<div><p><strong>Who we are:</strong></p> <p>Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.</p> <p>Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://gomotive.com">gomotive.com</a> to learn more.</p></div><h3><strong>About the Role:</strong></h3> <p>As a Senior Manager of Solutions Engineering for the UK, you will lead and support a team of high-performing Solutions Engineers partnering with Mid-Market, Enterprise, and Strategic Account Executives to drive revenue growth through technical expertise, compelling product demonstrations, and value-based selling. Reporting to the Director of Solutions Engineering for International Markets, you’ll foster a collaborative, high-impact team culture that thrives on customer-centricity, clear communication, and deep product knowledge.</p> <h3><strong>What Youll Do:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Solutions Engineers aligned to Mid-Market, Enterprise, and Strategic AEs, supporting discovery calls, live demos, trial execution, and solution design.</li> <li>Ensure the delivery of compelling, customized demonstrations that align with buyer pain points and business outcomes across various stakeholders.</li> <li>Drive operational excellence in our proof-of-concept and trial workflows to ensure repeatability and scalability across the segments.</li> <li>Act as a trusted technical advisor—internally and externally—on Motive’s current capabilities and future roadmap, ensuring your team can clearly articulate differentiated value.</li> <li>Collaborate with AEs to craft persuasive responses to technical evaluations, RFPs, and security reviews.</li> <li>Partner closely with internal teams including Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Product Marketing to ensure clear communication and product feedback loops.</li> <li>Develop and lead impactful team initiatives and cross-functional projects, while mentoring Solutions Engineers as they scope, drive, and execute on strategic efforts that enhance sales effectiveness, technical excellence, and customer impact.</li> <li>Support the sales process with deal strategy, objection handling, and competitive positioning tailored to the UK market.</li> <li>Partner with Business Value Services to reinforce ROI and key customer outcomes.</li> <li>Stay informed on competitive trends, customer needs, and emerging technologies to guide team enablement and improve execution.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What Were Looking For:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5+ years of pre-sales leadership experience, ideally within the UK SaaS sales environments.</li> <li>MBA or equivalent preferred.</li> <li>Proven background as a Solutions Engineering Manager — or similar — with a track record of success in leading, mentoring, and developing high performing SEs.</li> <li>Strong understanding of value-based selling frameworks such as MEDDIC, MEDDPICC, or Command of the Message, as well as Solutions Engineering-specific methodologies like Demo2Win, Great Demo!, or similar</li> <li>Strong organizational and team leadership skills, with a focus on coaching and scaling.</li> <li>Experience supporting sales cycles that involve software, integrations, cloud platforms, and hardware (IoT or AI/ML experience is a plus).</li> <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence both internally and externally.</li> </ul><div><p><em>Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motives core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. </em></p> <p><em>Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uh_lKr15Zt3OGONfI6pgA3XfAqQHk5ww/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here .</a></em></p> <p><em>UK Candidate Privacy Notice <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AQa2vtWiDxhlMSsKaqrGYk4z8KQaZBdr/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=116247032705400627631&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true">here</a>.</em></p> <p><em><span>The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. </span>It is Motives policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology. </em></p> <p><span>#LI-Remote</span></p></div>

Motive, ex KeepTruckin

Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering - UK

Motive, ex KeepTruckin