Sales Engineer, AI and Intelligent Automation

This is a remote position.

Accelerate your career by joining the best AI and Business Automation consulting firm in the industry! At Salient Process, you’ll help give Fortune 500 companies, and some of the most recognized brands on the planet, the freedom to be great. We believe freeing organizations from mundane and repeatable tasks allows them to reach their highest potential. We need great people like you to help us, and the companies we consult with, be great. If you are looking to grow, challenge yourself, and be rewarded, come join our team! We are also excited to be the sole North America winner for IBM's partner award for the category of AI for Business. See the case study.

• Must reside in Colombia and be eligible for employment in Colombia.
  
• Proficiency in English is essential for this role.
  
• A valid U.S. visa is preferred (or the ability to obtain one), as this role includes occasional travel to the United States.
  
• You will be required to complete an assessment test as part of our candidate evaluation process.
  

• Lead discovery with prospects to uncover goals, pain points, success criteria, and technical constraints.
  
• Design and build persuasive product demos tailored to each prospect, with a focus on clear UX and storytelling.
  
• Deliver live demos and technical presentations in English for executives, business leaders, and technical stakeholders.
  
• Contribute to solution outlines and architectures for proposals with support from senior technical leaders.
  
• Support RFPs and security questionnaires with concise, accurate, and compliant responses.
  
• Plan and execute proof of concepts that validate value, success criteria, and adoption plans.
  
• Create reusable demo assets and a small library of repeatable scenarios for IBM BAW, watsonx.ai, Watson Orchestrate, and related tooling.
  
• Collaborate with product, delivery, and marketing on feedback loops that sharpen positioning and demos.
  
• Maintain a light pre-sales lab environment and organize demo data, scripts, and environments for repeatability.
  
• Track activities and outcomes in the CRM and report on pipeline influence and POC progress.
  

Requirements

• 2+ years as a Sales Engineer or Pre-sales Consultant supporting enterprise software, preferably in Intelligent Automation or AI.
  
• Fluency in English, written and spoken, with strong presentation skills
  
• Strong technical curiosity and hands-on aptitude with modern platforms and APIs
  
• Demonstrated ability to craft clean, intuitive user interfaces for demos and POCs
  
• Solid problem solving, requirements gathering, and stakeholder communication
  

• Experience building demos or POCs for process automation, workflow, or AI solutions.
  
• Familiarity with one or more of the following is a plus: IBM BAW, watsonx.ai, Watson Orchestrate, watsonx.governance, IBM Blueworks Live, Business Compass.
  
• Basic solution design exposure across cloud, data, and integration patterns.
  
• Comfort with low code tooling, scripting, or API integration for demo assembly.
  
• Experience working with North American enterprise customers.
  
• An Industrial Engineering degree is very helpful.
  

By month2 

• Capable of delivering core demos for IBM BAW, Watson Orchestrate, and watsonx.ai with confidence
  
• Has a starter library of demo scripts, datasets, and environments for repeat use
  

By months 6 to 9 

• Contributes to POCs with a target 40 percent win rate on opportunities involved, in collaboration with IBM and Salient Process
  
• Demonstrates measurable influence on pipeline through demos, discovery, and RFP support
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience plus sales commissions
  
• Remote work
  
• 8 holidays per calendar year, aligned with the U.S. holiday calendar.
  
• 6 sick leave days per year.
  
• 15 earned vacation leave days per year.
  
• Open-ended contract in full compliance with Colombian labor laws.
  
• Professional development opportunities.
  
• Vibrant and collaborative work environment
  

• Structured Sales Engineer onboarding across our platforms and sales methodology
  
• Access to subject matter experts, including CTO and Principal Consultants, for solution design
  
• Collaboration with IBM and internal teams on complex POCs
  
• Modern tools for demo development, collaboration, and tracking