Strategic Solutions Engineer
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Strategic Solutions Engineer based in Australia.
This is a strategic, customer-facing role focused on accelerating partner-led enterprise growth across the APAC region. You will sit at the intersection of solutions engineering, enterprise pre-sales, partner enablement, and solution architecture. You’ll help strategic partners independently discover, sell, implement, and expand complex solutions while connecting technical capabilities to measurable business outcomes. The role combines hands-on customer engagement with building scalable enablement programs and repeatable partner motions. You’ll collaborate closely with sales, professional services, customer success, product, engineering, and AI teams. The environment is fast-moving, commercially focused, and highly collaborative, with significant autonomy and regional impact.
Accountabilities
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Design and deliver structured technical enablement programs covering workflow mapping, business process analysis, AI Agents, AI workflows, solution design, competitive positioning, discovery, demos, and commercial conversations.
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Coach strategic partners across APAC to become increasingly self-sufficient in customer discovery, solution design, demonstrations, technical validation, and deal execution.
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Act as the technical lead for partner-sourced opportunities, supporting engagements from discovery and proof of concept through handoff and expansion while connecting activities to measurable revenue outcomes.
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Partner with Account Executives on strategic direct opportunities, leading discovery, solution design, demonstrations, and technical evaluations.
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Support partner acquisition by leading technical demonstrations and deep-dive sessions, helping prospective partners understand the platform and identifying opportunities to expand their practices.
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Enable partners to identify, scope, and develop AI and Certified Agent opportunities, including AI transformation workshops and collaboration with internal AI specialists.
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Lead or support partner-focused workshops, executive events, in-market activities, and other initiatives that strengthen partner engagement and generate commercial opportunities.
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Support reseller-related processes, including billing, procurement, renewals, expansion motions, and coordination with Professional Services on delivery and escalation.
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Collaborate with Professional Services, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, and Solutions Engineering teams to resolve technical challenges, support RFPs, and communicate partner feedback that can improve products and processes.
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Develop reusable enablement materials, partner content, case studies, and proof points that help scale successful technical and commercial motions across the region.
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8+ years of experience in enterprise pre-sales, solutions engineering, sales engineering, solutions consulting, or another comparable customer-facing technical role.
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At least 2 years of experience supporting or enabling channel partners, VARs, system integrators, resellers, or partner-led go-to-market models.
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Demonstrated ability to build and scale programs from the ground up rather than simply executing established processes.
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Strong presentation, storytelling, workshop facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into clear business value for varied audiences.
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Experience designing or explaining solutions involving APIs, web services, automation, integrations, workflow configuration, or lightweight technical validation.
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Strong business process mapping skills, including the ability to analyze, document, and improve complex processes across different business environments.
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Ability to establish credibility with partners, customers, and sales teams, handle objections constructively, and operate as a trusted technical advisor.
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Hands-on familiarity with AI and LLM technologies, integration platforms such as Unito, Workato, Zapier, or Integromat, as well as web services and APIs.
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Strong commercial judgment, structured problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision.
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Comfortable working cross-functionally and influencing stakeholders without relying on formal authority.
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Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% as required for customer, partner, and regional activities.
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Based in Australia, with Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane preferred.
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Fully remote position available to candidates across Australia.
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Opportunity to work on strategic enterprise engagements across the APAC region.
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High-impact role combining partner strategy, technical consulting, enterprise sales, and AI enablement.
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Significant autonomy to build and scale partner enablement programs and revenue-generating initiatives.
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Exposure to AI, LLMs, automation, integrations, and modern workplace technology.
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Collaboration with cross-functional teams spanning Sales, Professional Services, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, and Solutions Engineering.
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Opportunity to contribute to partner events, customer engagements, AI transformation initiatives, and regional growth programs.
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Equal-opportunity workplace committed to fair consideration of qualified applicants.