Director, Sales Engineering - Enterprise, South

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Zscaler

Compensation

$183,750 - $262,500/year

Remote - Florida, USA; Remote - North Carolina, USA; Remote - South Carolina, USA; Remote - Texas, USA

Hybrid

Posted March 3, 2026

Job Description

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

We are looking for a Director of Enterprise Sales Engineering to join our team in the South (TX, OK, AR, LA, MS, AL ,FL, GA, NC, SC), reporting to the Senior Director of Sales Engineering within the Americas Field Sales department.

You will lead a high-performing organization of SE leaders, ensuring our most strategic customers see our solutions as essential to their long-term business transformation. You will collaborate with sales leadership and clients to develop and execute winning segment-level strategies, owning the technical sales motion from discovery to close.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

Recruiting, mentoring, and building a world-class team of sales engineering directors, managers, and individual contributors
Collaborating with sales leadership and clients to develop and execute winning segment and account-level strategies while owning the technical sales motion from start to finish
Refining and scaling the core sales engineering processes to ensure consistent execution and operational efficiency
Acting as a key technical leader and executive sponsor for strategic customers and partners, representing the company at industry events and executive briefings
Driving the technical strategy that positions our solutions as essential to the customer's long-term business objectives

Who You Are (Success Profile)

You are customer-obsessed. You build deep empathy for the customer—both internal and external—and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems. You champion their needs from start to finish, knowing their success is our success.
You are a positive force. You approach hard problems with constructive energy and a 'can-do' spirit that is contagious, inspiring your team to stay focused on the solution.
You are driven by innovation. You have a deep curiosity for how things work and are energized by solving complex technical challenges. You believe in the power of technology to accelerate transformation and are always looking for a better, more secure, and scalable way.
You are a pragmatic builder. You are obsessed with creating, iterating, and shipping. You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and build the first version yourself, balancing the drive for technical excellence with the need to deliver value to users quickly.
You think at scale. You connect your day-to-day work to the larger company mission and think globally. You build solutions, processes, and teams that are not just effective today but are built to last and support a high-growth, global organization.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

Bachelor’s Degree in Technology or a related field or equivalent practical experience
10+ years of experience in technical, customer-facing roles with at least 5 y

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