Solutions Engineer / Pre Sales Consultant (Risk & Audit)

Position Overview: This role is ideal for someone from a Risk, Audit, or Compliance background who enjoys working closely with customers, solving complex problems, and presenting thoughtful, high-impact solutions in a commercial environment. As a Solutions Engineer at Diligent, you will partner closely with Sales to help organisations understand how our platform can transform the way they manage risk, audit, and compliance. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating risk and audit challenges into clear, compelling solutions that drive real business value. If you enjoy combining domain expertise, storytelling, and customer interaction and want to move beyond traditional internal risk or audit roles, this is a strong next step. Key Responsibilities: Customer & Commercial Partnership Partner closely with Sales to support the full pre-sales lifecycle, helping customers understand how Diligent solves real-world risk and audit challenges. Deliver tailored, high-impact software demonstrations that clearly articulate business value not just product features. Engage confidently with senior leaders across Audit, Risk, Compliance, IT, and Governance functions. Translate customer pain points into clear solution narratives that support deal progression and closure. Solution Design & Thought Leadership Design and present solution architectures that align with customer objectives and regulatory environments. Articulate the cross-platform value of the Diligent Platform and how it supports integrated GRC programs. Collaborate with Product teams to provide customer and domain feedback on product enhancements. Support marketing initiatives such as webinars, industry events, and thought-leadership content. Domain Expertise Apply practical knowledge of Audit, Risk Management, and IT Compliance in customer conversations. Leverage familiarity with industry frameworks such as COSO ERM, ISO 31000, NIST RMF, and related standards. Demonstrate how modern GRC platforms enable risk identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation at scale. Required Skills/Experience Experience in Risk, Audit, Compliance, or GRC, either in a customer-facing role or within industry. Experience working with SaaS solutions or strong interest in moving into a commercial, customer-facing environment. Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics. Comfortable partnering with Sales and contributing to commercial outcomes. Curious, self-driven, and motivated to continuously deepen both technical and domain knowledge. #LI-SM1 #LI-Hybrid About Us Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster. At Diligent, we're building the future with people who think boldly and move fast. Whether you're designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you'll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking. Curiosity is in our DNA, we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly - those who embrace change not as a challenge, but as an opportunity. The future belongs to those who keep learning, and we are building it together. At Diligent, you’re not just building the future - you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact. Learn more at diligent.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook What Diligent Offers You Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients We care about our people. Diligen