Roles & Responsibilities
Who We're Looking For
Zendesk is driven by a core purpose : to simplify business and make it easy for companies and customers to connect, powering exceptional service globally.As a Principal Solutions Consultant in Singapore, you will be the technical anchor for our growth in Asia. This role is for a highly strategic problem-solver who can translate complex business challenges into elegant, tangible technical solutions for Enterprise clients and across all segments. You'll join a positive, collaborative, and fluid culture that prioritizes belonging, continuous learning, and work-life balance. We invite you to be the trusted advisor who guides C-level executives toward transformative business outcomes.
What You'll Be Doing
This role requires a blend of technical expertise, sales acumen, and consultative leadership across commercial, mid-market, and Enterprise segments. You will :
- Be the Technical Partner : Serve as the primary technical partner for Account Executives throughout the entire sales cycle, focusing on commercial opportunities across the ASIA region.
- Lead Discovery : Lead deep-dive technical and business discovery sessions to fully understand complex customer workflows, current technology environments, and key business objectives.
- Design & Articulate Solutions : Design and articulate tailored Zendesk solutions, creating and delivering compelling demonstrations and presentations that address specific customer pain points for executives, directors, and technical stakeholders.
- Own the Evaluation Cycle : Take full ownership of the technical execution and management of customer evaluation pilots and Proof of Concepts (POCs), ensuring successful validation of the proposed solution.
- Respond Strategically : Respond thoroughly and accurately to technical questionnaires (RFIs / RFPs), mapping customer requirements directly to Zendesk's architecture and capabilities.
- Drive Internal Feedback : Act as a critical feedback loop, communicating valuable customer and competitive insights back to our Product, Marketing, and Engineering teams to influence future product development.
What You Bring to the Role
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of progressive success in a customer-facing Pre-Sales, Solutions Consulting, or Technical Consulting role, with demonstrable experience engaging and closing large, complex Enterprise deals in a SaaS environment.Measurable Presentation Skills : Proven ability to create and deliver technical presentations and highly customized product demonstrations to executive-level and director-level audiences.Technical Proficiency : Demonstrated technical understanding and practical experience with foundational web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, and API principles (REST / GraphQL).Problem-Solving : Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with a track record of successfully translating complex business needs into specific, viable technical solution designs.Preferred Qualifications
Domain Knowledge : Significant experience working with or selling solutions related to Customer Service / CX Software, IT Service Management (ITSM), or related contact center technologies.Emerging Technology Awareness : Familiarity with the strategic application of emerging customer experience technologies, such as Generative AI and advanced automation tools, specifically within a customer service or contact center context.Consulting Background : Previous consulting or implementation experience with large-scale, enterprise-class software deployments.Collaborative Design : Experience in facilitating or moderating collaborative problem-solving sessions (e.g., Design Thinking workshops, value engineering sessions).Regional Expertise : Professional working proficiency in an additional ASEAN language (e.g., Bahasa Indonesia, Malay, Tagalog, Thai) is highly preferred.Travel Readiness : Willingness and ability to travel regionally as needed to support customer engagements.Tell employers what skills you have
JSON
CSS
Customerfacing
HTML
Translating
Automation Tools
JavaScript
Web Technologies
Selling
SaaS
Presentation Skills
Consulting
Articulate
Product Development
API