{"id":3190993,"url":"https://alion.io/job/celestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager","title":"Sr Pre-sales Technical Support Manager","company":{"id":58064,"name":"Celestica","domain":"celestica.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/celestica","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Shanghai, China"],"countries":["CN"],"hiring_countries":["CN"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":31000,"max_usd":73000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":1900},"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"VMWare","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T02:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T15:35:52Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":34,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":34},"description":"Req ID: 134955\nRemote Position: Yes\nRegion: Asia\nCountry: China\nState/Province: Shanghai\nCity: Shanghai\nGeneral Overview\nFunctional Area: Sales, Marketing & Business Development (MBD)\nCareer Stream: Sales Engineering & Technology (SET)\nRole: Consultant 1 (CO1)\nJob Title: Consultant, Sales Engineering 1\nJob Code: CO1-MBD-SENG\nJob Level: Level 10\nDirect/Indirect Indicator: Indirect\nSummary\nSales Engineers for Celestica are the primary technical resource for the account management sales force and provide both pre-sales and post sales activities for new and existing customers. As a team, they are accountable to lead and manage the technology evaluation stage of the sales process, working closely with our sales and business teams to understand our customers’ challenges and solve for their requirements.\nThe Consultant, Sales Engineer Consultant will research and report on technical and product issues for Celestica’s Hardware Platform Solutions in the field, and will enable collaboration with our design, engineering, manufacturing and supply chain teams to create and deliver maximum value to our customers.\nThe Sales Engineer will clearly articulate technology and product positioning and develop value propositions for both business and technical users. The Sales Engineer must be able to establish and maintain strong relationships with assigned customers throughout the complete sales cycle and post-sales account support processes. They will thrive in the dynamic environment of a growing technical organization with an expanding customer base.\nDetailed Description\nWork closely with Sales to drive the sales process and share in quota target objectives\nDevelop and maintain strong relationships with key customer accounts\nParticipate in technical solution development for customers with requirements discovery / mapping the Celestica portfolio and software / use case / application requirements\nParticipate in the technical aspect of RFI/RFQ responses to strategic opportunities - develop proposals with unique value propositions that differentiate Celestica\nSupport account management and sales team with technical solutions tailored to their specific customers’ needs including capabilities and roadmaps - remove all technical hurdles required to successfully close opportunities\nObtain insights into customers’ product, technology and business strategy and contribute the insights as the inputs to Celestica’s Hardware Platforms Solutions roadmap\nHelp to clarify customers’ product requirements and provide input into the development SOW\nSupport technical conversations with the customers for product questions and issues post-win - act as a liaison to the internal development teams\nKeep current with technical directions of our key strategic partners, such as Intel, Microsemi, Broadcom, Microsoft, VMware, WDC and Samsung\nParticipate in standards committees and industry groups as appropriate.\nPrepare and present technical presentations and product demonstrations to customers, industry groups, trade shows, etc\nMaintain current and advise customers on industry trends, future technologies and market opportunities\nKnowledge/Skills/Competencies\nCommunicate professionally and consultatively in written responses to emails, presentations, RFPs and reports\nOrganized and analytical, and able to overcome sales challenges through creative and collaborative approaches\nA self-motivated individual capable of working with a minimum of supervision in a dynamic team environment\nExcellent interpersonal skills: be able to communicate effectively with members of other teams, departments and customers as a high degree of liaison is required to be successful\nPhysical Demands\nDuties of this position are performed in a normal office environment\nDuties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data\nRepetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc)\nOvernight travel within North America will be required - estimate 25 - 40% depending on work location\nTypical Experience\n7-10 years of technology related engineering/marketing and business development experience. 5+ years of direct experience in sales preferred\nExperience with storage systems, topologies, applications, challenges and advantages, as well as experience with enterprise database, virtualization or server technologies and applications\nProven hands-on experience with Linux, Windows, SAN and networking technologies\nExperience and familiarity with flash-based storage technologies is a must\nExperience with AI / ML applications in both enterprise and edge deployments is a plus Experience with standards, organizations and consortiums of relevant technologies is a plus\nTypical Education\nBachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field\nNotes\nThis job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.\nCelestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).\nAt Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.\nCOMPANY OVERVIEW:\nCelestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.\nToday, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC):\nATS: This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions.\nCCS: This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.\nBuilt on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.\nCelestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.\nCelestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8092,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"China","iso":"CN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Electronics Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-24T01:29:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":28,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.629,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":34,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/celestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/celestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T19:34:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29120,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58064},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58064"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcelestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcelestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcelestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/celestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcelestica-sr-pre-sales-technical-support-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3190993}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"celestica.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3190993},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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