[Hiring] Senior Applied AI Partner Solution Engineer @Talkdesk

Role Description

The Sr. Partner Solutions Engineer is a highly experienced technical lead responsible for driving the growth and technical enablement of our key partners (National Partners, Value-Added Resellers (VARs), and System Integrators) across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Philippines. This senior individual contributor role reports directly to the Vice President, Partner Solution Engineering. You will act as the primary technical point of contact, supporting partners in establishing and scaling their Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) and Customer Experience Automation (CXA) practices built around the Talkdesk platform. This role involves deep technical engagement, partner enablement, co-selling support, and providing technical thought leadership to ensure mutual partner and customer success across the assigned territories.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner Enablement & Practice Development
  • Lead Technical Enablement: Design and execute comprehensive enablement plans to educate partner Solutions Architects and Sales Engineers on the Talkdesk value proposition, product architecture, competitive differentiators, and roadmap.
  • Partner Center of Excellence: Support the development of Partner Competency Centers by coaching on effective technical discovery, platform demonstrations, and proof-of-concept (POC) execution.
  • Domain Expertise: Develop and maintain deep domain expertise in the regional Partner landscape, understanding their current go-to-market (GTM) strategy, areas of focus, and identifying new opportunities for expansion.
• Co-Selling Support & Technical Leadership
  • Agentic AI Focus: Provide technical expertise on Agentic AI solutions within the contact center, including prompt engineering, RAG implementations, tools integration, and guardrail best practices.
  • Customer Engagement: Provide technical oversight, guidance, and direct assistance to Partner sales teams in understanding complex customer business and technical requirements, use cases, and solution design.
  • Solution Demonstration: Lead advanced technical discussions, conduct compelling demonstrations of the Talkdesk platform, and articulate the ease of integration within an enterprise ecosystem.
  • Ecosystem Integration: Develop a deep understanding of the enterprise ecosystem, including integration requirements with CRM (e.g., Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics), WFM, Knowledge Management, and UCaaS vendors.
• Strategic Contribution & Communication
  • Voice of the Partner: Act as the critical communication channel to Talkdesk Product Management and Engineering teams, relaying Partner and customer needs, market trends, and product enhancement requests.
  • Market Representation: Represent Talkdesk as a technical expert at regional Partner summits, technical events, webinars, and conferences.
  • Travel: Ability to travel approximately 35-70% of the time across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and other ASEAN countries as required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Partner Solutions Engineer or Pre-Sales Engineer in the CCaaS/CXA sector.
• Professional fluency in English is required. Proficiency in additional regional languages (e.g., Filipino) is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and whiteboard session skills with an ability to lead advanced technical discussions and deliver compelling platform demonstrations for enterprise customers & Partners.
• Solid experience working with Service Providers, Regional Systems Integrators, National Partners, and VARs, with a proven understanding of a partner-centric GTM approach within the APAC markets.
• Proven ability to lead and drive complex technical engagements and serve as a subject matter expert without direct people management responsibilities.
• Experience with at least one Unified Communication protocol (e.g., SIP, WebRTC, RTP) and familiarity with Call/Message processing Proxies and Session Border Controllers.
• Hands-on experience or strong familiarity with modern Agentic AI technologies, including the practical application of LLMs for Contact Center and Customer Experience Automation use cases.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS, or an equivalent combination of education and years of relevant experience.

Benefits

• Inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive success.
• Empowerment to drive meaningful impact.
• Recognition as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS).
• Multiple AI Breakthrough awards.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Primarily office-environment work, extended periods of sitting or standing, computer-based work.
• Limited lifting, and equipment usage limited to computer-related equipment (keyboards, mouse, etc.).