Manager Solutions Engineering

Job Description

About Us

AfterShip, a Great Place to Work Certified company, is transforming the global eCommerce landscape. Founded in 2012, AfterShip is a post-purchase SaaS company on a mission to build the world’s leading automation platform for ecommerce merchants.

AfterShip unifies shipping & labels, order tracking, AI predictive delivery, and returns management into one system—giving merchants a single place to manage and automate everything that happens after checkout. By centralizing these workflows, AfterShip enables merchants to reduce customer support inquiries, deliver a more reliable and engaging customer experiences, and unlock incremental revenue at every post-purchase touchpoint.

AfterShip integrates seamlessly with ecommerce platforms including Shopify and TikTok Shop, and connects with more than 1,200 carriers worldwide. Today, over 20,000 businesses—including Samsung, Gymshark, Vivino, Harry’s, Mous, and Rakuten—rely on AfterShip to turn every post-purchase moment into an opportunity to build trust, reduce costs, and drive repeat purchases.

Built for a global market from day one, AfterShip operates with an engineering-driven, internationally distributed team. The company employs more than 450 people across 8 offices, spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, and representing over 20 cities worldwide.

Your Mission:

We are evolving how we sell. As we sharpen our ICP and move upmarket, Sales Engineering is no longer just a post-discovery support function; it is a critical driver of deal quality, demo experience, and ultimately, revenue.

Your mission is to build and lead a high-performing Sales Engineering team that actively helps win deals. You will operate as a hands-on player-coach, stepping directly into strategic opportunities to elevate demos, shape deal strategy, and improve close rates. At the same time, you will scale the function, raising the bar on performance, building repeatable processes, and strengthening how we partner with Sales, Product, and Product Marketing.

This role sits at the center of Sales, Product, and Customer Success, with direct impact on how we position value to Mid-Market and Enterprise customers. You will report into Sales leadership and collaborate closely with AEs, PMM, and Product teams. This is a highly collaborative role that requires strong presence during core working hours. Strong preference for candidates based in Toronto or Utah.

What You’ll Do:

• Increase win rates: Improve demos, objection handling, and value positioning to drive stronger deal outcomes
• Be a player-coach: Step into high-impact deals, run demos, and coach AEs/SEs in real time
• Elevate demo quality: Build repeatable, compelling, and use-case-driven demo frameworks tied to business value
• Raise team performance: Coach the team on discovery, storytelling, and technical depth while setting a high bar for execution
• Build and scale the team: Hire and develop strong SEs to support Mid-Market and Enterprise growth
• Improve sales execution: Identify friction in the sales cycle and implement scalable process improvements
• Stay close to product: Maintain deep product fluency and translate features into clear customer value
• Influence roadmap: Bring structured field insights to Product and PMM to improve positioning and UX

Who We’re Looking For :

• Experienced SE leader: 3+ years in Sales Engineering / Solutions Engineering, with 1+ years of management experience in a B2B SaaS environment
• Player-coach operator: Hands-on in deals with a proven track record of improving win rates, elevating demo quality, and driving revenue impact across Mid-Market and Enterprise segments
• Strategic builder: Able to lead the strategy, planning, and execution of the Sales Engineering function while building scalable processes and raising the performance bar
• High standards: Sets and enforces a high bar for demo quality, discovery, and technical storytelling across the team
• Technical + commercial translator: Strong ability to turn technical complexity into clear, compelling, customer-facing narratives that drive business value
• Team leader: Credible, respected leader who can coach, develop, and inspire a high-performing team
• AI-forward mindset: Actively leverages AI to improve workflows, demos, and team productivity; brings a strong point of view on how AI can enhance Sales Engineering
• Builder mentality: Naturally curious and experimental; someone who builds, tests, and iterates
• High energy & communication: Brings urgency, strong presence, and clear communication in both customer-facing and internal settings
• Highly collaborative: Works effectively cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Marketing, and thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment

At AfterShip, we know great talent doesn’t always fit every requirement. If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you can make an impact, we encourage you to apply.

Why You Should Join Us:

• Great Place to Work Certified: We’ve been recognized for our inclusive, values-driven culture that celebrates diversity and collaboration.
• Innovative & Inclusive Culture: Started by our software engineer-turned-CEO, AfterShip is built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. We’re a passionate, global team of problem solvers who put egos aside to innovate together. We take immense pride in fostering a culture that’s inclusive, which has allowed us to surround ourselves with the industry’s most talented professionals.
• Ambitious Mission with Real Impact: Join us in transforming eCommerce by making buying and selling easier for everyone. It’s one of the most dynamic spaces in tech, with limitless opportunities to innovate and grow.
• Thrive & Grow: There’s no ceiling to what you can achieve or learn here. We’re committed to empowering your career while advancing together as a company.
• Flexible Work Setup: We’re a remote-first team, meaning by default that employees work from home or on a hybrid-flexible basis in our hub locations (i.e., Toronto, Austin, Barcelona). You’re empowered to choose a work setup that works best for you and your team. With flexible hours depending on your time zone, you’ll be able to have a schedule that fits your working style and the requirements of your role.

Perks:

• Competitive compensation
• Remote-first/hybrid-flexible work setups
• Healthcare coverage offered from day 1
• Retirement plans including company match
• Unlimited PTO
• Annual learning & wellness benefit
• Monthly book perk
• Career progression & professional development
• In-office lunch and commuter benefits for those located in our hub locations

Salary range for this role: CAD $200,000+ OTE

We are an equal opportunity employer and provide accommodations upon request throughout the recruitment process, in accordance with local legislation. Please let us know if you require any support, and we’ll work with you to meet your needs.

We believe in hiring right over hiring fast. While timelines may vary, we’re looking to fill this role as soon as possible.

Our hiring process uses AI to help with initial resume screening and to support interview note-taking. These tools help our team stay organized and fair, but all hiring decisions are made by people.

This job vacancy is a backfill position.