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Sr. Director, Sales Engineering & Professional Services - APAC

Neo4j

Neo4j

Sales & Business Development
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2023
About Neo4j:

Neo4j is the world’s leading graph data platform, and is one of the 20 most popular databases in the world, and the leader in the rapidly emerging Graph Database category. We’re building the technology that enables connected data to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

In fact, 75% of the world’s Fortune 100 companies use Neo4j for their mission critical applications. We’re building the technology that enables connected data to solve the world’s most pressing problems, such as helping to cure cancers, address diabetes, and get humans to Mars. We're proud to fight fraud, crush pandemics, and even help journalists uncover the truth.

Find out more at neo4j.com and follow us at @Neo4j.
Our Vision:

At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.

As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced APAC Technology Solutions Leader to join our Revenue organization. As the leader of our Field Engineering and Professional Services teams in APAC, you will play a critical role in optimizing Pre-sales productivity, improving customer experience, effective technical implementation, and driving revenue growth. You will provide strategic technical input and guidance on the sales process, forecast accuracy, and revenue acceleration. Additionally, you will be responsible for implementing a technical resource ratio and utilization model to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of our technical teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and align the pre-sales and post-sales teams to ensure a seamless customer experience throughout the sales and implementation process.
  • Develop and implement a technical resource ratio and utilization model to optimize sales productivity and resource allocation.
  • Enhance the technical onboarding process to align with the business onboarding, ensuring a smooth transition for customers from sales to implementation.
  • Provide strategic technical input and guidance to sales teams, helping to identify and capitalize on revenue acceleration opportunities.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, product management, and engineering, to ensure technical solutions meet customer requirements and drive business outcomes.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning and development within the Field Engineering and Professional Services teams, enabling them to stay at the forefront of industry trends and technologies.
  • Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of the Field Engineering and Professional Services teams and drive continuous improvement.
  • Stay on top of market trends, competitor activities, and industry developments to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience in a similar leadership role within the technology industry, ideally from a DBaaS, PaaS, IaaS, or other cloud-based solutions
  • Has successfully built and led a team of 20+ direct and indirect reports
  • Strong understanding of the pre-sales and post-sales process and experience in driving revenue growth.
  • Proven track record of successfully aligning pre-sales and post-sales teams to improve the customer experience.
  • Technically proficient; been in technical roles that required being hands-on with code, infrastructure, and modern technologies
  • First-hand experience leading through cloud transformation and/or emerging tech launches
  • Expertise in developing and implementing technical resource ratio and utilization models to optimize sales productivity.
  • Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to provide guidance on complex sales processes and forecast accuracy.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and senior executives.
  • History of fostering an environment of internal mobility, coaching, and development of technical leaders
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and effectively manage multiple priorities.
  • Strong experience with working across multiple geographies and cross-functional teams
  • Strong leadership qualities with a focus on fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
Why Join Neo4j?

Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph database in the world. We have customers in every industry across the globe, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.

  • Neo4j is one of the fastest scaling technology companies in this industry. Well over $100M ARR and still rapidly growing.
  • Raised biggest round of funding in all of database history ($325M Series F).
  • Backed by world class investors like Google Ventures (GV), Neo4j has raised over $582M in funding and is currently valued at $2Bn. This puts them among the most well-funded database companies in history.
  • 75% of Fortune 100 use Neo4j with more than 800 enterprise customers including Comcast, eBay, Adobe, Lyft, UBS, IBM, Volvo Cars and many more.
  • Emil Eifrem (CEO) has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation and customer success.
  • Countless awards in the industry. Massive Enterprises and individual developers/ data scientists love Neo4j. Strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
  • A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact Study pegged Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t 100% fit the qualifications above. Why? Because we are committed to building an environment that fosters belonging, which means valuing intellectually honest discussions and being receptive to new ideas and perspectives.

One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience.

Neo4j Values:

Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:

(we)-[:VALUE]->(relationships)
(we)-[:FOCUS_ON]->(:UserSuccess)
(we)-[:THRIVE_IN]->(:Culture {type: [‘Open’, ‘Inclusive’})
(we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:’Positive’})
(we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’})
(we)-[:DELIVER_ON]->(ourCommitments)

Neo4j is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the privacy notice regarding Neo4j's recruitment process to understand how we will handle the personal data that you provide.

More information at www.neo4j.com.