
Enterprise Sales Engineer – West
runZero
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Partner with enterprise account executives from discovery through close to drive technical wins and support attainment of team revenue goals.
- Understand and communicate the runZero value proposition effectively through product demos, PoVs (proof-of-value), presentations, and enablement sessions with prospects, customers, or partners
- Help qualify opportunities by assessing technical fit, urgency, stakeholder alignment, and the likelihood of a successful evaluation. Including identifying when runZero is not the right fit and helping disqualify poor-fit opportunities early.
- Partner with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and Engineering to share field feedback, improve messaging, and strengthen the customer journey.
- Support partners and customer enablement where technical credibility can accelerate pipeline and adoption.
- Actively participate and speak at regional marketing events and conferences
- Travel is expected to be 20% to engage with customers and prospects in person
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in a pre-sales or similar customer-facing role supporting technical interactions and communications with a relevant market
- Strong hands-on experience in one or more of the following: networking, security operations, vulnerability management, attack surface management, operational technology (OT), or exposure management.
- A foundational understanding of core cybersecurity principles and challenges for IT, OT, and IoT environments
- Ability to lead strong discovery and connect technical findings to business outcomes, operational efficiency, and risk reduction.
- Experience running structured proof-of-value or evaluation processes with defined success criteria and executive-level summaries.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, architects, security leaders, and C-level stakeholders.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving startup environment while collaborating tightly across Sales, Product, Marketing, and Customer Success.
- Strong curiosity, coachability, and sound judgment in ambiguous customer situations.
- Nice-to-haves: Experience supporting partner-led opportunities and channel technical enablement.
- Nice-to-haves: Comfort with APIs, integrations, light scripting, and troubleshooting in customer environments.
- Nice-to-haves: Experience creating technical content, enablement materials, webinars, or thought-leadership content.
Benefits
- Fully remote: runZero is a 100% remote company! While we aim to gather annually for kick-offs, our team thrives in the flexibility and freedom that remote work provides.
- We prioritize the well-being of our team members, which is why runZero pays for 100% of the premium platinum-level medical, vision, dental, life, and short-term disability coverage for you and your dependents.
- 401(k): We match 4% of 401(k) contributions
- Time off: We offer unlimited PTO, 11 official company holidays, and a recharge week at the end of the year
- Paid parental leave: We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Culture of collaboration: Our team is diverse, representing various backgrounds and perspectives, which fosters an inclusive and vibrant environment. With flexible schedules and supportive coworkers who listen to one another, runZero promotes a culture of collaboration.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
networkingsecurity operationsvulnerability managementattack surface managementoperational technologyexposure managementcybersecurity principlesproof-of-value processestechnical content creationlight scripting
Soft Skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationpresentation skillsindependent operationcollaborationcuriositycoachabilityjudgmentdiscovery leadershipstakeholder engagement