Manager, Solutions Engineering

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Los Angeles, CA
In-Office
180K-195K Annually
Expert/Leader
Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Data Privacy
The Role
The Manager of Solutions Engineering leads a team of Sales Engineers, focusing on mentoring, product improvement, and enhancing customer engagement and demo processes. They must ensure team growth, manage insights from customers, and maintain sales collateral effectively.
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Who we are:

BigID is an innovative tech startup that focuses on solutions for data security, compliance, privacy, and AI data management. We're leading the market in all things data: helping our customers reduce risk, drive business innovation, achieve compliance, build customer trust, make better decisions, and get more value from their data.

We are building a global team passionate about innovation and next-gen technology. BigID has been recognized for: 

  • BigID Named Hot Company in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the Global InfoSec Awards
  • Citizens JMP Cyber 66 List of Hottest Privately Held Cybersecurity Companies
  • CRN 100 list named BigID as one of the 20 Coolest Identity Access Management and Data Protection Companies (3 years running)
  • DUNS 100 Best Tech Companies to Work for
  • Top 3 Big Data and AI Vendors to Watch' in the 2023 BigDATAwire Readers and Editors Choice Awards
  • 2024 Inc. 5000 list for the 4th consecutive year!
  • Shortlisted for the 2024 AI Awards in the category of Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity

At BigID, our team is the foundation of our success. Join a people-centric culture that is fast-paced and rewarding: you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry who value innovation, diversity, integrity, and collaboration.

Who we seek:

BigID is seeking a customer-facing, Solution Engineering team leader to the West region. Candidates should be focused on creating a strong team environment while enabling each SE to grow and contribute to the overall success of the territory. A minimum of 3 years in a previous leadership role(s) is required. Specialty in a technical or consultative position around security, privacy or governance is a plus. BigID foundationally believes that leadership is driven by example: a “player-coach” mentality is non-negotiable.

We're looking for someone local to PDT for this role. 

What you’ll do:

  • Manage and mentor a team of 3-6 Sales Engineers
  • Hire and retain the best talent from across the industry
  • Recognize and reward leadership, promoting team members along the defined career path.
  • Gather insights from customers, determine product gaps and work closely with PM/R&D to improve our products
  • Stay up to date with current and future market trends, competition and regulatory developments
  • Collect and share knowledge within the team
  • Determine training needs for overall team and individuals
  • Coach other team members where possible
  • Report on group activities and trends
  • Continuously review and improve our POC process with the goal of reducing our time to close and overall success
  • Generate and / or review post POC summary reports. Share findings and take action where needed
  • Continuously review and improve Demo flows / messaging
  • Expand quality and quantity of all pre sales collateral
  • Update demo env to showcase new product functionality, verticals and unique customer use cases
  • Maintain content of RFP answer libraries to reduce response times
  • Contribute to building Brand awareness
  • Coordinate our customer engagements closely with sales, support, services
  • Identify all potential areas of improvement (approach, process, execution) within presales
  • Review need for special tools or scripts that can make our life easier during POC's

What you’ll bring:

  • 5+ years of management experience
  • 10+ years industry experience in sales engineering or related experience
  • Relevant experience in one or more of the disciplines of data privacy, data security, or data governance
  • Prior experience in selling software to Fortune 500
  • Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment
  • Positive attitude, customer focus, and strong sense of ownership over customer results
  • Excellent customer-facing communication and organization skills
  • Ability to describe complex technical concepts to diverse audiences: executives, business stakeholders and technology practitioners
  • Passion for demonstrating solutions and ability to provide technical input during the sales process
  • Some prior experience with one or more of the following: RDBMS systems, no-SQL data-stores (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB), Hadoop technologies (such HDFS, Hive, HBase), cloud technologies (AWS EMR, S3, DynamoDB, Redshift, Azure file and blob storage, etc.)
  • Prior experience with Identity and Access Management or Data Loss Prevention tools is a plus
  • Experience with Linux or container frameworks (such as Docker) is a strong plus

Our Values:

We look for people who embody our values - Care, Do,Try & Shine.

  •   Care - We care about our customers and each other
  •   Do - We do what it takes to make a positive impact
  •   Try - We try our best and we don’t give up
  •   Shine - We shine and make it our mission to always stand out

US Roles: The annual base salary range is $180,000 - $195,000. Salaries will vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. Salary is just one component of our Compensation Philosophy. Variable/Bonus Compensation & Equity Incentives align with individual and company performance.

BigBenefits: 

💻 Work from home with a global remote-first community

🏆 Global Culture Corner

🏝️ Flexible PTO and Quarterly Volunteer Days

💸  Equity Participation

🏥 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you

🐶 Additional insurance benefits like pet insurance and legal assistance 

📚 Learning & Development Opportunities 

💰 Fidelity Employer Sponsored 401K 

🍼 Paid Parental Leave

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We’re committed to creating a culture of inclusion and equality – across race, gender, sexuality, and disability – where innovation and growth thrive, every voice is heard, and everybody belongs. Learn more about us here.

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Top Skills

Aws (Emr
Azure
Cassandra
Docker
DynamoDB
Dynamodb)
Hadoop (Hdfs
Hbase)
Hive
Linux
No-Sql Data-Stores (Mongodb
Rdbms
Redshift)
S3
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The Company
New York, NY
500 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

BigID is an innovative tech startup that focuses on solutions for data security, compliance, privacy, and governance. We're leading the market in all things data: helping our customers reduce risk, drive business innovation, achieve compliance, build customer trust, make better decisions, and get more value from their data.

We are building a global team with a passion for innovation and next-gen technology. BigID has been recognized for being one of CNBC’s Top 25 Startups powering the economy, we're on Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work, #21 on the 2022 Deloitte 500 (most innovative, fastest-growing companies in North America) and we’re on the 2022 Inc 5000.

Why Work With Us

At BigID, our team is the foundation of our success. Join a people-centric culture that is fast-paced and rewarding: you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry who value innovation, diversity, integrity, and collaboration.

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