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Pre-sales solution specialist - English

WatchguardCork🇮🇪Ireland

Why this role stands out

Step into a pivotal role at WatchGuard where you will serve as a trusted security advisor, driving impactful growth while honing your technical and sales expertise within a collaborative, high-performing ecosystem. This position is perfect for a dynamic professional who thrives on building strong partner relationships and solving complex security challenges. Apply today to accelerate your career and make a tangible impact at a global leader in cybersecurity.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeOn Site
LocationCork, Ireland
Microsoft OfficeCRMPipeline Management

Job description

About the Position
The Pre-Sales Solutions Specialist reports to the VP of Sales Engineering and is responsible for driving revenue growth by accelerating up-sell and cross-sell opportunities in the WatchGuard partner ecosystem.

This role blends pre-sales product expertise with sales skills, partnering closely with Partner Managers to identify, progress, and close opportunities, while serving as a trusted security advisor to partners.

A Day in the Life

    • Provide high-level compelling product demonstrations and handle client inquiries
    • Identify cross-sell and up-sell opportunities in the WatchGuard platform, working closely with partner managers, providing regular pipeline updates to leadership
    • Use a consultative approach to uncover customer requirements and pain points.
    • Enable and support the sales team with skills to position and sell benefits of the WatchGuard products.

Key Responsibilities

    • The solution specialist will demonstrate how our Unified Security Platform enables MSPs to deliver identity-based access and cloud-delivered security to block web threats, eliminate VPN risk, and reduce exposure on endpoints.
    • The specialist should also be able to position at a general level how WatchGuard’s Unified Security Platform benefits managed services teams with one simplified, automated, intelligent approach, replacing patchwork tools.
    • Consistently meet or exceed quota/targets, demonstrating strong sales process discipline.
    • The specialist typically serves as an expert on one to three product areas, enabling depth in demos and value-based positioning.
    • This position is based in the WatchGuard office in Cork, Ireland and covers European markets

Skills & Qualifications (Required)

    • 3+ years of sales experience (or equivalent) with strong partner-facing capability.
    • Effective written/verbal communication, presentation, and negotiation skills; able to run discovery and translate requirements into solution recommendations.
    • Working knowledge of cyber security products and market
    • Experience using MS Office; comfort working in CRM workflows for activity and pipeline management.

Skills & Qualifications (Preferred / Strongly Desired)

    • Comfort with network security, endpoint security fundamentals, and/or SASE concepts like zero trust access.
    • Demonstrated ability to manage a sales process to closure, including forecasting hygiene, pipeline discipline, and consistent target attainment.
    • Experience selling/delivering demos for security solutions in MSP ecosystems is a plus.
    • Familiarity with common security/compliance frameworks and regulations (e.g., CIS controls, UK Cyber Essentials, NIS 2, EU Cyber Resilience Act) is a plus in consultative conversations.
    • BS/BA or equivalent work experience.

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