Head of Solutions Engineering, Notion

Americas

$240-280k

+ Equity

Figma
Notion
Senior and Expert level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

2+ days a week in office

Notion

Online workspace for notes, projects, and collaboration

Job no longer available

Notion

Online workspace for notes, projects, and collaboration

1001+ employees

B2BInternal toolsProductivitySaaSProduct Management

Job no longer available

$240-280k

+ Equity

Figma
Notion
Senior and Expert level
New York
San Francisco Bay Area

2+ days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BInternal toolsProductivitySaaSProduct Management

Company mission

To shape both the future of work, and the future of productivity tools.

Role

Who you are

  • 5+ years directly managing, inspiring and mentoring a team of Solutions Engineers, Sales Engineers or Solutions Architects with a wide range of experience
  • You’ve built strong relationships with product, marketing and sales enablement teams
  • You’ve helped customers understand how to leverage SaaS APIs and admin and end-user integrations as part of an integrated solution
  • You have initiated and managed complex projects to completion
  • You have a growth mindset and thrive in the building stage of a nascent team
  • You’re highly adaptable, easily acclimating to a rapidly changing business and industry
  • You have coding experience that would enable you to write basic scripts using the Notion API

Desirable

  • You've been a first or early hire at a fast-growing startup before
  • You have experience using Notion
  • You’re knowledgeable about large language models and have experience using AI-based tools to improve your daily workflows
  • You have experience designing and implementing relational databases

What the job involves

  • Notion Sales today has a strong Product Led Growth lean, with many customers starting their Notion journey as a smaller group before our product grows toward being a wall to wall solution
  • As our brand grows, more and more prospects are investigating how Notion can integrate their existing tech stack, replace existing solutions, or be deployed in large or phased implementation to meet desired business goals
  • We see our Solution Engineering function as a critical component to Notion’s growth and this role will be instrumental in building a strong partnership with our sales, success, professional services and cross-functional teams
  • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and prospects and work with sales and customer success to connect solutions to customers' business needs
  • Build technical proof of concepts/demos/tools to demonstrate value to customers at scale
  • Provide expert knowledge and answer technical questions to help customers integrate Notion with their existing tools and workflows
  • Respond to advanced product and technical questions, RFPs, and security questionnaires in a precise and timely manner
  • Coordinate internal, customer, and third-party resources for any required integrations, workflows, or security configurations
  • Join kickoff calls to align on onboarding, implementation, and product needs to help set expectations on the scope and ensure a smooth transition to Customer Success
  • Work closely with CX to advocate for open customer tickets and escalations
  • Help bridge the gap between Product, Marketing and Sales, capturing customer feedback to help shape our future product roadmap and the way we showcase Notion to our customers
  • Document technical considerations and contribute to internal knowledge bases as a resource for other teams, customers, and partners
  • Drive technical onboarding + implementation for a product people love that solves real problems: Some of the worlds largest companies use Notion to run huge teams — but your friends and family can also use it to take notes, display photos, and more. Some non-profits even use it to conserve wildlife!
  • Help build the foundations of Solutions Engineering at Notion - As the leader of the AMER team, you'll be instrumental in designing and staffing a fast growing team
  • Serve as the customer's technical advisor: You'll project manage the technical implementation process to quickly onboard our customers and help them dig deep into new use cases of Notion
  • Join a fantastic team at a magical time: We've hit profitability and over three million users with a small team, which gives us a huge green field to work with. You'll join at the perfect time to shape how we grow from here
  • Meaningfully shape our future product: As you engage with customers, you'll gain insights to help us serve them better — and work with product to inform what we do next
  • Elevate your skills as we tackle our most impactful challenges: We've achieved more than teams 10x our size in less time — and there's so much more to do and learn

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Managing busy workflows using fragmented systems can be a headache for both individuals and businesses. Notion aims to combat this problem by enabling users to work from one central hub, customizing their workflows to suit their exact needs. This includes managing files, scheduling tasks, saving documents, writing to-do-lists, and setting reminders.

The company counts enterprise companies such as McDonald’s, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon, Samsung, and IBM as its customers. In spite of economic uncertainty, Notion reached a $2 billion valuation in 2020, helped by record signups as more people were forced to work from home. Its value has since risen to over 5 times this value, an impressive reflection of its success.

The company has made a number of strategic acquisitions that, coupled with its enormous market value and enviable customer list, have Notion well-placed to continue dominating the market. That being said, the launch of Microsoft-built competitor Loop at the end of 2023 will put Notion's market dominance to the test.

Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

183% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2021

$275m

LATE VC

Apr 2020

$50m

LATE VC

Total funding: $335m

Company benefits

  • Dog-friendly office
  • 401k matching
  • Parental leaave
  • Free lunches
  • Equipment stipend
  • Monthly commuter credits
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Put Users First
  • Quality With Speed
  • Dedication Is Contagious
  • Feedback Is A Gift
  • Run The Front Page Test

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Founders

Ivan worked for Inkling for 2 years in Product, but was disappointed by the lack of a simple way of collaborating on projects. To fit this need, he co-founded Notion in 2013, serving as CEO since.

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