • Create development frameworks that build future leaders and promote internal mobility.

Operational Excellence

  • Design scalable regional SE frameworks to ensure consistency, excellence, and agility across APAC and MENA.

  • Integrate AI, data-driven insights, and automation tools to enhance commercial deal support, forecasting, and solution quality.

  • Partner with Revenue Operations to align coverage models, resource allocation, and pipeline analytics for the commercial segment.

  • Drive regional alignment while respecting market nuance; balancing central efficiency with local agility.

Strategic Partnerships & GTM Execution

  • Collaborate with Commercial Sales Leadership to develop and execute account strategies for high-growth, multi-region customers.

  • Partner closely with Product, Marketing, and Customer Success to deliver feedback loops that shape product innovation and roadmap alignment for the commercial market.

  • Lead technical strategy for commercial segments verticals (e.g., retail, finance, SaaS, and E-commerce).

  • Ensure Semrush’s commercial value proposition resonates through technical storytelling, business outcome framing, and stakeholder engagement.

Customer Impact

  • Guide your team in supporting high-value commercial deals through tailored demos, architecture reviews, and proof-of-concept initiatives.

  • Serve as a regional technical sponsor for strategic commercial accounts, ensuring customer success from pre-sales through expansion.

  • Champion adoption of AI-powered insights, automation, and data orchestration to deliver scalable and measurable impact for commercial clients.

  • Promote regional consistency in how the SE team demonstrates ROI, TCO, and strategic value.

About you

Who We Are Looking For

  • 3+ years of Solutions Engineering leadership experience in multi-region or international Commercial sales environments.

  • 5+ years of SE experience, ideally supporting complex SaaS or martech platforms at a commercial scale.

  • Proven success managing distributed teams across APAC and MENA, with sensitivity to regional business dynamics and customer maturity.

  • Deep understanding of commercial sales cycles, procurement processes, and cross-functional stakeholder management.

  • Experience in vertical markets (e.g., retail, finance, SaaS, and E-commerce).

  • Strong command of AI and data-driven selling techniques, with demonstrated experience integrating tools that drive SE productivity and commercial customer engagement.

  • Exceptional collaboration across Sales, Product, and Marketing to align GTM execution across APAC and MENA. Expertise in SEO, digital marketing, or martech strongly preferred.

Professional Traits

  • Strategic and Regional Mindset: Balances long-term vision with tactical execution across diverse APAC and MENA markets.

  • Operational Rigor: Designs scalable, measurable systems that enable commercial growth and consistency.

  • Empathetic Leadership: Builds high-trust, inclusive teams that thrive in virtual and multicultural environments.

  • Technical and Commercial Acumen: Bridges deep product knowledge with customer business objectives.

  • AI-Forward and Innovative: Champions new tools and technologies to accelerate outcomes. Influential

  • Communicator: Inspires teams and customers through clarity, confidence, and authenticity.

About the perks
  • Strong product-market fit recognized by RepVue

  • High earning potential with clear quota attainment visibility

  • Employee Support Program

  • Loss of family member financial aid

  • Employee Resource Groups 

  • Hobby & team building budget allowance

A little more about the company

Semrush is the leading brand visibility platform, empowering marketers to command their online presence and create measurable impact.

Built on the industry’s most expansive proprietary dataset, Semrush delivers AI-driven insights across GEO, SEO, Agentic Search Optimization, content marketing, paid media, and social strategy. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA with a global presence across North America, Europe and Asia.
We’ve built something people are proud to be part of. And the awards agree: Great Place to Work, DEI Workplace, Diversity Champion Award, International Inclusion Award, Most Women Friendly Employers, Best Place for Working Parents. All thanks to 1700+ employees who build the company every day. 

About our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion commitments 

Semrush is an equal opportunity employer. Building a better future for marketers around the world unites people from all backgrounds. Even if you feel that you don’t 100% match all requirements, don’t be discouraged to apply! We are committed to ensure that everyone feels a sense of belonging in the workplace.
We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, creed, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or medical condition including medical characteristics, genetic identity, marital status, military service, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. 

We don’t just lead the market—we are busy creating a world where Semrush is an unfair advantage for every marketer. Join us! 

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of Solutions Engineering leadership experience in multi-region or international commercial sales
  • 5+ years of Solutions Engineering experience supporting complex SaaS or martech platforms
  • Proven success managing distributed teams across APAC and MENA
  • Deep understanding of commercial sales cycles, procurement processes, and cross-functional stakeholder management
  • Experience in vertical markets (retail, finance, SaaS, e-commerce)
  • Strong command of AI and data-driven selling techniques and integrating tools to drive SE productivity
  • Exceptional collaboration across Sales, Product, and Marketing to align GTM execution
  • Expertise in SEO, digital marketing, or martech

Semrush Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Semrush and has not been reviewed or approved by Semrush.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental‑health support, and tax‑advantaged accounts, with low‑cost options described for U.S. roles. Disability and life insurance, as well as travel coverage, further strengthen the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time‑off offerings include unlimited PTO, paid holidays and sick time, substantial parental leave, and sabbatical options. Policy guidance encouraging minimum time off appears alongside remote‑friendly flexibility.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) plan is offered for U.S. employees, with employer match referenced in some role descriptions. Retirement support is presented consistently as part of the core rewards.

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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
1,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

Semrush is a leading online visibility management SaaS platform that enables businesses globally to run search engine optimization, pay-per-click, content, social media and competitive research campaigns and get measurable results from online marketing.

Why Work With Us

Sense of Ownership. We all share the desire to set things into motion. Drive the projects you find meaning in, because it’s not worth wasting time on something you don’t believe in. Constant Changes. We are always looking to make things better. Trust. It’s what you have here by default. Speak up and be your true self.

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