Senior Enterprise Solutions Engineer - French Speaking
A French-speaking pre-sales role at Smartsheet: leading technical sales engagements for enterprise customers — discovery, solution design, and value-based demos of the Smartsheet work-management platform — while advising prospects and partnering with Sales, Product, and Customer Success. Based in London (hybrid); French and English fluency required.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, UK
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Fluency in French and English
- 3-5+ years experience in a pre-sales role or related field in SaaS and enterprise B2B software (transferable skills considered)
- Critical thinking, growth mindset, and experience analyzing and synthesizing complex problems
- Strong technical skills and comfort working in ambiguous and high-pressure situations
- Experience taking a consultative approach to problem solving and positioning solutions
- Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated ownership working cross-functionally to support a customer journey
- Legally eligible to work in the UK on an ongoing basis
Full description
For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day.
Smartsheet is looking for a French-speakingSenior Enterprise Solutions Engineer who has a passion for solving complex challenges. In this role, you will partner directly with Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Professional Services and Product to provide technical leadership throughout the sales process, navigating intricate deal cycles, providing value-based demonstrations, and serving as a trusted advisor to prospects and clients throughout their evaluations. You will be a force multiplier within the Solutions Engineering organisation that is on a mission to grow revenue and to empower anyone to drive meaningful change — for themselves, their businesses, and the world.
This role is part of the Go to Market team and is based in London, UK (Hybrid eligible) and will be reporting directly to the Manager, Enterprise Solutions Engineering.You Will:
- Identify, build, and demonstrate innovative solutions to solve complex business challenges for high visibility Smartsheet customers
- Lead technical sales engagements, identify customer requirements, summarise challenges, design solutions, and provide technical guidance that demonstrates the value of Smartsheet's offerings
- Proactively grow and maintain deep knowledge for all Smartsheet products, services, and competitors
- Actively seek opportunities for cross-functional collaboration and partnership with various departments to support and execute strategic plans and initiatives
- Leverage your expertise to lead or participate in the onboarding, mentoring, and coaching of team members
- Partner with SE and Product teams to represent the voice of the customer and inform product roadmaps
- Consult and collaborate on strategic programs within the Solutions Engineering department
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices, consulting your customers and peers as both a Smartsheet product and industry discipline subject matter expert
- Periodically travel to customer sites and industry events as a technical subject matter expert
- Perform other duties as assigned
You Have:
- Fluency in French and English is required