Zscaler

Sales Engineering Manager - UAE

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18 hours ago
Remote, United Arab EmiratesStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end regional pre-sales motion, including pipeline support, deal strategy, forecasting partnership, and value-based customer engagements.
  • Lead, coach, mentor, hire, and develop Sales Engineers through feedback, development plans, and career progression.
  • Partner with customers on network, security, and application-access transformation using Zscaler.
  • Define and drive the regional technical-win strategy with Sales leadership.
  • Standardize repeatable pre-sales plays and solution frameworks to accelerate deals and long-term adoption.
  • Coordinate cross-functional partners and provide structured field feedback to influence product direction.
  • Position AI-powered threat detection, automated policy generation, and AI-driven security analytics where applicable.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of enterprise pre-sales or solutions engineering experience across security, networking, cloud, or SaaS in complex, multi-stakeholder deals.
  • At least 2 years of experience leading and developing Sales Engineers, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career growth.
  • Proven ability to run a regional pre-sales motion involving pipeline support, deal strategy, and forecasting partnership with Sales.
  • Strong executive customer leadership and a deep security and networking foundation, including areas such as Zero Trust, identity, secure connectivity, or cloud security.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and willingness to travel.
  • Foundational understanding of AI and machine learning technologies, with experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions.
  • Preferred: experience leading enterprise security or cloud pre-sales teams in a high-growth SaaS environment, especially across multiple countries or markets.
  • Preferred: demonstrated ability to scale and develop a Sales Engineering organization through hiring, onboarding, enablement, repeatable plays, and career frameworks.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Various health plans.
  • Vacation and sick time-off plans.
  • Parental leave options.
  • Retirement options.
  • Education reimbursement.
  • In-office perks.
  • Inclusive benefits and workplace accommodations or adjustments for eligible employees.

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Zscaler

About Zscaler

5,001-10,000 employees

Zscaler builds a cloud-delivered zero trust security platform that replaces traditional network security appliances for enterprises and public-sector organizations. Its Zero Trust Exchange provides secure web gateway, zero trust access, CASB, and cloud firewall services, sold as subscriptions and delivered across 160+ global data centers. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Jose, it is a public company on NASDAQ (ZS) serving thousands of customers worldwide.

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