Vice President, Sales Engineering

Location: New York City

Job Summary

Prove is looking for an experienced Vice President of Sales Engineering to lead our global team of pre-sales engineers that is organized and aligned across our various sales segments. The ideal candidate will have experience partnering with Sales, Product and other peer leaders to drive efficiency of investment for Prove. Experience working with Identity, Authentication or other Security services is a plus.

About Us

As the world moves to a mobile-first economy, businesses need to modernize how they acquire, engage with and enable consumers. Prove’s phone-centric identity tokenization and passive cryptographic authentication solutions reduce friction, enhance security and privacy across all digital channels, and accelerate revenues while reducing operating expenses and fraud losses. Over 1,000 enterprise customers use Prove’s platform to process 20 billion customer requests annually across industries, including banking, lending, healthcare, gaming, crypto, e-commerce, marketplaces, and payments. For the latest updates from Prove, follow us on LinkedIn.

Prove is driving the future of digital identity. We are looking for Provers who know how to make an impact. We’re talking self-starting professionals who thrive in a fast-paced environment, process information quickly, and make intelligent decisions. The work is challenging and requires not only smart but natural curiosity and tenacity. Teamwork is also important to us – we work together and play together.   

Prove has big plans, and we’re excited about the future. If this sounds like the place for you – come join our team! 

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, hire, and scale a growing team of highly technical Sales Engineers supporting North American, Global, and Partner Sales Directors
• Refine and iterate the sales engineering playbook promoting repeatable processes and scalability
• Work with Sales, Implementation, and Product leadership to identify areas of improvement in our processes and build durable customer relationships off of value realization and impactful solutions
• Obtain and maintain subject matter expertise in all of Prove’s solutions and technology stack
• Work cross functionally within Prove to promote and influence strategic product direction, drive competitive differentiation, and nurture a transparent, collaborative SE team
• Ensure the organization develops and maintains a catalog of Sales Engineering services with repeatable, scalable artifacts measurable by SLAs and KPIs
• Stay on top of market trends and optimizations of Sales Engineering best practices and applying where opportunities arise
• Stay informed with key industry trends & market disruptors, through reading, workshops, webinars
• Be an advocate of Prove's capabilities within your professional network
• Lead performance and key talent ensuring that we are taking the necessary actions to attract and retain top talent, further develop a diverse team, and manage performance at all levels

Qualifications and Experience:

• 5+ years of Sales Engineering leadership experience, including prior experience leading first-line managers and individual contributing Sales Engineers
• Experience in North America and Global Sales support of both direct sales and partnerships
• 10+ years experience with architected pre-sales solutions - creating defined processes, guidelines, and best practices in a highly technical, rapidly evolving SaaS environment
• A collaborative leadership approach with a focus on teaching, mentoring, and growing your team
• 5+ years demonstrated experience assisting Sales teams with cloud based solutions with a firm  grasp of the customer journey from prospect to revenue live
• Technically curious leader able to articulate the value Prove’s technology solutions offer for digital identity across all levels of internal and external stakeholders
• Proven executive communication skills both written and oral
• Extensive technical experience with implementing REST style API’s in a rapid growth startup environment
• Solid understanding of oAuth and other API authentication technologies
• Excellent understanding of API integrations from standard API specifications in one or more programming languages such as Javascript, Java, C++, Python, etc.
• Ability to build customized workflows by engaging with customers
• Understanding of basic security concepts such as encryption, hashing, behavior biometrics, and native app SDK’s

The anticipated salary range for this role in New York is $240,000- $250,000 plus variable commission / company bonus. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s, experience, knowledge, skills, geo-location and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Benefits & Perks for FTE Provers:

•     Competitive salaries & Bonus Plan (for eligible roles) and Equity Plan
•     401(k) Retirement (Pension) Plan & Match
•     Comprehensive medical benefits for you and your family 
•     Emotional & Physical Wellness – Access to wellness services (EAP, Gympass, Prove Well-Being Reimbursement)
•     Unlimited Vacation and Flexible hours
•     Professional Development Coaching via Bravely
•     Bottomless snacks & beverages for all office locations
•     $15 daily GrubHub stipend for lunch if coming into the office.
•     A great place to work and connect with other talented Provers like yourself!

Equal Opportunity Employment

Prove is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, color, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics 

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