Aimed at senior SaaS professionals with 10+ years industry experience who excel in technical evaluations and customer-centric solution design.
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Original posting from Airtable via Greenhouse
Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.
At Airtable, we are passionate about our platform’s ability to democratize software creation and empower anyone to “create anything.” As a Lead Solutions Consultant, you’ll leverage your professional tenure, robust business acumen, and in-depth technical expertise to guide prospective customers through their Airtable evaluation and expansion. You will partner across lines of business as you lead the technical evaluation and compel decision-makers to choose Airtable as their critical operational workflow management tool.
Solutions Consulting Mission Statement
Our mission is to fundamentally improve our customers’ quality of life by empowering organizations and the individuals that drive them to reimagine the way they operate, collaborate, and innovate in Airtable.
We sit at the confluence of Sales, Services, Product, and Marketing and take a customer-centric approach to creating value through intentful listening, storytelling, expert guidance, tailored solutions, and applying a highly consultative process.
We foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, and excellence through continuous improvement and professionalism. We strive to be the trusted partner that drives success and growth for every project, every team, and every individual we serve.
What you'll do
Collaborate with Pre Sales teams to identify, qualify and drive revenue opportunities at Enterprise accounts - net new and install motions
Build meaningful relationships with and serve as a trusted advisor to a prospect or customer’s technical teams
Own the technical evaluation process showcasing customer-centric value within the context of the customer's unique requirements, workflows, and business process needs
Translate the value of Airtable’s tooling into the language of the customer
Manage multiple sales cycles simultaneously, proactively communicating with stakeholders and prioritizing effectively
Consult with credibility, bringing a well-rounded and unique perspective with hands-on cross-functional experience—i.e., direct experience in marketing, program/project management, consulting, operations, etc.
Inform the product team and ultimately the product roadmap with meaningful market potential findings
Represent Airtable in every engagement with the utmost care
Who you are
An experienced customer-centric professional with a well-balanced skillset spanning business acumen, technical knowledge, and effective communication skills
7+ years of experience in SaaS Pre Sales
10+ years industry experience
Experience managing sales cycles and owning the technical evaluation
Working knowledge of Marketing, Product Operations, Retail MGMT, and other Business Units
Knowledge of business operations - can make assumptions as it relates to value drivers for various personas and industries
Understands best practices for structuring data in a relational database and database architecture
Passionate about creating unique solutions for complex business problems
Loves the spotlight - adaptable and compelling communicator and presenter, easily matches the language of the room, author and storyteller
Thirst for knowledge - researcher, analyst, emerging trends enthusiast
Technically savvy, demonstrating a deep understanding of enterprise integration methodologies, best practices and API architecture
Low code no code application experience throughout the customer life cycle
Knowledge of complementary technologies and products - including but not limited to data warehousing and AI systems
Characteristics We Value
Passion and creativity
Autonomous and motivated
Purposeful, thoughtful, and detail-oriented
Effective time and project management
Curiosity
Other
BS/BA or equivalent experience
Airtable knowledge or certification preferred
Command of the Message preferred
Travel as needed - seasonality peaks at 40-50%
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Source: Airtable careers (Greenhouse)