Description
We are looking for a Sales Engineering Manager - UAE to join our team. This is a hybrid role, reporting to the Sales Engineering Director in the Solutions Consulting department.
You will work to define and drive the regional technical-win strategy in partnership with Sales leadership, ensuring consistent, high-quality pre-sales execution across priority accounts. By leading and developing a team of Sales Engineers, you will orchestrate cross-functional partners to deliver customer outcomes, influence product direction through structured field feedback, and standardize repeatable pre-sales plays and solution frameworks to accelerate deals and long-term adoption.
Role Expectations
- Own the end-to-end pre-sales motion and ensure the Sales Engineering team delivers consistently high-quality, value-based customer engagements that accelerate pipeline and close outcomes.
- Build a high-performing, engaged SE team through coaching and 1:1s, with clear development plans, continuous feedback, mentoring, and defined career progression.
- Partner with customers across markets to deliver network, security, and application access transformation with Zscaler, while serving as their trusted voice to influence product direction internally.
Who You Are (Success Profile)
- You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it.
- You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action.
- You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution.
- You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself.
- You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development.
What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)
- 8+ years enterprise pre-sales / solutions engineering experience (security, networking, cloud, or SaaS) across complex, multi-stakeholder deals.
- 2+ years leading and developing Sales Engineers (hiring, coaching, performance, career growth).
- Proven ability to run the regional pre-sales motion: pipeline support, deal strategy, and forecasting partnership with Sales.
- Strong executive customer leadership and a deep security/networking foundation (e.g., Zero Trust, identity, secure connectivity, cloud security) with strong cross-functional collaboration and willingness to travel.
- Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain.
What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience enabling pre-sales teams to position AI-powered threat detection, automated policy generation, or AI-driven security analytics to maximize customer value.
- Proven experience leading enterprise security/cloud pre-sales teams in a high-growth SaaS environment (multi-country/multi-market a plus).
- Demonstrated ability to scale and develop an SE organization (hiring, onboarding, enablement, repeatable plays, career frameworks).
Benefits
- Various health plans.
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time.
- Parental leave options.
- Retirement options.
- Education reimbursement.
- In-office perks, and more!