Pre-Sales Solution Engineer-Non Profit & Higher Ed-multiple opportunities

Job description

Solution Engineering - Salesforce.org

Positions available include:
Solution Engineer - Higher Education - San Francisco
Solution Engineer - Higher Education - New York
Solution Engineer - Non-Profit - Chicago, Boston or Washington DC
What if you were empowered to solve the most complex problems higher education institutions face today? What if you had the best social and mobile cloud technology stack to achieve that goal? What if you could work for a company that believes that top line growth is as important as giving back to the community? What if you could work alongside the best and brightest in the industry to craft innovative solutions and transformational strategies? All this in a driven, collaborative and rewarding environment... Sounds like fiction, you say? Absolutely not! Here at Salesforce.org, we call it #DreamJob!

Salesforce.org is committed to and focused on increasing the innovation and efficiency of Higher Education. To achieve this goal, we are building an enterprise to deliver Salesforce.org's world class CRM and technology platform solutions to the higher education market.

We're looking for exceptional candidates to join the Solution Engineering team within Salesforce.org. If you possess intellectual curiosity, great problem solving skills and an unwavering belief that the right technology can solve any problem including world hunger (no really, we mean it!) then you are the ideal candidate for the job. Prior experience with technology and enterprise selling in the higher education space is highly desirable. Excellent communication and presentation skills are a must. Finally, the ability to take complex technology: explain it in a simple and easy to understand way to propel higher education institutions in achieving their mission. If you believe you have these skills, we want to talk to you.

Typical day (or month or year) in the life of a Salesforce.org SE looks like...
·  Understand higher education customer goals and challenges and map those back into Salesforce.org's product portfolio
·  Design innovative solutions to address these challenges, build those solutions on the Salesforce.org platform and present customized demonstrations back to the customers
·  Present Salesforce.org's technology infrastructure, including demonstrating deep familiarity with hardware, software, networking and security stack
·  Respond effectively to RFIs and RFPs
·  Participate in the right trainings and certifications to acquire and maintain the knowledge necessary to be effective
·  Attain quarterly and annual objectives that you will define collaboratively with your manager
·  Travel domestically (20%)
·  Function effectively in a fast-paced high-energy market segment and successfully balance multiple projects in a team-selling environment
Necessary Skills
·  Ability to work as part of a team to solve business and technical problems in varied political environments
·  Solid verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
·  Proven time management & prioritization skills in a dynamic sales environment
·  Knowledge of related applications, relational databases, and web technology
·  Past or present experience programming in web based technologies
·  B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, MBA, or equivalent work experience
·  Previous experience as a Solutions Engineer
·  Knowledge of the higher education market a plus *LI-Y