Head of Solutions Engineering, Verkada
EMEA
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Video security management systems
Job no longer available
Video security management systems
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To protect people and property in a privacy-sensitive way.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrated leadership success as a technical presales Director (L2) or VP (L3) for the last 5+ years within a similar company
- Experience with Solutions Engineering roles
- Experience working at a cloud and network infrastructure focused company with hardware / software exposure required (experience working in the Physical Security industry desired but not required)
- Demonstrated success in directly leading a high-performing Solutions Engineering team within a sales environment
- Experience building and scaling technical pre-sales teams and eager to spearhead an emerging segment
- Proven leadership in international cross-functional collaboration; experience leading teams covering EMEA
- Experience working at high-growth stage businesses desired but not required
What the job involves
- As a pivotal member of the Sr. Leadership team, this position will play a crucial role in:
- Overseeing the EMEA Solutions Engineering team, ensuring its effectiveness and alignment with overall business objectives, including:
- Direct alignment to the EMEA Sales Leadership at Verkada
- Educate customer executives & installers on Verkada products, programs, promotions, pricing and sales campaigns
- Design Verkada solutions that range from physical deployment and recommendations to Verkada best practices and Network Security recommendations/bandwidth requirements
- Responsible for working closely with product management, assisting in regional localization and and technical product adoption
- Leading budgeting and planning conversations with Strategic Finance and Sales Strategy and Operation Leadership
- This position will be directly managing a team of EMEA Solutions Engineers, including both individual contributors and people managers
- Ongoing mentoring and development of the SE team which includes recruiting, hiring and coaching new SEs
- Assist SEs in closing highly complex transactions through the development of executive-level relationships with key partners and the sales team
- Act as the additional liaison/advocate between the Solutions Engineering and Sales teams
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Before Verkada stepped onto the scene, the evolution of video security was happening primarily in the consumer space. Home-security technology like video doorbells was becoming mainstream, but, ironically, enterprise security was lagging behind. Many large-scale companies were using outdated tech, creating problems for their security operations.
Verkada recognised that commercial security was outdated and backward, and began a mission to get commercial security up to date. The company provides clients with computer-vision cameras, using machine learning to identify security issues. Enterprise security is by no means a new market, but Verkada's success has come from its ability to recognise what large companies need and to provide up-to-date solutions. Its products have seen considerable uptake and major funding saw Verkada secure a multi-billion post-money valuation.
The company has recently introduced new ways to foster connections across teams. This has been done through their new 333 Program. The program aims to help connect teams as well as support local businesses. The company has also recently closed a further Series D funding round to help them continue driving towards their goal "to be the essential physical security software layer for every building".
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
74% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2025
$200m
SERIES E
Oct 2023
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $643.9m
Company benefits
- Flexible PTO - Take the time you need to recharge now to do great work, long-term.
- Commuter Benefits - Includes monthly transit passes, parking costs and work travel expenses.
- £10 per day food allowance when you're working in the office. Breakfast and lunch are catered twice per week.
- Health Coverage - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents. Employee premiums are covered at 100%.
- Wellness Benefits - Receive fitness pass reimbursements and extended mental health coverage.
- Fun Celebrations - Happy hours, quarterly outings, and cross-functional team lunches.
- Fertility benefits - Verkada’s fertility stipend offers $10,000, grossed–up, towards fertility related treatments such as egg–freezing and IVF.
- $1,500/year professional development stipend.
- Pension plan.
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Leadership
Filip Kaliszan
(CEO & Co-founder)A Computer Science graduate from Stanford, Filip also Founded CourseRank in 2007. Since then, he has also been Director of Product Management at Chegg and VP Product Management at Guidebook
James Ren
(Software Architect & Co-founder)After graduating from Stanford University, James also achieved a Doctorate in Law from Harvard Law School. Since then, James has had a successful career in Software Engineering, working at CourseRank, Google and Chegg
Benjamin Bercovitz
(Co-founder)Co-founded CourseRanc with Filip in 2009 and also co-founded SeaUrchin.IO in 2016
Hans Robertson
(Executive Chairman & Co-founder)He was previoudly Co-founder, VP of Product, and COO at Cisco Meraki. He moved on to co-found Verkada and is also involved in various investments.
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