Log Management and Analytics – Senior Solutions Engineering Director (Remote)

Company Description

Dynatrace exists to make the world’s software work perfectly. Our unified software intelligence platform combines broad and deep observability and continuous runtime application security with the most advanced AIOps to provide answers and intelligent automation from data at an enormous scale. This enables innovators to modernize and automate cloud operations, deliver software faster and more securely, and ensure flawless digital experiences. That is why the world’s largest organizations trust Dynatrace® to accelerate digital transformation. 

We're an equal opportunity employer and embrace all applicants. Dynatrace wants YOU—your diverse background, talents, values, ideas, and expertise. These qualities are what make our global team stronger and more seasoned. We're fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. 

Job Description

As a Dynatrace Log Management and Analytics – Senior Solutions Engineering Director, you will be a key member of the Dynatrace sales engine and will be responsible for providing excellent technical support to the sales team. You will be the expert on Dynatrace and observability, with a specialization in Log Management and Analytics. You will be leading a highly skilled solutions engineering team focusing on our Enterprise Customers to grow our Log Management and Analytics footprint withing these accounts. In this role you will act as a first line manager, managing a team of Solution Engineers globally as well as work directly with our sales team to understand the needs of our customers, strategize on how to navigate sales cycles, lead a team of sales engineers who provide value-based evaluation scenarios including demonstrations, labs, POCs, and pilots to close business, and align cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders.

Reporting to the VP, Sales Engineering, you will play a hands-on role in building a team of specialist sales engineers and owning the revenue growth responsibilities for the group.

About you:

To ensure your success as a Senior Solutions Engineering Director at Dynatrace, you need to be an ambitious, confident and self-motivated individual, with previous SE & leadership experience & or another technical customer facing role. You need to be passionate about innovative technology, technical sales and articulating value to customers and prospects. In addition, we are also looking for:

• An excellent team player, with the ability to work across all disciplines.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate technical value into business value.
• Extensive knowledge and experience working with Enterprise companies
• Previous 5+ years of experience with log analytics technologies and techniques.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues to produce a working outcome and be able to manage this process.
• Ability to manage a number of projects simultaneously, work with a number of different salespeople and support other SEs.
• Must have a strong desire to grow professionally, adapt to an ever-changing environment and are coachable.
• Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a team of Solutions Engineers who serve as our core product introduction, evaluation and education experts
  Coordinate cross functional dotted line resources to achieve your team goals
• Evangelize Dynatrace’s product offerings during international trade shows and at key customer account meetings to promote new and expanded business.
• Partner with sales representatives to identify new sales opportunities as well as incremental sales opportunities within existing accounts.
• As part of the solution engineering team participate in proof of concept (PoC) creation and cloud architecture discussions, leading the technical solution evaluation portion in support of sales opportunities either directly or through channel partners for multiple POCs.
• Present Dynatrace’s vision to our customers C-suite executives.
• Provide technical guidance in the Discovery, Solution Evaluation, and Solution Proposal stages of the opportunity sales cycle.
• Present on-stage demonstrations providing insight and context to our customers during key marketing events. Either at Dynatrace sponsored industry events or partner sponsored events, ensure key demonstrations are delivered by you or a team member at demonstration booths.
• Gather, qualify and provide feedback from customers to Product Management to improve Dynatrace’s market share and meet the market needs.
• Build best practices and share knowledge the team to continuously develop and enhance both your personal and team capabilities.
• Work with local Sales and Sales Engineering leadership to identify learning/ development opportunities for yo