Lead - Solution Engineer

Freshworks
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Presentation","Demonstration","Customer-focused problem solving"]

Lead the pre-sales technical effort for mid-market and enterprise opportunities, partnering with regional sales teams to qualify leads, deliver bespoke product demos, and craft compelling technical messaging. Provide thought leadership to business and technical stakeholders, manage proof of concepts and RFP responses, and analyze customer workflows to align Freshworks solutions with customer infrastructure. Serve as a trusted advisor across the full sales cycle and train sales teams on product capabilities.

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Freshworks
Freshworks
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Lead - Solution Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the pre-sales technical effort for mid-market and enterprise opportunities, partnering with regional sales teams to qualify leads, deliver bespoke product demos, and craft compelling technical messaging. Provide thought leadership to business and technical stakeholders, manage proof of concepts and RFP responses, and analyze customer workflows to align Freshworks solutions with customer infrastructure. Serve as a trusted advisor across the full sales cycle and train sales teams on product capabilities.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with regional sales teams to convert prospects to customers.
  • •Prepare and deliver bespoke technical product demonstrations at client meetings, webinars, and customer events.
  • •Deliver product messaging using whiteboard and slide presentations, manage proof of concepts, and support RFP responses.
  • •Answer functional and technical customer questions, performing complex workflow analysis and examining how Freshworks interacts with customer infrastructure.
  • •Collect and convey customer requirements to central product management, promote Freshworks solutions, collaborate internally, and train sales teams on the product suite.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of relevant experience in technical solution engineering, preferably in the ITIL/ITSM domain or SaaS/software product environments.
  • •Experience with ITSM/ITIL methodologies and cloud-based infrastructure in a SaaS or technology product organization.
  • •Native-level written and oral communication skills in English; additional European languages are an advantage.
  • •Strong customer stakeholder communication skills (including CxOs) and the ability to run discovery and presentations/demos.
  • •Experience working on complex sales cycles for mid-market and enterprise business segments.
Experience:5+ yearsSaaSITSMITILTechnology product
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementPresentationDemonstrationCustomer-focused problem solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ITILITSMCloud-based infrastructureWhiteboardSlide presentationsRFP response documentsProof of concept management

Company Brief

Freshworks
Provides cloud-based customer engagement, CRM and ITSM software (Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshsales) that helps businesses manage customer and employee experiences through SaaS products and AI-driven tools.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2010
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