Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
As a Senior Solutions Engineer on our Enterprise team, you’ll play a key role in driving successful outcomes for Motive’s Enterprise customers. You’ll partner closely with Account Executives to shape deal strategy, showcase the value of our platform, and act as a trusted advisor to technical and business stakeholders. This role requires a balance of technical expertise, business acumen, and strong communication skills, as you map customer challenges to Motive’s solutions and influence buying decisions. Reporting directly to an Enterprise Solutions Engineering leader, you’ll collaborate across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to ensure customer needs are met while driving Motive’s growth and strategic success.
What You'll Do:- Partner with Enterprise Account Executives to shape deal strategy, drive discovery conversations, and deliver high-impact demonstrations that influence executive-level decisions
- Showcase Motive’s value by tailoring demos that resonate across technical, operational, and business audiences — positioning yourself as a trusted advisor to customers
- Translate complex customer challenges into clear, compelling solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
- Develop deep expertise in the competitive landscape, playing a key role in winning strategic displacement opportunities
- Establish yourself as a product authority — mastering today’s platform while shaping conversations around future innovations
- Collaborate on RFIs and RFPs to position Motive as the partner of choice for Enterprise organizations
- Act as a visible connector between Sales and cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Marketing), ensuring customer insights fuel continuous improvement and innovation
- 5+ years of experience supporting Enterprise-level sales in a pre-sales or solutions engineering role (SaaS and hardware experience a plus)
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; advanced degree a plus
- Experience in a customer-facing pre-sales field role with the flexibility and willingness to travel 30%+
- Deep knowledge of value-based selling frameworks and methodologies (e.g., MEDDIC, MEDDPICC, Command of the Message) and solutions engineering methodologies (e.g., Demo2Win, Great Demo!, or comparable)
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical and executive audiences
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a solutions-oriented mindset
- Demonstrated success supporting complex solution sales within Enterprise organizations
- Hands-on experience with Enterprise sales cycles and navigating multiple stakeholders
- Experience with APIs, integrations, and technical solution design
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units (RSUs). Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the on-target earnings (base pay + commissions) are:
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise-level sales in a pre-sales or solutions engineering role
- Bachelor’s degree
- Advanced degree
- Customer-facing pre-sales field experience
- Willingness and flexibility to travel 30% or more
- Knowledge of value-based selling frameworks such as MEDDIC, MEDDPICC, or Command of the Message
- Knowledge of solutions engineering methodologies such as Demo2Win or Great Demo!
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills for technical and executive audiences
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Demonstrated success supporting complex solution sales within enterprise organizations
- Experience navigating enterprise sales cycles and multiple stakeholders
- Experience with APIs, integrations, and technical solution design
- SaaS experience
- Hardware experience
What the Team is Saying
Motive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and free mental-health support for U.S. employees. Feedback suggests the offering is broad and accessible, with multiple plan options noted.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, sick leave, local holidays, and enhanced parental leave are emphasized, and PTO is often described as generous or flexible. Feedback suggests many teams can utilize time off, though experiences may vary by department.
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Flexible Benefits — Work arrangements span fully remote, hybrid, or in-office, with a work-from-home stipend for fully remote employees. Feedback suggests flexibility is a notable perk that supports work-life balance.
Motive Insights
What We Do
Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. Motive serves more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery. Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
Why Work With Us
We work hard, with humility and we see our efforts rewarded in tangible ways every day. At Motive, you’ll have the chance to make a difference for the drivers who keep our world moving. We trust each other to do great work because together we can achieve collective goals that reach beyond the physical economy.
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