About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. 

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler. 

We're looking for an exceptional Sales Engineering Director to lead and grow our India partner engineering organization. You will align closely with Partner Sales Directors, product management, and engineering to help execute strategic partner development. We need a seasoned pre-sales leader with a proven track record growing a partner engineering organization. 

Responsibilities

  • Recruit, mentor, and develop the partner sales engineering team.
  • Refine and scale the partner engineering processes such as champion development, practice building, service offer creation, and sales engagement.
  • Engage with partner senior technical leadership on strategic initiatives.
  • Lead from the front with the capability to develop and deliver solution overviews and demonstrations.
  • Drive the development of strategic partner plans.
  • Promote products and business solutions at conferences, forums, and seminars.
  • Collaborate with a variety of internal functional areas.
  • Provide input on product development or enhancements to existing products to product management function.

 Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of experience in partner engineering, sales engineering or systems engineering with at least 5 years managing and directing a team.
  • Excellent knowledge and prior experience selling network security technologies including but not limited to: HTTP and web related technologies, proxies, caches, firewalls, SSL/IPsec, VPN’s, DLP, anti-virus, spam and spyware solutions (Gateway and SaaS).
  • Demonstrated success working with Fortune 1000 companies.
  • Strong customer relationship and people skills as well as strong written communications and presentation skills.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Ability to influence technical decision makers and executives.
  • Ability to travel frequently.

By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.

Zscaler is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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