Senior Sales Engineer Job at Tacton, Chicago, IL

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  • Tacton
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

About the Role
As a Senior Sales Engineer at Tacton, you'll play a key role in transforming our customers' businesses by showcasing the full potential of our innovative Tacton platform and its advanced CPQ capabilities.

You’ll bridge the gap between innovative technology and real-world business challenges, playing a pivotal role in driving customer success. Your impact will be felt across our sales process, ensuring that every solution delivers tangible value to our clients.

What You Will Do
In this role, you will be at the forefront of customer interactions, helping them see how our solutions can meet their needs and transform their businesses. On a daily basis, you’ll be:

  • Collaborating with the sales team to understand customer needs, tailor presentations, and deliver compelling product demonstrations.
  • Providing in-depth technical expertise on our CPQ solutions, including features, benefits, and integrations.
  • Acting as a trusted advisor, offering consultative solutions to help customers overcome their business challenges.
  • Engaging with prospects and customers throughout the sales cycle, answering technical questions, and addressing implementation concerns.
  • Leading proof of concept (POC) engagements to validate how our solutions fit customer requirements.
  • Independently managing and driving technical engagements across your accounts, taking ownership of sales engineering activities and ensuring successful customer outcomes.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree within Engineering, Computer Science or a related field
  • At least 5 years of experience in a sales engineering or technical pre-sales role, preferably within complex B2B solutions, ideally in a SaaS or CPQ environment.
  • Strong understanding of sales processes, pricing strategies, and configuration methodologies in the manufacturing industry.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain and show complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • A proven track record of supporting sales teams and driving revenue growth.
  • The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Familiarity with CRM tools like Salesforce and/or CPQ systems
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a customer-focused mindset.

Who Will Thrive in This Role

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about technology and thrives on solving complex problems. If you enjoy working closely with both technical teams and customers to find the best solutions, you’ll excel in this role. You should be collaborative, analytical, and customer-focused, with a knack for translating technical details into business value. If you’re adaptable, enjoy fast-paced environments, and have a drive to deliver impactful solutions, you’ll thrive as a Senior Sales Engineer at Tacton. This role is an opportunity to take ownership of your career, grow your expertise, and make a tangible impact on both our customers and our business

The recruitment process consists of

  • Screening call with Global Talent Acquisition Partner
  • Business interview with our hiring manager
  • Personality test and logical ability test
  • Presentation/ panel discussion
  • Peer interview
  • Meeting with the Tacton CEO
  • Reference check

What we offer
At Tacton you will get the chance to develop your career in an organization that values teamwork and promotes individual growth. We offer a global and open environment working with the latest technology to solve important and complex problems in the manufacturing industry. We offer flexible working conditions, and our teamwork is based on knowledge sharing and professional respect.

Our work culture and why you belong
Collaborative, Engaged, Trustworthy, Customer-Oriented, and Visionary. Do any of these value words resonate with you? - Our culture is so much more than words on a poster, we are all dedicated to making Tacton a great place to work. We may describe our culture as “casual” with little hierarchy, and no “big egos”. We value effort and celebrate successes. We treat each other kindly and we politely disagree with no hard feelings.

You may find that Tactonites come from many different parts of the world, with many different stories and experiences. We think this diversity is part of what makes us great!

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing an environment that champions diversity. The more inclusive we are, the stronger we become.

As a Tactonite, you will be welcomed with open arms. We have a comprehensive onboarding program that lets you get up to speed on everything Tacton does. We look forward to receiving your application. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we consider applications on a rolling basis.

About Tacton
Tacton is a leading software-as-a-service company trusted by global manufacturers. We started in the late 1990s when six computer scientists figured out a revolutionary way to help Manufacturers overcome their most business-critical product configuration challenges. Since then, we have grown to support global manufacturers seeking to thrive in a changing world.

We invite you to find out more about us @

Job Tags

Casual work, Flexible hours,

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