Sales Engineering Manager - France

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™️ platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 160+ public exchanges globally and thousands of private exchanges at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.

We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.

Role We are looking for a Sales Engineering Manager to join our team. This is a remote role (Based in Paris, France), reporting to the Sales Engineering Director in the Solutions Consulting department. In this role, you will act as a strategic technical leader across the region, driving business performance and improving technical win rates. You will partner closely with Sales leadership to align resources with regional growth strategies while actively coaching and developing a high-performing team of Sales Engineers.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

Own the end-to-end technical sales cycle across the region, ensuring opportunities are qualified, progressed, and executed with appropriate rigor, governance, and adherence to established Sales Engineering processes, including proof-of-value planning, execution, and success measurement through the Team and the Channel Partners.

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Sales Engineering team through active deal engagement, structured development plans, ongoing performance management, and continuous feedback, ensuring consistently high technical, commercial, and customer-facing standards

Drive business performance by leading initiatives that improve technical win rates, accelerate sales cycles, increase platform adoption, and contribute directly to revenue growth across new and existing customer opportunities

Build and maintain strong relationships with customer executives, technical leaders, and key stakeholders within assigned territories, while partnering closely with Sales leadership to anticipate territory needs, align resources to business priorities, and ensure effective execution of regional growth strategies

Maintain a high level of technical expertise across current and emerging platform capabilities through continuous learning and achievement of relevant certifications, while attracting, developing, and retaining top talent to ensure the organization has the skills, capacity, and succession pipeline required for future success

Who You Are (Success Profile)

You act like an owner with a strong passion for the mission and a bias for action, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

You are a high-trust collaborator who is ambitious for the team, embracing a culture of candor, respect, and continuous feedback to build deep trust.

You are customer-obsessed, building deep empathy for both internal and external stakeholders and anchoring every decision in solving real-world problems.

You are resilient and adaptable, viewing change as an opportunity and maintaining composure to guide your team through high-pressure situations.

You lead with integrity, holding yourself and others to high standards of accountability while building trust through transparent, consistent action.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

8+ years enterprise pre-sales / solutions engineering experience (security, networking, cloud, or SaaS) across complex, multi-stakeholder deals with 2+ years leading, coaching and developing Sales Engineers (hiring, coaching, performance, career growth)

Fluency in both French and English (proficiency in other European languages would be advantageous)

Proven ability to run the regional pre-sales motion: pipeline support, deal strategy, and forecasting partnership with Sales

Strong executive customer leadership and a deep security/networking foundation (e.g., Zero Trust, identity, secure connectivity, cloud security) with strong cross-functional collaboration and willingness to travel

Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

Experience enabling pre-sales teams to position AI-powered threat detection, automated policy generation, or AI-driven security analytics to maximize customer value

Proven experience leading enterprise security/cloud pre-sales teams in a high-growth SaaS environment (multi-country/multi-market a plus)