Planet

Senior Solutions Architect I, Pre-Sales - South Korea Defense & Intelligence

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2 months ago
Remote, WorldwideSenior

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deliver solution demonstrations and presentations highlighting Planet’s technical capabilities and customer value
  • Build trusted-advisor relationships with customers’ technical and management staff
  • Recommend solution architectures that address customer business challenges
  • Craft technical responses to tenders, RFIs, RFPs, and unsolicited proposals
  • Partner with sales colleagues to develop and execute technical account strategies
  • Collaborate with Customer Success, Product Management, and Business Development on customer needs and RFP/RFI submissions
  • Meet quarterly and annual sales and operational objectives
  • Communicate forecasts, pipeline opportunities, deal reviews, CRM data, and customer feedback to Sales leadership
  • Present to key South Korean government executive stakeholders
  • Mentor team members and lead training to support their development

Requirements

  • At least 6 years of technical experience supporting, working with, or within the South Korean defense and intelligence community
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
  • Ability to travel, including internationally, up to 50%
  • Professional working proficiency in English
  • Experience working with GIS and remote sensing users within the defense industry
  • Experience with QGIS, SocetGXP, ArcGIS, GDAL, Python, other common geospatial software packages and programming languages, and emerging technologies such as AI/ML
  • Experience designing and presenting complex systems and solutions that connect business problems with technology while meeting organizational, budget, and scalability needs
  • Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to process imagery, manipulate geospatial data, interact with APIs, and build data pipelines
  • Ability to lead technical customer engagements and run workshops or training sessions
  • Ability to obtain and maintain eligibility for a South Korean security clearance
  • Mandarin speaking ability is preferred

Benefits

  • Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and company-wide days off
  • Employee Wellness Program
  • Home Office Reimbursement
  • Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
  • Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Equity
  • Volunteering Paid Time Off
  • Full-time remote position based in South Korea with regional travel up to 50%

Tech Stack

Categories

Solutions Engineering