Lead Product Specialist Engineer
Citrix Systems
- Remote, United States
Job Description Summary
The Product Specialist Engineering role focuses on new and advanced capabilities of our products as well as use cases to help support expanding the customer’s journey with CSG. This role requires a high level of specialized knowledge of Cloud Software Group products, including Citrix and NetScaler. As part of the Product Specialist team you’ll work with Account Technology Strategists, Account Executives, Enterprise Architects, Customer Success, Value Engineering and Field CTOs to establish a shared vision with our customers and help them achieve their strategic goals.
Position Overview:
As a Lead Product Specialist Engineer (PSE) you will use your knowledge and experience to work with customers to better understand their needs and challenges and map them to capabilities across our products and services. You’ll work closely with the Cloud Software Group (CSG) field teams and provide hands-on product expertise to a variety of customer segments, including many Fortune 100 & 500 customers, to deliver technical outcomes that help drive the successful adoption and expansion of our solutions. As a specialist, you’ll focus on new and advanced capabilities of our products as well as use cases to help support expanding the customer’s journey with CSG. As part of the Product Specialist team you’ll work with Account Technology Strategists, Account Executives, Enterprise Architects, Customer Success, Value Engineering and Field CTOs to establish a shared vision with our customers and help them achieve their strategic goals.
Role Responsibility:
- Deliver subject matter expert knowledge on designated specialist focus areas and establish yourself as a trusted advisor within the customer to accelerate time to value
- Deliver complex, customized demonstrations and proof of value that highlight the outcomes that can be delivered
- Navigate technical decision points, architecture and technical strategy to aid in the adoption and expansion of products and services
- Support a successful hands-on technical onboarding experience by managing readiness and assisting with the initial configuration to adopt new products and services
- Build awareness of products and features and help remove barriers to adoption
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams within the Cloud Software Group including Account Executives, Account Technical Specialists, Customer Success, Field CTOs, Demo Center team, Enablement, and Enterprise Architects
- Collaborate with Product Management to provide bi-directional feedback to and from the PM team to influence product roadmap and provide valuable customer feedback
- Help drive awareness into the field technical teams on product specialties including new technical capabilities, new tech previews, customer use cases, and success stories
- Delivering value throughout the life of the subscription by supporting the accounts teams, driving deep solution awareness
- Have good communication skills, consistently communicating status, next steps, risks, etc. to both internal and external stakeholders
- Support emerging technical needs, working to uncover use cases and customer success stories to share with the field
- Contribute to internal initiatives to deliver webinars, presentations, and the creation of reference architectures, Techzone guides, etc. to aid onboarding and adoption of new technologies within the field and our customer accounts
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical domain, including but not limited to Computer Science, Engineering IT, or equivalent experience is required experience
- 8 + years in a high-tech customer-facing role (Professional Services, Engineering, Systems administrator, Sales engineering, or Consulting)
- High level of specialized knowledge of Cloud Software Group products, including Citrix and NetScaler
- Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Certifications are a plus
- Ability to effectively deliver and implement technical projects across multiple simultaneous engagements in a customer-facing capacity
- Excellent oral, written skills and presentation skills
- An excellent customer service demeanor and able to engage with different levels of audiences
CA generally ranges $162k-$217k (min-max)
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