A pre-sales professional acts as a bridge between sales and technical teams, understanding customer needs,
proposing solutions, conducting demonstrations, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Role and Responsibilities
Drive Technical Success in Pre-Sales: Collaborate with Hive Pro sellers to support complex deals during
the pre-sales stage, taking ownership of technical engagements to secure technical wins.
Provide Timely Technical Responses: Work closely with the internal sales team and customers to deliver
high-quality, timely technical responses to RFPs/RFIs.
Uncover New Use Cases: Identify technical and business value gaps between the customer’s current state
and their desired outcomes, showcasing how the Hive Pro platform bridges these gaps.
Collaborate with Product Management: Partner with product teams to prioritize impactful feature
requests and share innovative ideas for new products and integrations
Frequent Customer Engagement: This hands-on, technical individual contributor role requires frequent
travel to customer locations (approximately 30% travel).
Market & Competitive Insights: Maintain a strong understanding of competitive products, security
technologies, and key differentiators to propose the right solutions that meet customer requirements.
Requirements
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Domain Expertise
5+ years of experience in vulnerability management or related technology domains.
In-depth knowledge of tools like Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7.
Hands-on experience with asset management, patching, vulnerability management, policy
compliance, configuration management, cloud security, application security, and threat detection.
Cloud & Cybersecurity Knowledge
Familiarity with public cloud infrastructure offerings such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
Understanding of cybersecurity frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls.
Exposure to penetration testing, threat intelligence, and risk assessment methodologies.
Customer-Facing Experience
Proven experience interacting with customers in a technical sales or similar role
Ability to position technical solutions effectively to meet customer requirements
Communication & Presentation Skills
Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills
Strong interpersonal abilities to build trust and engage effectively with diverse stakeholders