Intercom is on a mission to help our customers provide incredible customer experiences online. We enable businesses to provide instant and exceptional service to their customers while maximizing the productivity, efficiency and performance of their support teams—all through our single seamless platform. 

Intercom is leading the market in AI customer service with Fin by Intercom, the most powerful AI customer service agent available, and Helpdesk by Intercom, a fully featured AI enhanced helpdesk for human support.  

Today, more than 25,000 businesses use Intercom’s platform to send millions of messages to millions of customers each month. Driven by our core values, we push boundaries, build with speed and intensity, and consistently deliver incredible value to our customers. 

Join us to help define and lead the AI revolution for customer service.

Intercom is looking for an exceptional Sales Engineer to join our vibrant Customer Solutions Team. In this role, you will work closely with our partners to provide technical expertise, enablement, and support that drives mutual success. You will act as a trusted advisor to our partners, ensuring they are equipped to deliver value to their customers using our solutions.

• Work with our EMEA Partner Manager to enable partners throughout EMEA that can become our multiplier
• Serve as the primary technical resource for partners during pre-sales activities, including technical discovery, solution reviews, and Proof of Concept (POC) development.
• Deliver tailored enablement sessions to partners, ensuring they understand and can effectively communicate the value and capabilities of our solutions.
• Collaborate with partners to address technical challenges, customer security questions, and RFP requirements, escalating complex issues as needed.
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to represent partner needs and feedback, driving continuous improvement in products and processes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners, providing empathetic and proactive support to foster long-term collaboration.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of a Partner Sales Engineering playbook, ensuring best practices and scalable processes.
• Commit to partner and customer success by identifying opportunities to deliver lasting value and proactively addressing challenges.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a technical pre-sales role, managing C-Level technical and business relationships
• Strong technical acumen with experience in conducting technical discovery and delivering high-impact value presentations.
• Ability to solve problems independently while thriving in collaborative team environments
• Proven time management skills in a dynamic team environment 
• Demonstrated ability to quickly identify and communicate the value proposition throughout the sales cycle.
• Leverage your skills in translating complex business challenges into tailored Intercom solutions, effectively communicating with both technical and non-technical audiences to drive understanding and impact.
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams to communicate customer feedback and influence product direction.
• Familiarity with managing POCs, RFPs, and addressing complex security questions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a passion for leading with empathy and curiosity
• Ability to challenge the status quo and continuously improve Sales Engineering processes and playbooks
• Bring an open mind, be a collaborative colleague with a commitment to go above and beyond to drive the success of your team and the company
• Willing and able to travel occasionally

We are a well treated bunch, with awesome benefits! If there’s something important to you that’s not on this list, talk to us! 

• Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up
• We serve lunch every weekday, plus a variety of snack foods and a fully stocked kitchen
• Regular compensation reviews - we reward great work!
• Pension scheme & match up to 4%
• Peace of mind with life assurance, as well as comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents
• Flexible paid time off policy
• Paid maternity leave, as well as 6 weeks paternity leave for fathers, to let you spend valuable time with your loved ones
• If you’re cycling, we’ve got you covered on the Cycle-to-Work Scheme. With secure bike storage too 
• MacBooks are our standard, but we also offer Windows for certain roles when needed.

Policies 

Intercom has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least two days per week.

We have a radically open and accepting culture at Intercom. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non-work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.  

Intercom values diversity and is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity. Intercom will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

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