Abnormal
MidMarket Sales Engineer - Chicago
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 3 weeks ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 3 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
$101k to $119k per year
Location
United States only
Timezone
US East
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Sales
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote - USA"
- Job description states: "located in the Chicago area and possess the f"
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- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
About the Role
Abnormal AI is seeking an Mid-Market Sales Engineer to join our growing Sales Engineering team. As an Mid-Market Sales Engineer, you will serve as our customer’s primary technical contact, acting as a trusted technical advisor to security, email, and identity teams, crafting strategic, value-based business cases to win complex business opportunities and help organizations conquer their most intractable email and identity-driven security challenges.
In partnership with Mid-Market Account Executives, you will be responsible for conducting in-person and remote product demonstrations, leading architecture-level technical discussions, articulating the technical and business value of Abnormal Security’s platform, and owning and driving successful outcomes for Enterprise-scale Proof of Value (POV) programs.
The ideal candidate for this role will be located in the Chicago area and possess the following skill set:
Ability to tie technology to measurable risk reduction and business outcomes at Enterprise scale
Ability to influence senior security, IT, and executive stakeholders in both virtual and in-person settings
High EQ; ability to read the room, engage stakeholders, demonstrate empathy, listen actively, and respond thoughtfully
Ability to create value-driven presentations and tell compelling stories (PowerPoint, Google Slides)
Strong discovery skills to uncover customer pain points, requirements, and strategic objectives
Understand and construct presentations on new products and iterate rapidly.
What You Will Do
Serve as the technical authority and primary technical decision partner in enterprise sales cycles, from discovery through close, including full ownership of Proof of Value (POV) success criteria and outcomes
Lead architecture-level conversations with security, email, and identity teams
Run technical discovery that uncovers risk, not just requirements
Conduct technical and competitive landscape research to effectively address customer questions and objections
Confidently answer architecture-level and modern threat questions without deferring to Product or Engineering
Articulate why legacy secure email gateways fail against social engineering and identity-based attacks
Educate and implement AI Security solutions across email, identity, and other verticals in the security stack.
Educate sales executives and partners on Abnormal Security’s products, platform, and security posture
Obsessively drive customer satisfaction and successful business outcomes
Must Have
Sales Engineering experience OR relevant industry experience OR can demonstrate technical aptitude.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical discovery and architecture discussions with security, infrastructure, identity and compliance teams
Strong technical presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written
Requirements
- ·Conduct technical and competitive landscape research to effectively address customer questions and objections
- ·Confidently answer architecture-level and modern threat questions without deferring to Product or Engineering
- ·Articulate why legacy secure email gateways fail against social engineering and identity-based attacks
- ·Educate and implement AI Security solutions across email, identity, and other verticals in the security stack.
- ·Educate sales executives and partners on Abnormal Security’s products, platform, and security posture
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Abnormal, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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