Job Application for Sales Engineer, APAC at FLYR

Our Vision

We believe in a world where travel companies can innovate freely, growing and accelerating their business, while delivering the experience travelers want and the change the industry needs.

FLYR is a technology company that unlocks freedom to innovate for the travel industry – eliminating legacy constraints to enable real-time decision making and create the experiences travelers seek. With FLYR, businesses are able to improve revenue performance and modernize the e-commerce experience through accurate forecasting, automation, and analytics.

Flight Itinerary (About The Role)

We’re looking to onboard a Sales Engineer responsible for APAC pre-sales activities to join the FLYR crew - someone that is passionate about solving customer outcomes through the application of FLYR’s technology. The successful candidate will use their skills to explain and demonstrate the technical, operational, and strategic benefits of FLYR’s solutions to potential customers and show how the solution solves desired customer outcomes better than alternative products or services.

What Your Journey Will Look Like (Responsibilities)

The Sales Engineer partners with FLYR’s Sales and Account teams in the region to drive growth through new customer acquisition and existing customer share-of-wallet capture. The role is customer-facing, requiring Subject Matter Expertise for FLYR solutions and customer markets. In this role, one must quickly establish a trusted advisor relationship with FLYR’s external community and internal teams.
They will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Senior Leadership, and Marketing teams to help drive world class demo scenarios, solution content and overall solution design, whilst striving to demonstrate the FLYR value proposition to customers throughout. This role will bring customers’ technical and business requirements back to the internal teams to ensure our solutions can be successfully executed and continue to meet our customer’s needs.
Our Sales Engineer will be capable of fielding extensive questions related to architecture, implementation, and daily use of FLYR technology. They will prepare and deliver demonstrations and presentations explaining FLYR’s solutions to customers and prospective customers, and be able to drive all solution related content for FLYR’s responses to RFI/RFPs.
This role is critical to leading and supporting proposal development and RFP responses, developing highly compelling and accurate content to position FLYR to win.
They will ensure a thorough handover of all solution related elements and commitments to delivery teams once a customer has decided to adopt the FLYR platform.
They must gain a thorough knowledge of the market, the solutions/services FLYR provides, and develop a comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape.
They will attend industry functions, trade shows and conferences to represent FLYR and provide feedback and information on the marketplace and emerging industry trends.

What To Pack For This Trip (Qualifications)

Minimum 5 years of related technology, sales, presales and/or consulting experience, preferably with airline customers. They have a proven track record of supporting customer engagements that result in new technology adoption.
Successful track record achieving collaborative revenue goals with sales and account teams.
Must possess strong financial and business acumen with the ability to identify overall business value resulting from deployment of FLYR technology.
Ability to quickly become knowledgeable on the full range of FLYR solutions and able to discuss the overall portfolio at depth. Understands the strengths and weaknesses of the competitive offerings and how to position against.
Able to lead customer interactions; guide customers as they develop confidence and comfort with FLYR solutions.
Creates meaningful stories and combines ideas in unique ways and makes connections between disparate ideas; Communicates functional strategy and product roadmap with sufficient detail for teams to utilize; Describes functional area information to leaders.
Demonstrates effective time management in preparation for conversations/ discovery process.
Foresees obstacles in the sales cycle and identifies workarounds, leverages resources and is able to rally teammates; Ability to handle objections by clarifying, emphasizing common ground and working through challenges to a positive conclusion. Can express opposing views while simultaneously working through disagreements toward consensus.
Develops customer relationships and ensures knowledge of FLYR capabilities are understood; Identifies the challenges faced by their customers; Presents in a manner that conveys expertise and intuition; Demonstrates strong listening skills; Quickly provides answers to customer inquiries when information regarding the customers’ business may not be available.
Uncovers and articulates critical success factors necessary for the customer to acquire, implement, and utilize a solution; Assists customer in identifying shortcomings, even when they could delay a commercial decision; Articulates a roadmap that provides a high likelihood of the customer realizing expected business benefits and other key stakeholders achieving desired personal success.
Unyielding integrity and high ethical standards that embody the fundamental values of FLYR.

First-Class Amenities

A commitment to your career by keeping the conversation central to your growth.
Dedicated learning and support to stimulate your growth.
Flexible working arrangements.
Private medical health insurance
Top quality tech equipment so you can be at your best.

Our Commitment to Equality

Here at FLYR, we’re committed to growing with intention, having our teams better reflect the world around us. We strive to create an environment of inclusion and even more importantly, belonging, where psychological safety, empathy, and human connection are at the center of our leadership principles. Not only does this enable us to create better products and have a better work environment, it’s good for the bottom line and it’s the right thing to do.

FLYR provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetics, marital or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, FLYR complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates.

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Sales Engineer, APAC