
Acquia, Inc.
Lead Solutions Engineer
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Job Description
Job Description – Lead Solutions Engineer The Lead Solutions Engineer is a technical expert and trusted advisor driving Acquia’s growth across the Japan market. Operating at the intersection of busine
Key Highlights
- New Logo Acquisition: Be the technical lead partnering with Account Executives and channel / SI partners to identify, qualify, and win new-logo opportunities across Japan — the primary focus of the role.
- Cross-Sell & Expansion: Identify and accelerate cross-sell and expansion opportunities within strategic accounts where Solutions Engineering support adds value, mapping Acquia’s DXP portfolio to each client’s future-state digital roadmap.
- Business Value Alignment: Drive a value-based approach by translating solutions into clear, quantifiable business outcomes and return on investment for both technical and business stakeholders.
- Trusted Technical Advisor: Serve as the technical contact for client stakeholders, providing guidance on digital strategy, cloud adoption, and DXP trends across their technical and business teams.
- Technical Discovery: Lead the technical discovery, design, and presentation of DXP solutions tailored to each customer’s context and business priorities.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Experience: Proven experience in a Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, or pre-sales role, or a strong, deeply technical Account Executive ready to operate in a Solutions Engineering capacity. What matters most is the ability to understand a customer’s business and translate it into the right solution.
- DXP Expertise: Experience selling or pre-selling an enterprise CMS / DXP, or a comparable SaaS platform — vendor-agnostic. Strong understanding of CMS, personalization, and modern digital experience concepts (Drupal a plus, not a requirement).
- Technical Foundation: Solid working knowledge of modern web architectures and how DXP / web applications are deployed on a major public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including APIs and security fundamentals.
- Partner & Channel: Proven ability to work with and through partners / channel to source and win business — central to this role, as nearly all new-logo ACV in Japan is partner-sourced.
- Communication: Strong presentation and demonstration skills, with the ability to lead both the technical and the business conversation with customers and partners.
- Language: Native-level Japanese and business-level English — leading customer and partner discussions in Japanese (including written RFP / PoC work) and collaborating with a UK / EMEA-based team in English.
- Ways of Working: A self-starter who works with autonomy as the dedicated Solutions Engineering presence for the region, acting on sound judgment while maintaining strong visibility with manager and team, and with a genuine appetite for continuous learning.
Skills & Technologies
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Job Details
Employment Type
Full Time
Experience Level
Senior
Location
US
Work Mode
Remote
Posted
Today
Country
US