Senior Sales Engineer

Location(s):
Washington, D.C.
 
Description: The Senior Sales Engineer works with Sales Account Executives on new and existing accounts. Ideal candidates have previous experience working with CRM or related applications in a customer facing role, and have the ability to effectively communicate the value of salesforce.com's solutions (both functionally and technically) to prospective customers. This includes the ability to uncover business requirements, develop a technical sales strategy, and create and effectively demonstrate solutions that address customer requirements. This role works in a fast-paced high-energy market segment and candidates should be able to successfully balance multiple projects in a team-selling environment.

Responsibilities:
  • Understand customer goals and challenges and establish salesforce.com's product as the best solution available
  • Build and present customized demonstrations
  • Present salesforce.com technology infrastructure, including demonstrating deep familiarity with hardware, software, networking and security stack
  • Participate in all product, sales, and process training and certification to acquire and maintain the knowledge necessary to be effective
  • Attain quarterly and annual objectives assigned by management
  • Respond effectively to RFPs


Required Skills/Experience:
  • Ability to work as part of a team to solve technical problems in varied political environments
  • Solid verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
  • Proven time management skills in a dynamic sales environment
  • Knowledge of related applications, relational databases, and web technology
  • Basic programming experience in HTML and other web based technologies
  • Previous experience as a sales engineer for a CRM company or similar technology
  • B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, MBA, or equivalent work experience
  • Ability to travel domestically


    In return for your efforts, salesforce.com offers a competitive compensation package, not to mention the CRM industry's easiest and most robust tools to do your job. If you think you have what it takes to be among the best and to take your career and our company to the next level, consider submitting your resume/CV today.


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