Manager, Solutions Engineering (Presales)

WHO WE ARE. Reality Defender is an award-winning cybersecurity company helping enterprises and governments detect deepfakes and AI-generated media. Utilizing a patented multi-model approach, Reality Defender is robust against the bleeding edge of generative platforms producing video, audio, imagery, and text media. Reality Defender's API-first deepfake detection platform empowers teams and developers alike to identify fraud, disinformation campaigns, and harmful deepfakes in real time. Backed by world class investors including DCVC, Illuminate Financial, Y Combinator, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, Accenture, Rackhouse, and Argon VC, Reality Defender works with leading enterprise clients, financial institutions, and governments in order to ensure AI-generated media is not used for malicious purposes. Youtube: Reality Defender Wins RSA Most Innovative Startup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKOZmwyNUNM THE MANAGER OF SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING (PRESALES) ROLE. As Manager of Solutions Engineering (Presales), you will lead a team of technical experts who serve as the critical bridge between our sales organization and prospective customers. You will ensure that technical evaluations are executed flawlessly, that our deepfake detection platform is properly positioned to solve customer challenges, and that your team becomes trusted technical advisors to enterprise and government buyers. This role requires deep technical acumen, strong leadership capabilities, and the ability to translate complex AI and cybersecurity concepts into business value. You will build and scale a high-performing team that drives technical wins, accelerates sales cycles, and ensures customers understand the full capabilities of our multi-modal detection platform. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: - Build a repeatable demo and POC/Trial program which enables the GTM team with self-serve capability - Oversee complex technical evaluations, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and pilot programs that demonstrate the value of Reality Defender's detection capabilities - Partner closely with Account Executives to qualify opportunities, conduct technical discovery, and architect solutions that address customer use cases across fraud prevention, brand protection, and content integrity - Define the technical sales motion and pre-sales methodology, ensuring alignment with the overall go-to-market strategy - Deliver and enable compelling technical demonstrations and presentations to technical and executive audiences, showcasing detection across video, audio, image, and text modalities - Lead, mentor, and scale a team of Solutions Engineers supporting enterprise and government sales cycles - Serve as the technical voice during customer engagements, articulating our API-first architecture, integration patterns, and deployment models - Drive the technical win strategy for strategic deals, including developing custom solutions, integration architectures, and security documentation - Establish best practices for technical qualification using frameworks like MEDDPICC to ensure proper vetting of opportunities - Build and maintain technical collateral, including reference architectures, integration guides, POC guides - Create scalable enablement programs to onboard new technical and non-technical GTM team members - Serve as the primary feedback loop between Prospects/Customers and Product/Engineering teams, translating field insights into actionable product requirements and roadmap input - Ensure the team maintains deep expertise in AI/ML, deepfake generation techniques, API integrations, cloud architectures, and cybersecurity frameworks - Develop technical success metrics and reporting frameworks to measure SE effectiveness, time-to-value, POC win rates, and technical close rates - Support RFP/RFI responses with technical content, architecture diagrams, and security/compliance documentation for regulated industries - Build strong relationships with technical champions and economic buyers at key accounts,