Intercom

Pre-Sales Senior Engagement Manager

Intercom$133K — $159K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years in consulting, pre-sales, solutions, or customer success with hands-on problem-solving experience
  • Ability to engage both technical teams and senior executives effectively
  • Proven history of creating customer-ready SOWs leading to successful project delivery
  • Strong commercial acumen and ability to drive revenue alongside Sales
  • Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills
  • Familiar with SaaS, AI automation, integrations, and change management best practices
  • Hands-on experience with AI and a willingness to experiment
  • Comfortable challenging both customers and internal teams for clarity and correctness

Responsibilities

  • Lead services scoping with customers to define clear deployment paths
  • Collaborate with Sales to shape deals and instill customer confidence from the outset
  • Translate business and technical requirements into detailed Statements of Work
  • Help customers innovate their customer experience through AI solutions
  • Evaluate complexities and provide tailored deployment approaches
  • Connect customer needs with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams
  • Contribute to process improvements and scalable methodologies in pre-sales

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Regular compensation reviews to reward excellent work
  • Unlimited access to cutting-edge AI tools for experimentation
  • Flexible paid time off policy
  • Paid Parental Leave Program
  • 401k with company match
  • In-office bicycle storage for commuters
  • Engaging company events for employees and their families
Full Job Description
What's the opportunity?

We're hiring a Pre-Sales Senior Engagement Manager to shape how we bring Fin to life for customers-before a contract is even signed. You'll work directly with customers and our Sales team to define the right deployment approach so they can launch fast, see value quickly, and avoid painful rework later.

You'll play a critical role in helping customers confidently invest in AI transformation-designing deployment approaches that balance speed, adoption, and long-term value.

This isn't a "follow the playbook" role. You'll be helping us build the playbook.
What will I be doing?
  • Turn ambiguity into clarityLead services scoping with customers (Director to C-level) to understand their support operations, goals, and constraints-and turn that into a clear deployment path forward
  • Own the story in pre-salesPartner closely with Sales to position services, shape deals, and give customers confidence in how they'll get value from day one
  • Scope what success looks likeTranslate business and technical requirements into clear Statements of Work (SOWs)-including scope, assumptions, exclusions, timelines, dependencies, and customer responsibilities
  • Design AI-powered solutions Help customers rethink their customer experience using AI-not just replicate old workflows with new tools
  • Assess complexity and guide the right approachEvaluate deals across dimensions like workspace and workflow design, Fin readiness, migration complexity, and integrations - then translate them into clear Statement of Work (SOWs)
  • Be the bridgeConnect customer needs with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success-making sure what we sell is what we can deliver (and vice versa)
  • Improve the systemContribute to process improvements, tooling, and scalable ways of working across pre-sales and deployment services
What skills do I need?
  • 3-5 years in consulting, pre-sales, solutions, or customer success - you've solved real customer problems before
  • You're great at engaging both technical teams and senior executives - seamlessly switching between deep technical detail and high-level business conversation
  • Proven track record in creating accurate, customer-ready SOWs that led to successful project delivery.
  • Strong commercial acumen and ability to partner with Sales to drive revenue.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Familiarity with SaaS + AI automation, integrations, and change management best practices.
  • You're AI-curious and hands-on - you don't just talk about it, you try things and understand how it changes workflows
  • You're not afraid to challenge customers (and internal teams) when something doesn't make sense
How Success Is Measured
  • Accelerate deal velocity: Reduce friction and eliminate ambiguity in how deployment services are scoped, ensuring customers understand the path to value faster
  • Drive services attach and expansion: Help customers see the critical value of investing upfront to get their AI transformation right from day one
  • Scope for delivery success: Build solutions that actually work in the real world-protecting delivery margins through accurate resourcing and clear expectations
  • Deliver real-world adoption: Ensure your deployment designs lead to meaningful increases in automation, where customers see Fin working in production, not just on paper
Benefits

We are a well-treated bunch, with awesome benefits! If there's something important to you that's not on this list, talk to us!
  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Regular compensation reviews - great work is rewarded!
  • Unlimited access to Claude Code and best-in-class AI tools; experimentation & building is encouraged & celebrated.
  • Flexible paid time off policy
  • Paid Parental Leave Program
  • 401k plan & match
  • In-office bicycle storage
  • Fun events for employees, friends, and family!

*Proof of eligibility to work in the United States is required.

The base salary range for candidates within the Greater Chicago Area is $133,700-$159,650. Actual base pay will depend on a variety of factors such as education, skills, experience, location, etc. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All regular employees may also be eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

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Policies

Fin has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least three days per week.

We have a radically open and accepting culture at Fin. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non-work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.

About Intercom

Intercom is a customer messaging platform that enables targeted communication with customers on your website, inside your web and mobile apps, and by email. Intercom's products include a live chat system, a customer data platform, and a suite of messaging tools that enable businesses to communicate with their customers in a personalized way. Intercom was founded in 2011 by Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, Ciaran Lee, and David Barrett. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has additional offices in Dublin, London, Chicago, and Sydney.
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