Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
Manager, Sales Engineering - South Europe and Middle East region
Location: France - Remote
We’re looking for an experienced Manager, Sales Engineering to lead our Sales Engineering team supporting the South Europe and Middle East region.
This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who combines people leadership, Application Security expertise and strong commercial acumen. You’ll partner closely with Sales, Product Management, Engineering and R&D to support strategic customer engagements, accelerate new and expansion business, and ensure our customers understand the value of Black Duck’s AppSec portfolio.
What you’ll do:
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of Sales Engineers across the FAME region
- Partner with Sales leadership on regional strategy, complex opportunities and customer growth
- Support strategic technical engagements, demos and PoCs with enterprise customers
- Engage confidently with audiences from developers and security practitioners through to C-level executives
- Bring strong knowledge of Application Security, SDLC and DevSecOps, including technologies such as SAST, DAST, IAST and SCA
- Work closely with Product and R&D, bringing customer and market feedback into product discussions
- Help customers navigate emerging areas including AI-assisted software development and AI-driven code analysis
- Support partner and MSP-led AppSec opportunities
What we’re looking for:
- 3+ years' experience leading Sales Engineering or technical pre-sales teams
- 5+ years within enterprise software, ideally Sales Engineering or Technical Sales
- Strong knowledge of Application Security and modern software development
- Experience with SDLC, CI/CD and modern development technologies
- Comfortable leading complex enterprise sales cycles and technical evaluations
- Strong presentation and communication skills with both technical and executive audiences
- Based in France, with the ability to support customers and teams across FAME
Languages:
Fluent English is essential, with French and Arabic fluency highly desirable given the regional customer coverage.
Black Duck is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or military service status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black Duck complies with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination in every jurisdiction where it operates and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience leading Sales Engineering or technical pre-sales teams
- 5+ years of experience within enterprise software, ideally in Sales Engineering or Technical Sales
- Strong knowledge of Application Security and modern software development
- Experience with SDLC, CI/CD, and modern development technologies
- Experience leading complex enterprise sales cycles and technical evaluations
- Strong presentation and communication skills with technical and executive audiences
- Based in France with the ability to support customers and teams across the FAME region
- Fluent English
- French fluency
- Arabic fluency
Black Duck Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage provide multiple plan choices with transparent costs, with carrier updates noted for 2026. Vision via VSP and dental plan options offer defined tiers and network access.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching alongside an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback. These features support longer‑term savings and wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Exempt employees use a manager‑approved, no‑cap time‑off model, while non‑exempt employees accrue flexible time off alongside sick time. Paid leaves include parental and family care leave, with additional protections under applicable leave laws.
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What We Do
Organizations worldwide use Black Duck Software’s industry-leading products to secure and manage open source software, eliminating the pain related to security vulnerabilities, compliance and operational risk. Black Duck is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and has offices in San Jose, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Vancouver, Seoul & Beijing
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on cultivating an environment of collaboration, creativity, and fun! We know where you work can influence how you work, which is why our collaborative office space focuses on community and continuous learning. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude even got us named a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe!
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