
Senior Technical Enablement Manager – Pre-Sales
Abnormal Security
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $144,500 - $170,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own and deliver the technical components of new hire bootcamp, including: Value-based selling foundations, Demo strategy and narrative, Competitive positioning, POV-focused technical education.
- Deliver live and virtual technical enablement sessions for SEs and AEs, ensuring content is anchored in seller application and customer outcomes.
- Lead technical sessions at SE offsites and enablement events as the primary presenter.
- Design training experiences that emphasize: Why specific capabilities matter, How sellers should talk about them, What questions to ask and expect during demos and evaluations.
- Ensure sessions are concise, structured, and focused on clear top takeaways.
- Partner with Enablement Programs to own and continuously evolve SE technical onboarding content, with particular focus on demo, competitive, and POV readiness.
- Partner with SE Management to define and enforce technical certification and readiness gates.
- Assess SE technical competency through live delivery, certification exercises, and observed execution.
- Identify and surface readiness gaps, patterns, and risks to SE leadership.
- Deliver technical competitive deep dives that help the field understand: Architectural differences, Strengths and limitations of competing approaches, How to position Abnormal effectively in competitive conversations.
- Train SEs on value-based POV execution, including how to scope, narrate, and defend outcomes.
- Collaborate with Competitive Intelligence, PMM, and Product teams to ensure training reflects current market realities while remaining seller-focused.
- Partner with the Enablement Programs and Content teams to create and evolve enablement content directly tied to live delivery, including: Demo talk tracks and narratives, Competitive frameworks and positioning guides, Technical POV enablement materials.
- Ruthlessly prioritize clarity and seller application over feature completeness.
- Continuously refine content based on field feedback and observed execution.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience in pre-sales technical enablement, technical training, sales engineering, or a closely related role.
- Strong domain knowledge in cybersecurity, including email security, and familiarity with cloud-based SaaS architectures and common enterprise technologies.
- Proven experience delivering live and virtual technical training to pre-sales audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to teach value-based demos, competitive positioning, and POV strategy—not just product functionality.
- Excellent presentation presence, pacing, and audience engagement skills.
- Ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear seller-focused takeaways.
- Willingness to travel for bootcamps, SE offsites, and key enablement events.
Benefits
- Bonuses
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
technical trainingvalue-based sellingdemo strategycompetitive positioningtechnical certificationcybersecuritycloud-based SaaS architecturesenterprise technologieslive deliveryPOV execution
Soft skills
presentation skillsaudience engagementclaritycommunicationteachingcollaborationprioritizationadaptabilityanalytical skillsproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's degree