SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors.
We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism, ownership, and transformative impact.
About the Role
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Customer Engagement Manager (CEM) with a deep understanding of cybersecurity. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional with strong technical expertise in cybersecurity, excellent project management skills, and a passion for ensuring customer security and success.
As the CEM, you will be responsible for managing customer engagements, ensuring the successful implementation of our cybersecurity solutions, and delivering projects on time and within scope. You will serve as the primary technical point of contact for assigned accounts, working closely with customers to understand their security needs, providing strategic guidance, and ensuring they derive maximum value from our solutions once they’re implemented.
What You’ll Do
Customer Relationship Management:
- Serve as the primary contact for customers, providing regular updates and managing expectations.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with key cybersecurity stakeholders.
- Act as the escalation point for critical incidents, ensuring effective communication and resolution.
Solution Design & Strategic Guidance:
- Understand customers' security goals and provide tailored technical recommendations.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to design, implement and support cybersecurity solutions.
- Maintain detailed documentation of customer environments and support interactions.
Project Management:
- Lead and manage multiple cybersecurity projects, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
- Identify and mitigate risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prepare and present reports on SLA adherence, ticket trends, and key metrics.
Value Maximization:
- Help customers optimize the use of cybersecurity solutions to maximize protection and ROI.
- Gather and share customer feedback to drive product enhancements and address emerging threats.
Who You Are
- Technical Background:
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of networking, security protocols, and experience with enterprise deployments.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity solutions, including threat detection, incident response, network security, and endpoint protection.
- Ability to quickly grasp and explain complex cybersecurity concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficiency in troubleshooting methodology.
- Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in a technical role within the cybersecurity industry, with at least 8 years in a customer-facing role (e.g., TEM, TAM, Security Architect).
- Proven track record of successfully managing complex cybersecurity engagements, and managing and delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Experience working with large enterprise customers, particularly in complex, multi-vendor environments.
- Skills:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to build strong relationships with customers and internal teams, particularly in high-stakes security environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical challenges.
- High level of organization and attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Other Requirements:
- Willingness to travel up to 25%.
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees' personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in quantum technology.
We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.
Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.
What We Do
SandboxAQ is harnessing the exponential power of AI + Quantum (AQ) technology. The inspiration for SandboxAQ and some of the team originated at Alphabet Inc., becoming an independent entity in 2022. Our mission is to develop commercial products for financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, public sector, and other computationally-intensive industries.
Our team’s unique approach enables cross-pollination across a diverse range of fields, from physics, computer science, neuroscience, mathematics, cryptography, natural sciences, and more!
Our success comes from coalescing diverse talent to create an environment where experimental thinking and collaboration yield breakthrough physics + AI solutions. Join a culture where thought leadership, diverse talent, employee engagement, and technological impact will create the next tech uproar.
We are deeply committed to education as a means to advance quantum solutions and computing initiatives. We invest in future talent through internship programs, research papers, developer tools, textbooks, educational talks/events, and partnerships with universities/talent hubs to attract multi-disciplinary talent. Our hope is to inspire people from all walks of life to be prepared for the quantum era and encourage a path in STEM
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