Solutions Engineering Manager

🕒 July 27

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💻 Solutions Engineer

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SolarWinds

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1999

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

🤝 B2B

SaaS • Enterprise • B2B

SolarWinds is a provider of IT infrastructure and operations management software that helps organizations monitor, observe, and manage hybrid IT environments. Its portfolio includes monitoring and observability, database performance, incident response, and IT service management (ITSM) tools, offered as SaaS and self-hosted solutions with AI and automation features to improve operational resilience and speed incident response.

📋 Description

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of Solutions Engineers and Solutions Architects, providing mentoring, technical guidance, and career development. • Hire, onboard, and retain top SE talent; run regular 1:1s, coaching sessions, and career conversations. • Create a high-trust, inclusive environment where team members feel empowered to take ownership, share ideas, and grow. • Partner with Sales Directors and Account Executives to drive the technical pre-sales process, supporting them in identifying, progressing, and closing new business opportunities. • Provide technical leadership throughout the sales cycle, from discovery and solution design through to proposal development, demonstration, and presentation. • Ensure SE resources are allocated effectively across sales pursuits, managing coverage, territory alignment, and opportunity prioritisation. • Track and optimise operational metrics including response times, POC volume, pipeline coverage, and win-rate contribution. • Serve as the primary SE leader for the SolarWinds Observability portfolio in UKI, spanning network, application, and infrastructure monitoring across SaaS and Self-Hosted environments. • Maintain deep knowledge of SolarWinds Observability capabilities, competitive positioning and market trends. • Support the broader SolarWinds portfolio (ITSM, Database, Security) as required, ensuring the team can position cross-portfolio value. • Act as the voice of the SE team with Sales, Product Management, Product Marketing, and Customer Success. • Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering teams to ensure our solutions are aligned with market needs and customer requirements, conveying structured field feedback, feature requests, and competitive intelligence. • Build and maintain relationships with key customers, channel partners, and industry experts to understand market trends and customer needs. • Drive a culture of deep discovery, value-based selling, and customer advocacy across the team. • Champion SE enablement, investing in training, knowledge-sharing, certifications (SCP/SCSA), and tooling. • Ensure the team delivers high-quality discovery sessions, demonstrations, and Proof of Concept/Proof of Value engagements.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, solutions architecture, or technology consulting role (or equivalent combination of education and experience). • 3+ years of experience managing or leading a team of pre-sales or solutions engineers, ideally within a B2B software vendor or systems integrator environment. • Strong technical background in Observability, monitoring, or IT operations management, including network, application, and infrastructure monitoring. Experience with cloud-based technologies (AWS, Azure) and hybrid/SaaS architectures is highly desirable. • A strong blend of technical depth, sales acumen, and people leadership, comfortable coaching a team, leading executive-level customer conversations, and conducting deep technical workshops. • Fluent English speaker with exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical solutions and business value to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Proven track record of working collaboratively with sales teams to win new business and achieve revenue targets. • Demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain high-performing technical talent. • Ability to work independently, prioritise competing demands, and manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously. • Bachelor's degree in a relevant Business, Computing, or Engineering discipline or equivalent professional experience.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • Flexible working hours • Professional development budget • Home office setup allowance • Global team events