Director, International Sales Engineering

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Dialpad<br></strong></span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dialpad is the AI-native business communications platform. We unify calling, messaging, meetings, and contact center on a single platform - powered by AI that understands every conversation in real time.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">More than 70,000 companies around the globe, including WeWork, Asana, NASDAQ, AAA Insurance, COMPASS Realty, Uber, Randstad, and Tractor Supply, rely on Dialpad to build stronger customer connections using real-time, AI-driven insights.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We’re now leading the shift to Agentic AI: intelligent agents that don’t just analyze conversations but take action by automating workflows, resolving customer issues, and accelerating revenue in real time. Our DAART initiative (Dialpad Agentic AI in Real Time) is redefining what a communications platform can do.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Visit <a href="https://dialpad.com/">dialpad.com</a> to learn more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Being a Dialer</strong></span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At Dialpad, AI isn’t just a feature; it’s how our teams do their best work every day. We put powerful AI tools in every employee’s hands so they can move faster, think bigger, and achieve more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We believe every conversation matters. And we’ve built the platform that turns those conversations into insight and action, for our customers and ourselves.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We look for people who are intensely curious and hold themselves to a high bar. Our ambition is significant, and achieving it requires a team that operates at the highest level. We seek individuals who embody our core traits:<strong> Scrappy, Curious, Optimistic, Persistent, and Empathetic</strong>.</span></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Your role<br></strong>The Director of International Sales Engineering is a highly technical strategic leader who will oversee our entire SE organization across EMEA, APAC, and Japan. This role requires a deep understanding of the complex nuances of diverse international markets. This leader will navigate shifting regional dynamics, complex data residency requirements, product localization needs, and the varying nuances of AI adoption across different geographies.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You will partner in lockstep with our International Sales Leadership to drive enterprise opportunities, grow our expanding Channel organization, lead technical presales strategy, and cultivate a world-class International SE organization. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You will be a trusted, strategic advisor internally to our product and executive teams, and externally to our largest enterprise customers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What you’ll do</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build a World-Class Team: Attract, retain, and mentor top-tier Sales Engineering talent across EMEA, APAC, and Japan. Create a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and high performance.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strategic Deal Execution: Partner with International Sales Leadership to drive revenue. Dive deep into complex, large-scale enterprise deals to develop account strategy, define technical win criteria, and align SE resources for scale.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Agentic AI Strategy: Understand and articulate enterprise AI adoption patterns across regions. Navigate the international AI regulatory landscape with confidence to develop the Agentic AI International GTM strategy. </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Executive Engagement: Lead executive-level technical engagements with CIOs, CTOs, and IT Directors, building trust through expertise and strategic counsel.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Navigate International…