Kraken

Senior Solutions Consultant

Kraken$145K — $175K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in solution consulting, sales, or a similar field
  • Strong understanding of energy flexibility concepts like DER, demand response, and VPPs
  • Proven ability to lead discovery phases and client engagements
  • Demonstrated experience in conducting effective product demos
  • Expertise in market and regulatory dynamics relevant to energy solutions
  • Excellent communication skills to interface with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Lead engagement with high-value prospects to define their commercial and technical needs
  • Conduct comprehensive product demos during the sales process to showcase Kraken's capabilities
  • Act as a resource for internal teams on North American energy market trends and strategies
  • Support product and marketing teams with insights and feedback on market positioning
  • Contribute to deal quality through rigorous solution design and value proposition alignment

Benefits

  • Customized interview process to ensure comfort
  • Support for specific accommodations during hiring
  • Opportunity to influence product strategy and market positioning
  • Access to thought leadership initiatives in the energy sector
  • Collaborative team environment focused on professional growth
Full Job Description
Summary

The Senior Solutions Consultant within the commercial (BD) Flex team is a senior, high-impact role operating at the intersection of Sales, Product and Market Strategy. The role combines deep client-facing solution consulting with strong market and regulatory understanding, ensuring that our offerings are positioned credibly, competitively, and with a clear path to value for customers. This role operates as a trusted liaison between sales and product.

Focus areas

The role is deliberately split across three focus areas.
  • Deep Solutions Consulting
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Lead deep engagement with a small number of high-value prospects. Own extended discovery phases, understand the client's commercial, regulatory, and technical context, and help deliver the value proposition. The Senior Solutions Consultant will act in complete alignment with sales and regulatory to ensure alignment.
  • Product Demos
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During the sales process, the sales consultant will be responsible for conducting demos to show potential customers the platform in depth to help them understand the benefits of the Kraken platform. These demos happen throughout the sales process, from pre-sales setting up the value proposition to the closing process to demonstrate how Flex will work within the use case for the utility client.
  • Flex Market & Value Expertise
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Act as the internal and external reference point for the NA energy Market, flexibility, and VPP-related topics relevant to Flex. This position also supports respective product, commercial strategy and product marketing decisions and will represent Kraken externally through thought leadership.
  • Experience in energy flexibility (DER, demand response, VPPs), with the ability to translate market mechanisms and use cases into client facing solutions.


Senior Solutions Consultant.

Other success criteria taken into account:
  • Contribution to deal quality
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  • Clear and aligned demonstration of Kraken Flex
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  • Quality and depth of solution design for deals
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  • Credibility with future utility clients throughout the pre-sales / closing
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  • Influence on product strategy and market positioning
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  • Strength of market insights and thought leadership
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Responsibilities

The responsibility matrix below outlines the key functions of the Senior Solutions Consultant and may be extended based on need and expertise of the hire. Levels of responsibility are defined as follows:
  • Lead: Full ownership of the task, driving execution in alignment with-or under the supervision of sales lead and leadership team.
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  • Contribute: Active contribution to the task under the guidance of the designated task owner.
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Support: Participation and representation of the Flex commercial team (interest), with contributions as required.

$145,000 - $175,000 a year

If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!

About Kraken

Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange based in San Francisco, California. The company was founded in 2011 and has grown to over 1,000 employees. The company allows users to buy and sell a wide range of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. The company also offers margin trading and futures trading. The company has been recognized for its security measures and has never been hacked. The company has also been involved in several high-profile cryptocurrency investigations.
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1,000 employees
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Founded
2011

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