Responsibilities
- Conduct product demonstrations and facilitate live proof-of-concept trials for prospective customers, and ensure these prospects understand - and are fully utilizing - the Samsara platform.
- Work closely with Product Management, and other relevant teams, to help develop the Samsara platform.
- Demonstrate the value proposition of Samsara’s products and services along with the platform's core capabilities on-site, remotely via webinar sessions, or at field events such as conferences and trade shows.
- Respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs.
- Have the ability to be organized and analytical, and eliminate sales obstacles using creative and adaptive approaches.
- Demonstrate comfort working for a dynamic technical organization with a fast-growing partner and customer base.
- Remain highly available to Sales and cross-functional teams, making a measurable impact on Sales and product development in your region, and contributing to SE Team enablement.
- Be a dynamic contributor on both Sales and SE Team internal communications channels.
- Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s of Science degree from a 4-year accredited university
- 5+ years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales technical role, customer success, or customer/product support capacity (Sales Engineer, Systems Engineer, Solutions Engineer, etc.)
- Ability to influence stakeholders based on your technical sales acumen and a solid understanding of business processes and change management
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Previous experience managing hardware and/or software product evaluations
- Basic understanding of electronics and electrical systems
- Experience with the following concepts: technical consulting, cloud software, cloud-connected hardware, computer networking, business systems integration, automation and control systems
- Working knowledge of various integration standards and transports (XML, REST, SOAP, EDI, etc.)
- Experience integrating with RESTful APIs between SaaS applications
- Exposure to various SaaS-based integrations
- Must be located within and authorized to work in the United States
Nice to Have
- Bachelor’s of Science degree or advanced education in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline
- Work experience in task automation scripting and transferring data between systems using Bash, Python, JavaScript, or equivalent language
- Work experience building solutions leveraging open API’s
- Understanding of vehicle diagnostic systems, including Controller Area Networks (CAN bus) and Power Take Off (PTO) applications
- Hobbyist interest in working with things driven by electronic systems (car audio installation/classic car restoration, home automation, building things with raspberry pi, arduino, etc.)
- Consistent track record of success selling complex technical solutions through strategic sales cycles
Additional Information
- This position requires travel up to 50% of the time and proximity to an international airport is preferred.
