Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering

Company: Intercom
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role, you lead Fin’s Solutions Engineering team across the EMEA region to scale our AI-first customer support platform for large brands. You blend strategic GTM thinking with hands-on technical leadership to win complex deals and shape vertical solutions. You’ll partner across Sales, Product, Marketing, and R&D to drive customer transformation and credible technical guidance, including PoCs and business value assessments. This is a high-impact role that combines leadership, architecture, and executive engagement.

Pay / Benefits

  • hybrid work policy
  • health and wellbeing programs
  • family support
  • time away from work
  • financial future / retirement planning

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the GTM and strategic vision for the Solutions Engineering function
  • Lead, coach, and scale a global SE team across regions and verticals
  • Engage in strategic deals as player-coach and provide technical guidance
  • Support complex six-figure sales cycles with architecture, demos, and product evaluation
  • Serve as trusted technical advisor and executive contact for large customers
  • Collaborate with Sales, Product, Marketing, and R&D to shape vertical GTM motions
  • Foster a customer-obsessed culture across the pre-sales journey
  • Lead discovery, design, and delivery of tailored technical solutions including PoCs
  • Create reusable solution frameworks and industry-specific assets
  • Advocate for customer needs to influence product roadmap
  • Represent Intercom and SE externally at executive meetings and events
  • Build relationships with C-level stakeholders translating AI capabilities into business impact

Key requirements

  • 5+ years of pre-sales experience in related roles
  • 3+ years leading technical pre-sales teams with hiring and mentoring experience
  • Experience selling AI, data, or highly technical products preferred or strong curiosity about AI
  • Comfort with ambiguity and pressure while solving challenging customer issues
  • Humility and willingness to learn to support the team and customers
  • Track record of delivering revenue, forecasts, and team growth
  • Ability to travel internationally about once a month
  • Flexible working hours to partner with US and APAC teams
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • leadership
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • pre-sales / solution architecture
  • PoC design and execution
  • demo delivery and product evaluation

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Posted: October 1st, 2026