Strategic Solutions Engineer, APAC

Cresta unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage. Cresta’s unified AI platform combines conversational AI agents, real-time human agent augmentation, and comprehensive conversation intelligence to drive revenue and efficiency gains across every channel. The world’s leading companies, including United Airlines, Cox Communications, and Marriott, use Cresta to power world-class customer experiences every day. Born from the Stanford AI Lab, Cresta has raised more than $270 million from the world’s leading investors, including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia. Cresta’s leadership includes some of the leading minds in AI today. Our CEO, Ping Wu , founded and led Google's Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platforms before joining Cresta to build the future of AI-driven customer experiences. Over the next few years, AI is going to redefine how people all over the world interact with businesses every day. Come build that future at Cresta. About the role: As a Strategic Solutions Engineer you will partner with a Sales Director to showcase the power of Cresta to potential customers. In this role you will provide technical insights and solutioning to stakeholders both internal and external by understanding customers technical requirements. You will conduct product demos, manage technical validation activities (including proof-of-concept exercises and pilots), and ultimately help develop the business case for the prospect during the sales cycle. You also will act as liaison between sales, the customer and Cresta’s technical teams. Responsibilities: Qualify new sales opportunities by understanding customer requirements and converting it to Cresta technical requirements Partner with the Sales Directors to discover and understand the prospect's situation and the challenges that they are experiencing Lead discovery calls with prospective customers & internal cross functional teams to build and deliver product demos. Solving problems for potential customers and demonstrating the value of Cresta product Provide your prospects with insights and learnings from your vast experience in helping customers improve their contact center and customer experience operations Drive adoption during proof of values by training individual managers and users on the Cresta solution Translate prospect use cases into brilliant technical solutions and demonstrate the path to ROI Deliver captivating product demos highlighting value propositions to get prospects excited about how Cresta will help them reach their goals Run ROI workshops to translate our solution into a financial business case proposal Provide feedback to product management about the successes and failures in the field Qualifications We Value: 7+ years of experience in a customer facing role, and 1-3 years of experience in a technical pre-sales role selling to large enterprises Hands on experience of working with Conversational AI Highly organized Impeccable work ethic Desire to practice and prepare your presentation (or demo) meticulously, as you always strive for perfection Energy, enthusiasm and thoughtfulness in everything you doLearn new technology quickly and find it easy to explain technological solutions in terms of business value Natural problem-solver and extremely resourceful - garnering support from other people or teams in order to drive opportunities to closure Knowledge of Salesforce.com , contact center technologies a plus You embody our core Operating Principles Perks & Benefits: We offer Cresta employees a variety of medical benefits designed to fit your stage of life Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend Paid parental leave to support you and your family Compensation: Compensation for this position includes a base salary, variable (OTE), equity, and a variety of benefits. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable. We are actively hiring for this role in Australia, and offer competitive local pay and benefits. Your recruiter can provide further details. We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Cresta recruiting email communications will always come from the @cresta.ai domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Cresta via other sources should be ignored. If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Cresta employee, reach out to [email protected]