Manager II, Field Sales Engineering Enterprise, Canada

About the role:

Samsara is seeking an experienced and results-driven Sales Engineering Manager to focus on our Field Enterprise business. You should have experience managing and ideally growing a dispersed sales engineering team in a high-performance environment. Our Sales Engineering team is full of problem solvers and tinkerers who are not afraid to get their hands dirty (literally) and play a critical role in demonstrating and communicating the value of Samsaras platform with our largest customers. As a leader within the Sales Engineering division you will lead and manage a team of Sales Engineers while also contributing to the enhancement and scaling of our Sales Engineering motion. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking strong leadership and a passion for creating solutions that provide real world value to our customers.

This is a remote position open to candidates residing in Canada located in the EST time zones. This position requires travel up to 50% of the time and proximity to an international airport. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impacthelping to keep the lights on get food into grocery stores and most importantly ensure workers return home safely.
• You have innate curiosity in how businesses work: One day youll meet with someone in waste management and the next you may be learning about the inner workings of a food distribution center. Our top sales team members seek to learn the ins and outs of the businesses they support in order to make a larger impact.
• You build genuine relationships with your customers: The industries we serve have relied on pen-and-paper solutions for years and havent been met with the type of technology we offer. Our customers value earned trust and human relationships built over time.
• You want to be with the best: Samsaras high-performance culture means youll be surrounded by the best and challenged to go farther than you have before.
• You are a team player: At Samsara sales is a team sport. We help each other out by sharing best practices and focus on winning as a team.

In this role you will:

• Champion role model and embed Samsaras 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
• Hire develop and lead an inclusive engaged and high performing Sales Engineering team
• Manage individual and team performance ensuring our partnership with sales product support and customer success teams are productive and efficient
• Work with Regional Sales Managers on account planning strategy and sales call activity
• Manage escalations (product issues feature requests etc.) in a pre-sales environment
• Participate in customer / prospect calls as a trusted advisor
• Partner with other Sales Engineering leaders to improve the overall Sales Engineering organization at Samsara

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Bachelors of Science degree from a 4 year accredited university
• 5 years of professional experience in hands on engineering pre-sales customer success or customer/product support capacity
• 3 years of sales engineering management experience
• Experience with Software Product sales; Infrastructure SaaS
• Knowledge in one or more of these areas of expertise: IoT Networking / Security SaaS Cloud Technologies or Physical Security
• Strong technical and business acumen
• Excellent communication customer service and interpersonal skills
• Ability to partner with a broad coalition of stakeholders ranging from sales product marketing support customer success and from individual contributors to executive team members across the organization
• Demonstrated leadership creativity and problem solving abilities
• Excellent presentation and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced dynamic environment
• Ability to travel as needed

An ideal candidate also has:

• Bachelors of Science degree or advanced education in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Industrial Engineering or related discipline
• 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.)

Required Experience:

Manager