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Are you seeking a role where your technical cloud expertise directly drives business success? Do you want to blend your technical skills with sales to make a significant impact on customer solutions? Eager to join a company like UpCloud, positioned for explosive growth in the red-hot cloud industry?
We are looking for a proactive Technical Pre-sales Consultant to join our team at UpCloud. In this customer-facing role, you will bridge the gap between our technical solutions and sales efforts. Your primary focus will be on architecting customer solutions and providing pre-sales cloud expertise for both to customers and internally to help the team to close the deals.
This role offers the perfect blend of technical and sales responsibilities, giving you the autonomy to shape our customer interactions and contribute to our continuous improvement. If you have a proven track record in cloud architecture, thrive on solving customer problems, and are willing to travel up to 50% of the time, this could be your next career step.
Ready to leverage your technical expertise and join our journey of never becoming yet another cloud provider? Then read on.
What is the role like?
As our Technical Pre-sales Consultant, you will be at the forefront of our customer engagement strategy, collaborating with our sales, product, and development teams to drive continuous improvement. Your primary focus will be on helping customers with their most pressing technical challenges, providing pre-sales cloud expertise, architecting best-practice solutions, representing UpCloud at tech community events, and ensuring our offerings continuously evolve and improve. Read more about our products here.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Playing a key role in the customer solution architecting process, providing pre-sales cloud expertise using your creativity and solid cloud knowledge.
- Helping customers with best-practice architectures, performance, cost, and reliability—or, in general, how to best benefit from UpCloud’s solutions.
- Internally, you will work directly with our sellers and product managers to drive continuous improvement in UpCloud’s offering based on customer feedback.
- You will also help shape how we engage with our customers and internally. This means, for example, developing service level agreements and risk management plans.
- Additionally, you have a chance to represent UpCloud at tech community events!
What will your working environment be like?
👉 International sales team and our ways of working: You will join our Go-to-Market Team led by our CCO Manuel Heilmann. Spread across Europe, our team brings diverse expertise and perspectives. Currently, we are strengthening our team with technical expertise – we hope it’s you.
👉 Our mindset: Our sales efforts are centered around a customer-centric approach. In this role, you'll particularly emphasize the ability to articulate technical solutions effectively, tailoring your communication to various audiences, whether C-level executives or equally technical stakeholders.
👉 Opportunity to travel: Your role will involve traveling across Europe, and occasionally overseas up to 50% of your work time to meet our customers alongside our sales experts. Additionally, our team enjoys occasional company retreats, such as our company retreat in Barcelona at the end of September.
✅ Here you will find more information about us as an employer and what it’s like to join our team.
“You get to join an ambitious team committed to making a difference in the market. We have a unique market opportunity in Europe with our strong local infrastructure because our biggest competitors are all US-based, which is what makes this such a captivating opportunity to learn and grow.” – Manuel Heilmann
5 facts you want to know about this role:
- Language: Communication skills in English. Proficiency in other European languages is a big plus.
- Location: in Europe, preferably in Finland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, or in the UK. Our team works fully remotely or from our offices in Helsinki and Singapore.
- Travel: In this role, you will travel in Europe up to 50% of the time.
- Salary model: Base salary based on your experience and a percentage on new revenue.
- Employee benefits: Choose your preferred devices and enjoy flexible, remote-friendly working hours. Access our offices in Helsinki and Singapore. Participate in company events and annual trips. Benefit from sports and culture programs, extensive healthcare, and additional paid vacation.
Still thinking about it? Let us convince you to join our team.
#1 Merge your technical skills with sales proficiency
This role uniquely combines advanced technical skills with sales proficiency. If you're a highly skilled technical professional looking to transition into a sales role, where you can directly engage with customers and make a tangible impact, this opportunity is for you. No longer confined to backend roles, you'll act as the vital link between customers and UpCloud's team, driving sales and fostering meaningful customer relationships.
#2 Work with a cloud service that stands out in the European market
UpCloud is known for its strengths in reliability, competitive pricing, exceptional customer service, and an extensive network of data centers. Our localized European service provides customers personalised support that larger competitors often cannot match. It is the ideal choice for businesses that value reliability, tailored solutions, and the convenience of working with a European company. By focusing on its impact on customers’ lives, we are confident you’ll enjoy selling the solution to our customers.
Interested? Here’s what to do next.
Take a look at this list of core competencies and skills you need to succeed in this role.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Proficiency in leading and steering technical discussions with customers is essential for successfully closing deals.
- Ability to understand customer requirements and resolve their issues through technological cloud solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to strategize effectively across business, product, and technical challenges.
- Experience that supports you to excel in international environments and collaborate with customers from diverse geographical backgrounds
- Strong expertise in IaaS within Linux/Windows-based server environments.
Do your skillset and interests match?: We’re looking forward to hearing from you! Don’t hesitate to contact us and learn more about joining our team! If you don’t have any further questions at this point, apply by Tuesday 23rd July by leaving your resume here.
If you’re thinking of applying – we encourage you to do so sooner rather than later, as we will start going through the applications as they come in, and we’re looking to fill this role as soon as we find a mutual fit.
What to expect after sending in your application?
- Initial call: A 30-minute call with our recruiter Linda. For any questions, email her at linda@talentbee.io.
- Interview: A 1-hour discussion with our CCO Manuel.
- Sales workshop: Participate in a sales workshop to determine if we’re a good fit for each other.
- Job offer: If all goes well, you'll receive an offer. Welcome to join our journey of never becoming yet another cloud provider.
