Associate Director, Automotive Enterprise Solutions Engineer

@ R. L. Polk Mobility LLC
R. L. Polk Mobility LLCr.l.polkmobilityllc.com

Associate Director, Automotive Enterprise Solutions Engineer

Posted 1 day ago

About the job

We build a world-class Solutions Engineering team in automotive SaaS, combining industry knowledge and technical expertise to impact sales and client success. The role emphasizes designing solutions, engaging clients, and supporting sales, with a focus on automotive industry solutions and collaboration.

Requirements

  • 8+ years industry experience
  • Experience in product ownership
  • Pre-sales engineering background
  • Ability to influence stakeholders
  • Strong communication skills

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Automotive knowledge preferred
  • MBA or related degrees preferred
  • Ability to travel up to 50%
  • Proven success in complex sales

Full job description

Associate Director, Automotive Enterprise Solutions Engineer


Why Mobility Global?


At Mobility Global, our mission is to provide the trusted information that helps billions of people build, sell, and own vehicles with confidence. As we shape the next generation of automotive intelligence through innovation, AI, and industry-leading data, we're creating new opportunities for our customers, our business, and our people.


Join a team singularly focused on transforming the automotive industry. S&P Global Mobility is Mobility Global — the company behind CARFAX, automotiveMastermind, Market Scan, and Polk Automotive Solutions. Our strength comes from our people, and here, the progress you make helps the entire automotive ecosystem move faster and with greater confidence.


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We’re building a world class Solutions Engineering team and are looking for an experienced Technical Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, Sales Engineer, or Solutions Engineer who knows how to bring industry and technical credibility, commercial impact, and clear business value to every interaction. In this role, you will be a strategic partner to our sales, customer success, and product organizations, helping prospects and customers understand how our integrated product suite solves their most important challenges. You’ll design and deliver compelling demos, architect effective solutions, and translate complex capabilities into meaningful outcomes. This is a highly visible, customer-facing role for someone who is skilled at bridging automotive industry and technical depth with sales strategy, and has a proven track record of influencing buying decisions. You’ll join an Enterprise Solutions team that includes both new external talent and existing colleagues transitioning into our newly formed function all reporting to the Head of Solutions Engineering.

What You’ll Do

Driving Technical Engagements 

  • Deliver high impact product demonstrations, proofs of concept, and technical workshops tailored to enterprise partners consisting of automotive OEMs, Dealer Groups, Dealers, and Third-Parties. 

  • Serve as a trusted automotive industry and technical expert throughout the sales and customer success cycle, from discovery through solution design, to final evaluation and sustainable client outcomes.


Architect Effective Solutions 

  • Develop solutions that leverage our full product suite — including Polk Automotive Solutions, Pricing & Incentives, and Tierless Solutions — ensuring feasibility, scalability, and alignment with customer goals. 

  • Translate technical features into clear, business driven value propositions that can connect to our client needs. 


Partner with Sales and Customer Success 

  • Work closely with sales, customer success, and product teams to build strategy, prepare for key meetings, accelerate deal progression, and support retention efforts. 

  • Provide technical clarity that differentiates our solutions in competitive environments. 


Champion the Voice of the Customer 

  • Capture customer needs, technical requirements, and market insights from the field, and share them with Product Management and Engineering. 

  • Help the organization stay aligned with evolving customer priorities. 


Strengthen the Solutions Engineering Function 

  • Help shape tools, processes, and best practices as our team scales. 

  • Model a culture of technical excellence, curiosity, and collaboration. 


What Success Looks Like 

  • You consistently advance sales opportunities through credible, confident technical and industry leadership. 

  • Your demos, workshops, and solution designs resonate with customers and clearly connect to their challenges. 

  • You routinely bridge the gap between technical understanding and business outcomes, strengthening trust with both customers and internal teams. 

  • Product, Engineering, Customer Success and Sales view you as a thoughtful, reliable partner who elevates conversations and helps win business. 

  • You contribute to building a scalable, repeatable, high performing Solutions Engineering function. 


What We’re Looking For:  

  • 8+ years of industry experience with background preferred in product ownership, pre-sales engineering, solutions architecture, or technical sales, ideally in automotive SaaS.

  • Proven success influencing technical and business stakeholders in complex sales cycles.

  • Experience with consumer software products

  • Ability to master a sophisticated product suite, understand the customer value story, and explain it to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

  • Strong business acumen and a track record of connecting technical solutions to ROI.

  • Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.

  • Experience supporting multiple product lines is a plus.

  • Automotive background and knowledge strongly preferred.

  • This role requires up to 50% travel, depending on business needs.

  • Bachelor's degree, with a preference for MBA or degrees in Engineering, Business, Computer Science, or related fields preferred.

This position is open to applicants who are currently authorized to work in the United States and will not require employer sponsorship now or in the future.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $121,000 to $165,000. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on a variety of factors, including geographic location, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. 
 

What’s In It for You

  • Competitive compensation package, including base salary and incentive opportunities where applicable.

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for employees and eligible dependents.

  • Retirement savings programs, including company matching contributions where available.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Mobility Global is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and empowered to succeed. We provide reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process and employment for qualified individuals with disabilities.


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Mobility Global will never ask candidates to pay money at any stage of the hiring process, including for applications, interviews, background checks, training, or equipment. If you receive a suspicious communication or request for payment or personal financial information, please exercise caution and report it immediately.

 

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

It is the policy of Mobility to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Mobility will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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