Senior Sales Engineer

Position Overview

Elite is seeking a Senior Sales Engineer to lead complex, enterprise solution engagements across the global legal market.

This role is designed for a strategic, business-minded pre-sales professional who thrives in high-visibility environments and operates as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders and a collaborative partner to Sales, Product, and leadership teams.

We are seeking a candidate with strong enterprise software, ERP, financial systems, or SaaS experience who brings exceptional business acumen, executive communication skills, and the ability to quickly master complex platforms. Experience within the legal industry or Practice Management Systems is valuable but not required.

In this role, you will shape deal strategy, guide executive discovery, and influence buying decisions by connecting client business priorities to differentiated, outcome-driven solutions. A key focus includes supporting firms through digital transformation initiatives, including on-premise to cloud migrations.

Senior Sales Engineers are expected to elevate pre-sales standards, model value-based engagement, and positively influence team culture through collaboration, professionalism, and leadership without authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead executive-level conversations centered on business outcomes, total cost of ownership, risk mitigation, scalability, and long-term strategic value.
• Serve as the primary solution leader on complex enterprise opportunities from qualification through close.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and leadership to align deal strategy and solution positioning.
• Develop and articulate clear value hypotheses aligned to client-defined success metrics early in the sales cycle.
• Conduct structured, consultative discovery with senior stakeholders across Finance, IT, Operations, and Firm Leadership.
• Translate complex technical capabilities into compelling commercial narratives tailored to executive audiences.
• Design and deliver high-impact demonstrations and strategic workshops aligned to client decision criteria.
• Support pricing and commercial discussions by reinforcing quantified business value and transformation outcomes.
• Influence deal direction by identifying risk, competitive differentiation, and expansion opportunities.
• Act as a senior escalation point during evaluations, resolving complex functional or technical concerns with credibility and composure.
• Contribute to evolving pre-sales methodologies and continuously raise the standard of execution.
• Contribute to a high-performance pre-sales culture through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and modeling best-in-class execution.
• Ensure disciplined deal execution through accurate opportunity alignment and forecasting collaboration.
• Manage multiple concurrent enterprise pursuits with professionalism, responsiveness, and strategic focus.