Director of Solutions Engineering

GBG Plc

Director of Solutions Engineering at GBG guiding a team to excel in identity verification solutions. Focusing on customer engagement and driving technical excellence across North America.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

**What you will do**
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Solutions Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous growth.
- Drive the technical sales strategy across North America, guiding discovery, solution design, demonstrations, and customer evaluations.
- Partner closely with Sales leadership to align presales activities with revenue objectives and accelerate business growth.
- Establish and scale best-in-class presales methodologies, processes, and tools to improve consistency, efficiency, and customer outcomes.
- Act as a trusted advisor and executive sponsor on strategic enterprise opportunities, helping customers solve complex identity, fraud, and data challenges.
- Champion the adoption of AI-enabled practices and technologies to enhance team productivity, customer engagement, and technical differentiation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Engineering teams to translate customer and market insights into future product innovation.
- Leverage data and performance metrics to optimize technical win rates, evaluation success, deal velocity, and overall business impact.
- Attract, hire, and retain top Solutions Engineering talent while building a scalable organization capable of supporting continued growth.
- Serve as a key member of the Customer Engineering leadership team, helping shape the vision, strategy, and future direction of the function.

Requirements

What you’ll need

**Skills we are looking for**
What You'll Bring
- Proven success leading, coaching, and developing high-performing Presales or Solutions Engineering teams in a growth-oriented technology organization.
- A leadership style rooted in coaching and mentorship, with a passion for helping individuals grow, succeed, and advance their careers.
- Deep expertise in presales methodologies, frameworks, and best practices, with a track record of scaling processes that improve team performance and business outcomes.
- Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools to increase productivity, enhance customer engagement, and drive more effective technical evaluations.
- Ability to serve as a strategic advisor to both customers and internal stakeholders, influencing decisions at all levels of the organization.
- Strong executive presence with exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts into compelling business value.
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a demonstrated ability to lead initiatives, solve problems, and deliver results in fast-paced environments.
- Strong ability to bridge the gap between customer challenges, business objectives, and technical solutions.
- Experience in identity verification, fraud prevention, risk, data intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, or adjacent technology markets is preferred but not required.
- Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain top technical talent while building engaged, high-performing teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

**To find out more**
As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Please inform your GBG Talent Attraction Partner if you require any reasonable adjustments to the interview process.
To chat to the Talent Attraction team and find out more about our benefits and why we’re a great place to work, drop an email to behired@gbgplc.com and we’ll be in touch. You can also find out more about careers at GBG and check out our current opportunities at gbgplc.com/careers.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Presales MethodologiesSolutions EngineeringAI ToolsTechnical Sales StrategyData Metrics AnalysisIdentity VerificationFraud PreventionCybersecurityRisk ManagementData Intelligence

Soft Skills

CoachingMentorshipProblem SolvingOwnership MindsetExecutive Presence