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Director, Sales Engineering UKI

Veeam Software is a leading data resilience company specializing in backup, disaster recovery, and data management solutions having a global footprint in IT services.

Veeam Software

Employee count: 5000+

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Veeam is the Data and AI Trust Company, specializing in helping organizations ensure their data and AI are fully understood, secured, and resilient to enable the acceleration of safe AI at scale. As the market leader in both data resilience and data security posture management, Veeam is built for the convergence of identity, data, security, and AI risk. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we go fearlessly forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands.

About the Role

This role will lead and scale regional Sales Engineering (Presales) teams to translate company strategy into executable technical sales plans that drive pipeline conversion, deal wins, and successful solution delivery. You will optimize resources, drive operational excellence, and foster cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Channel, Product, Marketing, Services, and Operations to deliver customer outcomes and build lasting technical trust.

This role typically reports to the Regional VP Sales Engineering and partners closely with Services/Delivery leadership. Travel may be required for key customer engagements, team development, and regional business reviews.

What You’ll Do

  • Leadership & operating rhythm: Lead a team (or multiple small teams) of Sales Engineers, managers, and senior professionals; set direction, priorities, and performance expectations aligned to company and regional objectives.
  • Technical sales strategy: Translate corporate strategy into actionable regional technical sales plans, including coverage model, enablement, and execution standards across the presales lifecycle.
  • Solution design strategy: Direct regional solution architecture approach to ensure teams design scalable, secure, and differentiated solutions that meet customer requirements and win competitive deals.
  • Customer discovery: Define and enforce discovery methodology that uncovers business outcomes, technical constraints, and decision criteria; use data-driven insights to improve win rates and forecast quality.
  • Demos & POCs: Own demonstration and proof-of-concept strategy; ensure compelling technical validation, strong success criteria, and appropriate resource allocation to maximize deal impact.
  • Cross-functional execution: Drive effective collaboration with Sales, Channel, and Operations; influence organizational and process decisions that remove friction and accelerate deal progression.
  • Technical trust-building: Establish the region’s approach to positioning the company as the trusted technical advisor through executive engagement, architecture reviews, and deep customer relationships.
  • Competitive positioning: Direct regional competitive strategy; equip teams with battlecards and technical differentiation, and influence Product/Marketing with market feedback and competitor insights.
  • Operational excellence: Optimize staffing and budget, improve presales processes, and standardize best practices; track KPIs and implement continuous improvement plans.
  • Talent development: Recruit, coach, and develop high-performing SE talent; create career paths, succession plans, and a culture of accountability, learning, and inclusion.

What You’ll Bring

  • 10+ years in Sales Engineering / Presales / Solutions Architecture within enterprise software, cloud, data management, cybersecurity, or similar technical domains.
  • 5+ years of people leadership experience, including managing managers and/or multiple teams across a region.
  • Proven track record of improving technical win rates, influencing large/complex deals, and scaling presales motions (discovery, demo, POC, proposal support).
  • Strong solution architecture capability across customer environments (on-premises, cloud, hybrid), with sound understanding of security, integration, and operational considerations.
  • Experience partnering with Sales leadership on territory planning, coverage models, pipeline governance, and forecasting.
  • Excellent executive communication skills (customer-facing and internal), including the ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Advanced degree is a plus.

What You’ll Get

  • 25 paid vacation days, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
  • Private medical, dental, and vision insurance with dependent enrolment
  • Life insurance with enhanced coverage and global 24/7 protection
  • Income protection after 26 weeks, covering a portion of salary
  • Defined contribution pension plan with employer match
  • Worldwide travel insurance for business and leisure, with option to enroll dependents
  • Employee Assistance Program with therapy, legal, and financial support, plus online GP services and wellbeing programs
  • Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning

Please note: If an applicant is permanently located outside of the UK, Veeam reserves the right to decline the application for this position.

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Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.

Please note that any personal data collected from you during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice.

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By submitting your application, you acknowledge that the information provided in your job application and any supporting documents is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification of information may result in disqualification from consideration for employment or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.

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Veeam Software is the industry leader in data resilience, providing solutions that ensure the integrity and availability of data across cloud, virtual, and physical environments. We believe in empowering businesses through innovative technology, allowing them to recover their data quickly and securely in the event of any disruption. With Veeam’s solutions, organizations enjoy seamless data backup, recovery, portability, security, and analytics, positioning them for success in a landscape increasingly threatened by cyber incidents and data loss.

Founded in 2006, Veeam has pioneered advancements in data protection, making it easier for businesses to manage their data across an array of platforms. Our global presence, with headquarters in Seattle, allows us to support over 550,000 customers world-wide, including 74% of the Global 2000. Our commitment to innovation continues to set benchmarks in the industry, demonstrated by our #1 ranking in data protection technologies by Gartner and IDC. Every day, we strive to create solutions that empower organizations to achieve radical resilience, thus enabling them to navigate challenges while focusing on growth and innovation. Trust Veeam to keep your data always available and secure.

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