Director, Pre-Sales

Job description

Director, Pre-Sales & Technical Solutions, Deployments & Automations, Americas

Area of Interest: Private Equity, Private Credit, Fund of Funds, Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, Forward Deployed Engineer, Financial Technology

Location: Remote First, CA-ON-Toronto

Job Type: Full Time

Experience (Years): 5–10

Compensation: $100,000 - $135,000 a year, Base compensation + Options grant in addition to the base salary to commensurate with experience.

About Henon

We are building a relationship first, tech enabled financial services company founded to help make private market data more agile, efficient, and clever.

Job Description

The successful candidate will possess 5 to 10 years of experience and will be involved in all stages of the pre-sales process, from initial client interaction through contract execution. You will act as the technical and solution lead during sales cycles, partnering closely with business development to design, demo, and validate solutions that convert prospective clients into long-term customers.

What you will do

·     Lead technical discovery sessions, product demos, and proof-of-concepts for private equity, credit, and multi-strategy firms

·     Support relationship management alongside CX team to drive deal momentum and conversion

·     Translate customer financial models and workflows into automated, platform-driven solutions

·     Document and prioritize business and technical requirements during sales cycles

·     Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers throughout the sales process

·     Contribute to improving our sales motion and product by transmitting customer feedback and suggesting efficiency improvements

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Ensure clean and structured handoff to fulfillment team at conversion

Qualifications

·     Experience in client-facing, pre-sales, or solution engineering roles required

·     Background in Consulting, Private Equity, Private Credit, Fund of Funds, M&A or Corporate Finance

·     Professional designations such as CFA, CAIA, FRM or similar are encouraged but not required (CPA not applicable for this role)

·     Strong understanding of financial models, experience working with algorithms and relational data

·     Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts for senior stakeholders

·     Highly disciplined approach to time management and deadlines

What we offer

·     Competitive compensation package

·     Stock options to ensure you have a stake in Henon's growth

·     Remote first work environment

·     Offsites each year quarter hosted in various cities we operate in (Chicago, London, Toronto, New York, Montreal)

·     High performing peers who want you to succeed

How we work

·     Teamwork makes the dreamwork: We can only win as a team. We are all founders and do the right thing for our peers, Henon's customers & partners

·     Humble, yet confident: We are generous with our feedback, open to change our views and we approach it with empathy knowing everyone is trying to do the best for

·     Improve 1% each day: We aim to become the best at what we do by delivering with rigor and ambition every day.

·     Turn zeros into ones: We are biased towards action. Every action leads to learning and these learnings get us one step closer to our mission

·     Prioritize - Perfection is the enemy of progress: Use time to its maximum and focus on the tasks and deliverables that really move the needle.

We're building a fair and inclusive work environment that is representative of the diverse industry we have the pleasure of serving. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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