Sales Engineer - Chicago, IL

Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system that observes, guides, and acts alongside the world's most successful revenue teams. Powered by the Gong Rev ...

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Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system that observes, guides, and acts alongside the world's most successful revenue teams. Powered by the Gong Revenue Graph, AI-powered intelligence, specialized agents, and trusted applications, Gong helps more than 5,000 companies around the world deeply understand their teams and customers, automate critical sales workflows, and close more deals with less effort. For more information, visit

At Gong, you will join a company built on innovative products, ambitious goals, and passionate people. We are shaping the future of revenue intelligence and we want people who are excited to build what comes next. You will work with a team that dreams big, moves fast, and cares deeply about the craft and about each other. Here, transparency and trust are core to how we operate, and every person has the opportunity to make a visible impact. If you want to grow, stretch, and do work that truly matters, Gong is the place to do the best work of your career.

Our Sales Engineering team is expanding rapidly We're looking for top-tier talent across all levels to join our Industry Expansion team. If you're passionate about driving value for customers in the financial services sector (banking/insurance/wealth) we encourage you to apply. Our team will carefully review your experience and be in touch to assess the best fit within our organization.
These positions are hybrid-based roles (office and remote) and we're currently seeking candidates in the following areas: Salt Lake City, Chicago, or New York City.

The mission of our Sales Engineering team at Gong is to serve as trusted partners, advising on complex workflows and guiding customers toward an AI-first approach to their go-to-market strategy, ultimately helping them achieve their desired business outcomes. As a Sales Engineer on our Industry Expansion vertical team, you will be instrumental in creating raving fans among our prospects and customers. Your focus will be on helping them understand how our platform can drive their strategic business initiatives across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside Sales and Customer Success as the ultimate product expert and account team technical advisor.
• Thoroughly understand all aspects of the Gong platform in order to explain and demo the technology to all types of users.
• Be the trusted advisor to both prospects and customers to ensure they get the correct business outcome and value from our Gong technology, including business value quantification.
• Assist prospects and customers with business assessments (POCs, Pilots).
• Craft content to show customers how to leverage Gong for specific use cases.
• Execute the build and delivery of outcome-based demos and solution architecture diagrams for customers that have highly complex use cases.
• Solution complex business and technical requirements and explain them in simple terms.
• Assist with RFPs and questionnaires in the context of sales cycles.
• Help eliminate bottlenecks by working cross-functionally (Sales, Customer Success, Support, Product Management, Engineering) in order to get deals across the line.
• Partner with and support Marketing on demand gen activities (webinars, conferences, events).
• Contribute reusable assets to the Sales Engineering team and the company at-large.

Qualifications

• Customer facing experience in a sales engineering role (pre-sales) or a combination of sales engineering and other relevant work experience (ie: Sales Enablement, Operations).
• Experience selling into any of the following industry verticals is a plus: Financial Services (Banking / Insurance / Wealth), Healthcare (including Life Sciences), or Manufacturing organizations.
• Experience with sales technology: CRMs, cloud architecture, or telephony / web conference systems.
• Experience with data flows, AI & ML concepts, analytics, APIs, webhooks, or JSON is a plus.
• Understanding of security and privacy pertaining to SaaS systems.
• Understanding of key sales personas and workflows (including forecasting and prospecting) within a GTM organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Able to make the complex sound simple

Perks & Benefits

• We offer Gongsters a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family's needs.
• Wellbeing Fund - flexible wellness stipend to support a healthy lifestyle.
• Mental Health benefits with covered therapy and coaching.
• 401(k) program to help you invest in your future.
• Education & learning stipend for personal growth and development.
• Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend.
• Paid parental leave to support you and your family.
• Company-wide recharge days each quarter.
• Work from home stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment.

The target OTE for this position is $130,500-$220,000.
Compensation is based on factors unique to each candidate, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, qualification, education, experience, and location. At Gong, we have a location-based compensation structure, which means there may be a different range for candidates in other locations. The total compensation package for this position, in addition to base compensation, may include incentive compensation, bonus, equity, and benefits. Some of our sales compensation programs also offer the potential to achieve above targeted earnings for those who exceed their sales targets.

We are always looking for outstanding Gongsters So if this sounds like something that interests you regardless of compensation, please reach out. We may have more roles for you to consider and would love to connect.

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