Senior Field Engineering Director / Pre-sales

7 Months ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Field Engineering Director / Pre-sales role at Cognite involves helping clients understand and validate Cognite technology to deliver business value. Responsibilities include leading discovery workshops to identify business needs, explaining how Cognite Data Fusion and Applications solve challenges, providing expert guidance to account teams, collaborating with end users and stakeholders for problem-solving workshops, and cross-departmental collaboration. The role requires technical expertise, customer-facing capabilities, and business acumen. The candidate should be able to speak the language of clients, whether they are C-level stakeholders or engineers. The role also involves regular travel for workshops.
Must have:
  • Master's/PhD in a relevant technical topic
  • Experience from Downstream and/or Process Industry
  • Experience of implementing Industry 4.0 projects
  • Strong interest and experience in IOT technologies
  • Team player, used to work well in a cross functional team
  • Strong proficiency in demonstrating enterprise software sales
Good to have:
  • Additional language full proficiency
Perks:
  • Join an organization of 70 different nationalities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus
  • A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture
  • Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy
  • Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
  • Join our HUB to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.

Job Details

About Cognite

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms. In the realm of industrial digitalization, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Energy sectors. As part of the esteemed Aker family, Cognite brings forth a legacy of innovation and excellence. Excitingly, we are set to extend our footprint to the vibrant landscapes of India, which opens the door for you to be part of the expansion from the beginning. Join us in this venture where data meets ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.


Our teams are working on building the next-generation industrial data platform and applications across many different industries, such as Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, and Power & Utility. This includes enabling all types of workflows, including analytics, to assist in making better decisions. We are a good mix of engineers, products, and design. What we have in common is that we care deeply about the user experience and create products that users really want to use.


Learn more about Cognite here

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Our values

Impact: Cogniters strive to make an impact in all that they do. We are result-oriented, always asking ourselves.

Ownership: Cogniters embrace a culture of ownership. We go beyond our comfort zones to contribute to the greater good, fostering inclusivity and sharing responsibilities for challenges and success. 

Relentless: Cogniters are relentless in their pursuit of innovation. We are determined and deliverable (never ruthless or reckless), facing challenges head-on and viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth. 


A typical day as a Cogniter will contain the following tasks & responsibilities
  • Help clients understand and validate the capabilities of Cognite technology to deliver critical business value. This would be done by leading early discovery workshops that identify the business needs and industry readiness of Cognite clients
  • Explain and demonstrate how Cognite Data Fusion and Cognite Applications can solve the critical challenges leading to realizable value at scale.
  • The role is a combination of technical expertise, customer-facing capabilities, and business acumen. This requires an ability to provide expert guidance to account teams, improve existing demos, and tailor messaging to meet our customers' specific objectives.
  • You will collaborate with end users and key stakeholders to conduct detailed problem-solving workshops and assist in evaluating RFIs/RFQs, ensuring the right fit for our products and crafting tailored responses.
  • You will collaborate cross-departmentally with the Cognite Customer Success department, staying up-to-date with their capabilities in solution delivery. In that way help shape the direction of Cognite Data Fusion, ensuring that our platform aligns with the common challenges our clients face.
  • Play a crucial role in developing and supporting capable selling and delivery partners Provide partners with in-project enablement, coaching, and guidance, fostering a network of skilled professionals who share our vision.
  • The role requires regular travel to engage with our clients on-site for key workshops and activities during the sales and delivery phases of value realization.


We believe most of these should match your experience
  • Master’s/PhD degree in a relevant technical topic (Process, Mechanical, Automation, Maintenance, HSEQ, Planning, EPC projects) and/or previous experience from a similar role 
  • Experience from Downstream and/or Process Industry [(Refineries - Separation, Conversion, Treatment, Planning, Utilities) / (Process - Continuous, Batch Manufacturing for bulk, intermediate and speciality chemicals)] with proven understanding of the current challenges and opportunities digitalization can provide to solve them 
  • Experience of implementing Industry 4.0 projects and understanding of industry 4.0 technologies is desirable
  • Strong interest and experience in IOT technologies, Machine Learning and Digital Twins/ Data Modeling
  • Additional language full proficiency is regarded as a plus
  • Team player, used to work well in a cross functional team
  • Strong proficiency and proven experience in demonstrating and leading technical validation programs for enterprise software sales
  • Ability to lead requirements and value definition workshops
  • Enjoying the responsibility of being the domain expert and facilitating dialogue between a broad range of stakeholders both on 
  • Your ability to speak the language of our clients, whether they are C-level stakeholders or engineers, is a key factor in your success.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.


Apply today!

If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team.


We encourage you to follow us on Cognite LinkedIn; we post all our openings there.



A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter

* Join an organization of 70 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝

* A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more

* Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers, with minimal amount of bureaucracy

* Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries

* Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.


Why choose Cognite? 🏆 🚀

Join us in making a real and lasting impact in one of the most exciting and fastest-growing new software companies in the world. We have repeatedly demonstrated that digital transformation, when anchored on strong DataOps, drives business value and sustainabilityfor clients and allows front-line workers, as well as domain experts, to make better decisions every single day. We were recognized as one of CNBC's top global enterprise technology startups powering digital transformation! And just recently, Frost & Sullivan named Cognite a Technology Innovation Leader! 🥇 Most recently Cognite Data Fusion® Achieved Industry First DNV Compliance for Digital Twins 🥇



Apply today!

If you're excited about the opportunity to work at Cognite and make a difference in the tech industry, we encourage you to apply today! We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team.


We encourage you to follow us on Cognite LinkedIn; we post all our openings there.



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