Pre-Sales Engineer

<p>This is a role for a technical consultant who wants to take the lead building our client pipeline and creating custom predictive analytics solutions for clients around the world. &nbsp;This is a chance to for a Pre-Sales Engineer to be hands-on in a client facing and technical advisory role. An opportunity to work with the product management team, relaying client requests and feedback and collaborating on the messaging with Marketing.</p>

Toronto, ON

Angoss Software

<div class="column half-col column-first"> <p>Angoss is a global leader in delivering powerful predictive analytics that help businesses discover valuable insights and intelligence in their data, while providing clear and detailed recommendations to improve risk, marketing and sales performance.</p> </div> <div class="column half-col column-last"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> http://www.angoss.com/

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Experienced

Overview: <p><strong>Who we are</strong></p> <p>Angoss Software powers the world of predictive analytics. Angoss&rsquo; suite of advanced analytics solutions unlocks the valuable intelligence stored within relational databases and big data infrastructure. With Angoss, companies make smarter business decisions to grow revenue, increase sales and marketing productivity, deepen customer loyalty and reduce risk.</p> <p>Recognised by <a href="http://www.angoss.com/landing-pages/forrester-report-2017/" target="_blank">Forrester</a> in 2017 as a leader in predictive analytics and machine learning solutions, Angoss has over 300 customers including big name brands like Rogers, RBC and Barclays.</p> <p>Recently we&rsquo;ve launched new products like <a href="http://www.angoss.com/predictive-analytics-software/software/knowledgeenterprise/" target="_blank">KnowledgeENTERPRISE</a> to meet customer demand and lead the market in big data solutions and now we need to add to our business development team to open more doors and close bigger deals. &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The opportunity:</strong></p> <p>We have an opportunity for a <strong>Pre-Sales Engineer</strong>. This is a role for a technical consultant who wants to take the lead building our client pipeline and creating custom predictive analytics solutions for clients around the world.</p> <p>This is a chance to for a Pre-Sales Engineer to be hands-on in a client facing and technical advisory role. An opportunity to work with the product management team, relaying client requests and feedback and collaborating on the messaging with Marketing.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Who you are and what your career path looks like:</strong></p> <p>You are an experienced Pre-Sales Engineer working in a corporate environment as part of a large team. You are looking for a chance to drive the growth and success of a smaller company that is rapidly scaling. You want to be on an elite team where you can thrive as a primary contact for clients, collaborating across teams, making fast decisions and delivering solutions that exceed expectations.</p> <p>You have technical expertise in big data analytics, data management, data mining and business intelligence tools. You are one of those rare individuals that can smoothly elicit requirements and work out technical specifications all while building strong relationships and fostering a sense of trust. You have the knowledge, experience and the confidence in your ability to provide the best solution. You thrive in a dynamic environment where you are both a team player and an entrepreneur.</p> <p>As we grow, so will your career here. There will be opportunities to work on bigger prospects, to move into a lead role or across to Sales or Product. Joining Angoss now is a chance to be part of our rapid growth, to make an impact and take your career on a new trajectory.</p>
Responsibilities: <p><strong>What you will do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Be the external-facing SME. You will demonstrate competency as a vertical and technical subject matter expert by thoroughly understanding all Angoss solutions.</li> <li>Be a direct contributor. You will provide updates to sales on current projects, and provide post-sales handovers for smooth transition through to implementation.</li> <li>Be the technical expert. You will use your Angoss expertise to provide marketing support by writing technical white papers, video scripts and analyst briefings.</li> <li>Be supportive. You will be responsible for supporting the evaluation stage of the sales process. You will work consultatively, in conjunction with the sales team, to perform discovery, design creative solutions, and demonstrate the solutions.</li> <li>Be dynamic. You will help drive prospects to closure using supportive proof of concept. You are comfortable in the dynamic atmosphere of a rapidly growing technical organisation with an expanding customer base.</li> <li>Be organised and analytical. You will eliminate sales obstacles by successfully representing the technical and business aspects of how the solution solves specific customer problems. You will collect required customer information to help design solutions, work closely with sales and respond to RFPs.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <p><strong>Our new Pre-Sales Engineer has:</strong></p> <ul> <li>The education. You have a Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Analytics or Data Science.</li> <li>The experience. You have a combined 5+ years in a technical pre-sales support role or management consulting. You can expertly deliver client-focused solutions based on customer requirements.</li> <li>The technical expertise. You have proven hands-on experience in analytics, programming and algorithm development including:</li> <li>Big data analytics, data management, data mining. Technologies such as Jupyter, PYSpark and Hadoop would be an asset.</li> <li>Business intelligence tools such as Tableau and Qlik would be an asset.</li> <li>SAS language, products and technologies.</li> <li>Programming, scripting and high-level languages including R, Python, PySpark, Scala, &nbsp;and SQL l.</li> <li>The knowledge. You have exposure working with predictive analytics as well as an understanding of machine learning modelling and concepts.</li> <li>The ownership and drive. You are motivated by success - both your own and your client&rsquo;s. You excel at influencing decisions of executive decision makers.</li> <li>The communication skills. Your presentation and demonstration skills to all levels of business that are both technical and non-technical are outstanding. You have excellent technical writing skills, including the ability to write clear, detailed technical requirements, design specifications and project documents.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Why join Angoss?</strong></p> <p>At Angoss, we believe in clarity - we&rsquo;re very clear about who we are and what we do. We&rsquo;re an organisation the size of David playing in the same league as Goliath - and we&rsquo;re winning, too!</p> <p>We're small but remarkable. We strive to unleash the talent of our team members by affording them opportunities to work on projects they wouldn&rsquo;t get a chance to try at a larger organisation. While we do our best as an employer, we recognise that there&rsquo;s always more to be done and our leadership team is working every day to ensure we're the best we can be.</p> <p>Angoss welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.</p>