Senior Strategic Solutions Engineering Manager, Central at Cloudflare

United States

$231k - $283k

<strong>About Us</strong> <p>At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. </p> <p><span>We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us! </span></p> <p><strong>Available Location: Chicago </strong></p> <p><strong>What you’ll do as a Strategic Solutions Engineer Manager</strong></p> <p><span>As a SE Manager for Cloudflare Central Region, you’ll be responsible for managing cross functional, full sales life cycle technical activities for Cloudflare customers. The role requires someone with strong leadership, interpersonal, and business acumen to work with Sales to grow our account base. The SE Manager will manage a team of SEs that are geographically distributed in the Central US.  The team partners with the West Sales team and Customer Success and is responsible for providing the value of Cloudflare products to customers and prospects</span></p> <p><strong>Examples Of Desirable Skills, Knowledge, Experience And Goals</strong></p> <p><span>Our Solutions Engineers come from a wide range of backgrounds: financial consulting, engineering, software development, product management, customer support &amp; project delivery. We're serious about building a diverse team. When hiring we look for diversity of experience combined with genuine curiosity for our technology.</span></p> <p><span>Ultimately, you are passionate about technology, have the ability to explain complex technical concepts in easy-to-understand terms, and you like coaching and teaching. You are naturally curious, and an avid builder who is not afraid to get your hands dirty. On the Solutions Engineering team, you will find a collaborative environment where everyone brings different strengths and jumps in to help each other and you will be an integral part of driving that culture.</span></p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li><span>8+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems or another related field or its equivalent.</span></li> <li><span>8+ years of experience with internet technologies / protocols and / or cloud technologies</span></li> <li><span>Experience managing opportunity sales cycles and identifying technical proof activities</span></li> <li><span>Demonstrated operations and organization skills implementation and driving best practices with cross functional organizations.</span></li> <li><span>Strong organizational and analytical skills.</span></li> <li><span>Outstanding interpersonal skills with a proven track record of successfully building collaboration around important initiatives.</span></li> <li><span>Successful track record of working and influencing matrixed organizations.</span></li> <li><span>Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to effectively present technical and business related subjects to all audiences.</span></li> <li><span>Demonstrated problem solving skills, drive for results, interpersonal savvy, and customer focus.</span><span><br/></span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Compensation</strong></p> <p>Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>For Chicago based hires: Estimated annual salary of $231,000 - $283,000</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Equity</strong></p> <p>This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Benefits</strong></p> <p>Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.  Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun!  The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Health &amp; Welfare Benefits</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>Medical/Rx Insurance</li> <li>Dental Insurance</li> <li>Vision Insurance</li> <li>Flexible Spending Accounts</li> <li>Commuter Spending Accounts</li> <li>Fertility &amp; Family Forming Benefits</li> <li>On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program</li> <li>Global Travel Medical Insurance</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Financial Benefits</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>Short and Long Term Disability Insurance</li> <li>Life &amp; Accident Insurance</li> <li>401(k) Retirement Savings Plan</li> <li>Employee Stock Participation Plan</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Time Off</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave</li> <li>Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave</li> </ul><p><strong>What Makes Cloudflare Special?</strong></p> <p><span>We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.</span></p> <p><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/protecting-free-expression-online/"><strong>Project Galileo</strong></a><span>: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.</span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/athenian/">Athenian Project</a></strong><span>: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.</span></p> <p><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"><strong>1.1.1.1</strong></a><span>: We released</span><a href="https://1.1.1.1/"> <span>1.1.1.1</span></a><span> to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our</span><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver"> privacy commitment</a><span> and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.</span></p> <p><span>Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!</span></p> <p><span>This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.</span></p> <p><span>Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their, or any other person's, perceived or actual</span> <span>race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, or any other basis protected by law. </span><span>We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.</span></p> <p><span>Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include, but are not limited to, changing the application process, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.  If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please contact us via e-mail at </span><span>hr@cloudflare.com</span><span> or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco, CA 94107.</span></p>