Senior Sales Engineer

Position Overview 

Elite is seeking a Senior Sales Engineer to lead complex, enterprise solution engagements across the global legal market. 

This role is designed for a strategic, business-minded pre-sales professional who thrives in high-visibility environments and operates as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders and a collaborative partner to Sales, Product, and leadership teams. 

We are seeking a candidate with strong enterprise software, ERP, financial systems, or SaaS experience who brings exceptional business acumen, executive communication skills, and the ability to quickly master complex platforms. Experience within the legal industry or Practice Management Systems is valuable but not required. 

In this role, you will shape deal strategy, guide executive discovery, and influence buying decisions by connecting client business priorities to differentiated, outcome-driven solutions. A key focus includes supporting firms through digital transformation initiatives, including on-premise to cloud migrations.   

Senior Sales Engineers are expected to elevate pre-sales standards, model value-based engagement, and positively influence team culture through collaboration, professionalism, and leadership without authority. 

Work Arrangement: ​Remote​ 

This role requires the individual to be based in ​UK Time Zone (GMT/BST)​  

Responsibilities 

• Lead executive-level conversations centered on business outcomes, total cost of ownership, risk mitigation, scalability, and long-term strategic value.
• Serve as the primary solution leader on complex enterprise opportunities from qualification through close.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Marketing, and leadership to align deal strategy and solution positioning.
• Develop and articulate clear value hypotheses aligned to client-defined success metrics early in the sales cycle.
• Conduct structured, consultative discovery with senior stakeholders across Finance, IT, Operations, and Firm Leadership.
• Translate complex technical capabilities into compelling commercial narratives tailored to executive audiences.
• Design and deliver high-impact demonstrations and strategic workshops aligned to client decision criteria.
• Support pricing and commercial discussions by reinforcing quantified business value and transformation outcomes.
• Influence deal direction by identifying risk, competitive differentiation, and expansion opportunities.
• Act as a senior escalation point during evaluations, resolving complex functional or technical concerns with credibility and composure.
• Contribute to evolving pre-sales methodologies and continuously raise the standard of execution.
• Contribute to a high-performance pre-sales culture through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and modeling best-in-class execution.
• Ensure disciplined deal execution through accurate opportunity alignment and forecasting collaboration.
• Manage multiple concurrent enterprise pursuits with professionalism, responsiveness, and precision.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental and company objectives.​

Qualifications  

• ​​​6–8+ years of experience supporting complex enterprise software sales (ERP, financial systems, SaaS platforms, or comparable enterprise solutions).
• Proven experience leading consultative, multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and articulate complex software platforms.
• Strong executive presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into measurable business value.
• Experience supporting digital transformation initiatives, including on-premise to cloud migrations, strongly preferred.
• Experience operating in competitive enterprise sales environments with multi-threaded stakeholder engagement.
• Background in finance systems, enterprise applications, or industry-specific enterprise platforms.
• Legal or Practice Management System experience (including 3E) is a plus, not required.
• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and structured problem-solving skills.
• Executive-level communication presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 50% as business needs require.
• Role requires the following physical capacity:​ ​Light: up to 20 lbs – occasional lifting or movement of light objects​
• Must be legally authorized to work in​ ​United Kingdom​ 

What Success Looks Like: 

• Elevates the quality and effectiveness of executive engagement across enterprise pursuits.
• Strengthens value-based selling and business case positioning across the team.
• Positively influences win rates and competitive positioning.
• Serves as a collaborative leader and trusted partner across the organization.