With electric vehicles expected to be nearly 30% of new vehicle sales by 2025 and more than 50% by 2040, electric mobility is becoming a reality. ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) is at the center of this revolution, powering one of the world’s leading EV charging networks and a comprehensive set of hardware, software and mobile solutions for every charging need across North America and Europe. We bring together drivers, businesses, automakers, policymakers, utilities and other stakeholders to make e-mobility a global reality.
Since our founding in 2007, ChargePoint has focused solely on making the transition to electric easy for businesses, fleets and drivers. ChargePoint offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an all-electric future and a trillion-dollar market.
At ChargePoint, we foster a positive and productive work environment by committing to live our values of Be Courageous, Charge Together, Love our Customers, Operate with Openness, and Relentlessly Pursue Awesome. These values guide how we show up every day, align, and work together to build a brighter future for all of us.
Join the team that is building the EV charging industry and make your mark on how people and goods will get everywhere they need to go, in any context, for generations to come.
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Senior Manager, Solution Engineering, Europe
What You Will Be Doing
In this role, you will be part of the Solutions Engineering team at ChargePoint supporting the French market. You will be responsible for all technical aspects of pre-sale customer engagement including actively driving and managing technology evaluations, working as a key advisor and advocate for our products and solutions, engaging with customers in person or on the phone, performing engineering site assessments, and developing recommendations to assist customers with deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. You will also be responsible for developing RFP/Tender responses and providing training on our products.
The applicant must be a critical thinker, self-motivated and able to effectively manage their time.
Travel requirement: up to 50% travel across Europe, predominantly within France.
What You Will Bring to ChargePoint
- Develop and deliver presentations to partners and customers in support of the sales process, educating potential customers on the benefits of ChargePoint solutions
- Act as a technical consultant, learning and understanding customer needs and developing the right solutions; working with product management to help align product development with customer and market needs.
- Maintain deep technical and business knowledge of market and industry trends, and how to effectively integrate electric vehicles and charging infrastructure into client business operations.
- Responsible for identifying technical issues that may affect customer satisfaction and proactively work to resolve such issues
- Provide both general “best practice” and customer-specific engineering recommendations for ChargePoint software feature usage, API implementations and integrations with external systems.
- Maintain knowledge of local electrical installation codes and relevant standards, specifically related to Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)
- Respond to functional and technical elements of RFPs/Tenders; assist in the development and execution of SoWs (statements of work) and other proposals
- Responsible for identifying technical issues that may affect customer satisfaction and proactively work to solve such issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor or Masters degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent
- 5 + years of combined experience in technical sales or technical consulting
- Experience should include some: electrical engineering, telecommunications, information technology, software development, technical writing
- Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills
- Strong customer facing and relationship building skill
- Native French written and oral language skills
- Fluent English written and oral language skills
Location
Remote, Paris Area, France
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What We Do
Electric mobility is the smart choice. We make it the easy one, too. So easy that someone plugs into our network every 2 seconds. Since 2007, we’ve focused solely on building the best electric vehicle (EV) charging experience for everyone involved in the shift to electric.
Join us in shaping the future of mobility. If you'd like to learn more about what it's like to build the new fueling network, check out our Engineering Blog: www.chargepoint.com/engineering
