Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Sales Support Engineer (SSE) role will encompass supporting the sales team with technical solutions throughout the sales cycle (Sales Engineering), and working with the IT integration team to provide ongoing support for new clients through their own integration process post-sale through to go-live (Client Integration Management).
The SSE at times may interface with the Project Management Office to estimate hours, cost, and project timeline, gather requirements, and architect solutions for custom development/integration projects for Bluefin’s suite of products and key clients. The SSE will maintain direct and ongoing communication with the sales team for the purposes of explaining technical concepts and answering technical product and security questions as they relate to Bluefin’s products and services.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Producing technical documents and demonstrating device interfacing and functionality.
- Assessing feasibility of available solutions for specific environments.
- Conveying technical concepts in a way that is clear and appropriate for the audience.
- Tracking ongoing internal projects.
- Conducting GoToMeeting or on-site demonstrations.
- Performing device and product research.
The SSE will collaborate and participate with other leaders in the organization by maintaining and sharing industry knowledge in order to remain aware of trends, competition, threats, and opportunities. The SSE may also participate in cross-functional tasks as a stakeholder, especially pertaining to the perceived value, effectiveness, and ease-of-implementation of proposed technical product enhancements. The applicant must have strong communication skills both in-person and over the phone.
A key skill for this role is identifying and communicating key technical Bluefin products and/or services to the client.
The employee must be willing to travel given adequate notice approximately 30% of the time to conduct meetings with key clients, internal departmental meetings, for industry conferences, or training at the request of Bluefin management.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
- Business or Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree. Master’s Degree or other industry, security, or technology certifications preferred.
- 3 years of experience in technical requirements gathering, solution creation, and technical solution selling to both technical and non-technical clients.
- 3 years of project management/coordination experience.
- 3 years of experience in the payments industry is strongly preferred. Payments industry experience includes working as an employee or agent of a payment gateway, ISO, processor, or integrator preferred.
Language ability: Employee will need to have a strong command of the English language, including spelling, grammar, and oral/written business communications. Comfortable use of current development, networking, and security terminology is critical for clear communication with internal and external technical contacts.
Math & Reasoning Ability: Strong math skills including quantitative and financial analysis are required. Often, the most appropriate technical solution is discovered and driven by a financial aspect for both the client (pricing/savings) and Bluefin (cost/income). Applicant must be able to create reports from raw data to discover trends, summarize data, and recommend solutions for both internal operations management and external client sales. Resourcefulness, creative thinking, and general problem solving capabilities are required.
Computer Skills: Applicant must demonstrate strong knowledge and skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, typing, and Web research are required. General skills in HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Access/SQL, and Visio are required. First-hand knowledge of security, development, and networking concepts is highly desirable to ensure recommendation of appropriate solutions.