Sales Engineer

Yext puts business on the map. The Yext Knowledge Engine™ lets companies manage their digital knowledge in the cloud and sync it to over 100 services, including Apple Maps, Microsoft Bing, Facebook, Google Maps, Instagram, Siri and Yelp. Yext Listings, Pages, and Reviews help businesses around the globe facilitate face-to-face and digital interactions that boost brand awareness, drive foot traffic, and increase sales.

As a Sales Engineer, you are responsible for assisting to grow our client base with a focus on Fortune 50-500 clients across the United States. The Sales Engineer is responsible for understanding our customers and prospects needs’ and developing the appropriate solution footprint and benefit assessment. This involves performing the necessary needs assessment and analysis to clearly define the business objectives and capabilities, as well as the supporting business case, and demonstrating how those requirements are supported using Yext solutions.

* Partner with the Enterprise Field Sales team during the sales process to assist in developing account / opportunity strategies, planning and execution. * Utilize strong business acumen, including best practices and business processes, to understand and communicate business requirements and solutions strategy to customers and prospects. * Communicate the value of Yext solutions and position in the market place. Help shape the evolution of our solutions by partnering with Customer Success, Product Management, Product Marketing and Development. * Provide customer specific product demonstrations in support of requirements and business cases. * Create lasting, mutually beneficial relationships across enterprise accounts and strategic partners. * Develop a strategy and multi-year vision for account penetration. * Complete technical responses to RFPs and RFIs. * Offer guidance on technical aspects of Yext solutions as part of the sales process.

* Minimum 5 years of business experience preferably in a SaaS business environment. * Strong understanding of digital marketing/product experiences and an understanding of how they connect brands and consumers. * Sales and/or pre-sales experience with SaaS/Cloud products; experience in a marketing performance environment with a solid understanding of SEO and SEM is preferred. * Demonstrated history of quota attainment or team goal attainment. * Experience selling to and working with C-Level and top line management to understand business strategy and objectives. * Ability to develop business cases that communicate requirements and solutions strategy to enterprise level prospects and customers. * Excellent communication and presentation skills; must be dynamic in presenting ideas to clients and prospective clients from VP to C-level * Must work well in a team selling environment. * BA/BS Degree Required, MBA a plus. * Travel needs vary by territory