Motive

Tecnical Sales Engineer

Motive$80K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Ontario, CA
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Media Technology, Business, or equivalent experience
  • Experience in solutions engineering, pre-sales, consulting, or related roles
  • Familiarity with APIs, integrations, or service-based architectures
  • Understanding of cloud-based or hybrid environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Clear communication skills, with the ability to engage with different audiences

Responsibilities

  • Support technical pre-sales activities and solution discussions
  • Participate in customer workshops, discovery sessions, and presentations
  • Translate customer requirements into practical solution designs
  • Contribute to architecture concepts involving media asset management and integrations
  • Support opportunity identification and progression through the sales cycle
  • Align customer needs with product capabilities and provide feedback for improvements
  • Stay informed on media technology trends and support internal discussions

Benefits

  • Work in an international and collaborative environment
  • Opportunities for travel to customer engagements or industry events
  • Engagement with diverse teams across sales, product, and engineering
  • Access to cutting-edge media technologies and workflows
  • Dynamic work environment that encourages learning and adaptation
Full Job Description

You will support customer engagements by helping translate business and technical requirements into practical solution approaches. This role combines technical understanding with collaboration across sales, product, and engineering teams.

You will work with customers and internal stakeholders to explore how Vidispine solutions can support media workflows and evolving platform needs.


What You’ll Do

Customer & Sales Support
  • Contribute to technical pre-sales activities, supporting solution discussions with customers
  • Participate in customer workshops, discovery sessions, and presentations
  • Help communicate how Vidispine solutions can address business and operational needs
  • Support proposal development, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept activities

Solution Design & Consulting
  • Work with customers and teams to translate requirements into solution designs
  • Contribute to architecture concepts involving media asset management, workflows, and integrations
  • Support solution planning across cloud or hybrid environments
  • Assist in preparing high-level designs and documentation (e.g., architecture outlines, scope descriptions)

Opportunity Development
  • Support identification of opportunities within existing and prospective customers
  • Collaborate with account teams to progress opportunities through the sales cycle
  • Contribute to discussions on customer use cases and potential solution approaches

Collaboration Across Teams
  • Work with Product, Engineering, and Delivery teams to share insights from customer engagements
  • Support alignment between customer needs and product capabilities
  • Contribute feedback to help inform product improvements and priorities

Market & Strategic Input
  • Stay informed on developments in media technology, such as streaming, cloud platforms, and content workflows
  • Support internal discussions on market trends and solution positioning
  • Contribute to materials and discussions that help communicate Vidispine’s capabilities

What You Bring

Experience
  • Experience in solutions engineering, pre-sales, consulting, or related roles
  • Experience working with software platforms, system integrations, or technical solutions
  • Exposure to media, video, or content workflows is helpful but not required

Technical Skills
  • Familiarity with APIs, integrations, or service-based architectures
  • Understanding of cloud-based or hybrid environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Exposure to media technologies such as video processing, streaming, or asset management systems is beneficial
  • Ability to contribute to solution design for both technical and business requirements

Commercial & Collaboration Skills
  • Understanding of sales processes or experience supporting customer engagements
  • Ability to work with customer-facing teams and contribute to solution discussions
  • Familiarity with CRM tools is helpful but not required

Interpersonal Skills
  • Clear communication skills, with the ability to engage with different audiences
  • Collaborative approach to working across teams and functions
  • Structured thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Interest in learning and adapting in a dynamic environment

Qualifications
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Media Technology, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Additional Information
  • Eligibility to work in the country of residence is required
  • Occasional travel may be involved for customer engagements or industry events
  • Work in an international and collaborative environment

About Motive

Motive is a software company that provides cloud-based solutions for the automotive industry. The company's products include customer relationship management (CRM) software, sales and service applications, and data analytics tools. Motive was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. The company has a strong focus on innovation and has received numerous awards for its products and services. Motive has a small team of around 200 employees and is privately held.
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