Director, System Engineering
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
As a Director – Systems Engineer, you will manage the team to achieve success, working closely with the sales organization throughout the Netherlands. We expect our managers to be actively involved not only in developing a pre-sales strategy for the region and managing staff—we also expect the Director to work with their team, ensuring their active involvement in promoting our technology and generally playing an active role in the success of the entire sales organization!
Key requirements:
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Developing a pre-sales strategy in the Netherlands and proactively seeking new sales opportunities by developing new and existing customer relationships.
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Presenting and demonstrating Fortinet solutions and positioning products against the competition.
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Monitoring and evaluating individual/team and organizational goals.
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Planning changes related to employee and organizational development to support sales.
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Leveraging and supporting internal and external influencers (marketing, support, engineering, system integrators, partners).
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Conducting performance reviews, coaching, and development.
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Serving as a spokesperson for Fortinet technology.
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Speaking at public events.
Experience:
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Experience in a similar position with a proven track record of managing and influencing key stakeholders and building lasting customer relationships.
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Experience working throughout the Netherlands is essential.
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Ability to train other team members and effectively manage a team of highly qualified managers and engineers.
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Experience in cybersecurity is essential.
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Experience working in large organizations with cybersecurity teams is welcome.
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Fluency in Dutch and English is essential.
Skills Required
- Develop and execute a pre-sales strategy in the Netherlands and proactively pursue sales opportunities
- Present and demonstrate Fortinet solutions and position products against competitors
- Manage, coach, conduct performance reviews, and develop a team of managers and engineers
- Experience in a similar position with a proven track record managing stakeholders and building customer relationships
- Experience working throughout the Netherlands
- Ability to train team members and effectively manage highly qualified managers and engineers
- Experience in cybersecurity
- Experience working in large organizations with cybersecurity teams
- Fluency in Dutch and English
- Serve as a spokesperson for Fortinet technology and speak at public events
- Leverage and support internal and external influencers (marketing, support, engineering, system integrators, partners)
Fortinet Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fortinet and has not been reviewed or approved by Fortinet.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings appear comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, counseling, wellness programs, and HSA/FSA options. Some materials also highlight affordability and multiple plan choices.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as strong, with PTO and reports of flexible or even unlimited PTO depending on team or manager. These options contribute to a perception of good flexibility.
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Parental & Family Support — Support includes maternity and paternity leave alongside childcare/parenting resources and adoption/surrogacy assistance. This indicates robust family-oriented benefits.
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What We Do
Fortinet develops and sells cybersecurity solutions.
