Manager, Solutions Engineering
Manager, Solutions Engineering
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Job Description
Who Are We
Postman is the worlds leading API platform used by more than 40 million developers and 500000 organizations including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaborationenabling users to create better APIs faster.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston New York and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held with funding from Battery Ventures BOND Coatue CRV Insight Partners and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.
P.S: We highly recommend reading The API-First World graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.
The Opportunity
With so many organizations using Postman we are looking for exceptional Solutions Engineers to join our team and to help us to efficiently support and grow our enterprise business. You will partner with our Sales team to promote an API-first development culture nurture customer relationships and guide Postman users on how to most effectively leverage our platform to build their APIs. Ideally we are looking for someone who lives and breathes APIs is comfortable with JavaScript has experience in enterprise sales!
What Youll Do
In addition to working with a product that customers already know and love you will be well-supported in this role by our Sales Customer Success Developer Relations and Engineering teams.
- Scale manage and mentor a team of Solutions Engineers by fostering a culture of excellence
- Work closely with the Sales Leadership to build strategic adoption plans for customers in large accounts
- Coach the team to lead discovery qualification demo and POV calls with prospective customers looking to shift to an API-first development culture
- Guide the team on how to educate customers on the value of Postman Enterprise and to navigate key decision makers in order to grow Postman Enterprise awareness within organizations
- Participate in Sales forecast calls and pipeline review calls
- Act as a technical intermediary between sales product and customer success to best fit our customers needs
- Remain up-to-date with the competitive landscape current trends and challenges in the API market
- Understand deeply our customers workflows today and how they can adopt API-first development best practices
About You
- Team leadership experience
- 5 years of enterprise sales/solutions engineering experience
- Ability to travel up to 40%
- Loves teamwork and collaboration in a fast-paced environment
- Customer facing experience and comfortable engaging all levels of technologists including individual developers QA product and engineering leaders
- Experience engaging senior management and executive audiences to convey Postmans value proposition
- Strong understanding of APIs DevOps and modern development methodologies
- Experience executing enterprise sales strategies and sales methodologies like MEDDIC Challenger Sale Command of the Message etc.
- Excellent listener that seeks to understand what a customer is trying to achieve rather than pre-supposing solutions
- Familiar with typical developer tooling: IDEs Git CI/CD monitoring services microservices containers cloud computing services etc.
- Great communication skills (presentation verbal and written)
- Ability to manage a team remotely
The reasonably estimated OTE for this role is $280000 plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidates skills qualifications and experience.
What Else
In addition to Postmans pay-on-performance philosophy and a flexible schedule working with a fun collaborative team Postman offers a comprehensive set of benefits including full medical coverage flexible PTO wellness reimbursement and a monthly lunch stipend. Along with that our wellness programs will help you stay in the best of your physical and mental health. Our frequent and fascinating team-building events will keep you connected while our donation-matching program can support the causes you care about. Were building a long-term company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves.
At Postman we embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area Boston Bangalore Hyderabad and New York employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce leadership team and peers. The benefits of our hybrid office model will be shared knowledge brainstorming sessions communication and building trust in-person that cannot be replicated via zoom.
Our Values
At Postman we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about not only successes but also our work we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.
Equal opportunity
Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender perception or identity national origin age marital status protected veteran status or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
