
Senior Manager, Sales Engineering – Enterprise
Black Duck
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Arizona • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $173,900 - $260,900 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Sales Engineers to deliver exceptional technical partnerships to the Enterprise West sales organization.
- Drive a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement across the SE team.
- Partner with Sales Leadership to execute regional strategy, improve win rates, and support growth of new and existing businesses.
- Maintain a strong understanding of application security.
- Strong understanding of how AppSec is sold through partners and MSPs.
- Stay current on modern AI code generation/AI assisted development practices to guide customer conversations and demos.
- Deliver polished presentations, technical briefings, and product discussions for audiences ranging from developers to C-level executives.
- Create compelling, business aligned demonstrations tailored to technical, security, and legal stakeholders.
- Lead and manage multiple Proofs of Concept (PoCs), ensuring clear success criteria and strong technical validation.
- Provide deep technical expertise throughout sales cycles to influence outcomes and support expansion opportunities.
- Work closely with Product Management and R&D to provide actionable customer insights that guide product enhancements and roadmap direction.
Requirements
- 3+ years of management experience in high-tech software sales or sales engineering leadership.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years working in a high-tech software organization, ideally in Sales Engineering or Technical Sales.
- Strong understanding of modern software development, AI assisted development, SBOM, functional safety, deployment technologies, and the broader AppSec landscape.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate value drivers and technical differentiation.
- Proven ability to manage multiple sales cycles and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Open-minded, adaptable, and eager to stay current with new technologies and industry trends.
- Experience with SDLC processes, CI/CD tools, and at least one modern programming language (Java, C/C++, JavaScript, Ruby, Python).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
application securityAI code generationAI assisted developmentsoftware developmentSBOMfunctional safetydeployment technologiesSDLC processesCI/CD toolsprogramming languages
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingcommunicationadaptabilityaccountabilitycontinuous improvementpresentation skillstechnical expertisecollaborationproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in computer scienceBachelor's degree in MIS