Regional Director, Field Engineering - Verticals
cursor · Remote · Remote ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
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- Leadership role
- Build team from scratch
- Focus on enterprise accounts
- AI-native development platform
- Vertical-specific strategy
Join SpaceXSI to build and lead a high-impact pre-sales Field Engineering team focused on key industry verticals such as Healthcare, Finance, or Aerospace. You will operate at the intersection of Sales, Product, and Engineering to scale technical discovery and proofs of concept for the Cursor AI-native development platform.
This hands-on leadership position requires an entrepreneurial mindset to establish best practices, hire talent, and drive credibility with strategic Fortune 500 accounts. You will coach engineers, manage complex evaluations, and ensure successful handoffs to post-sales teams while feeding customer insights back to product development.
What you'll do
- Lead and scale a team of Field Engineers supporting enterprise opportunities
- Partner with sales leadership to drive technical discovery and demos
- Build the vertical Field Engineering practice from zero to one
- Establish best practices for evaluations and proof-of-concept execution
- Serve as escalation point for complex customer evaluations
- Hire, onboard, and develop top-tier Field Engineering talent
- Feed vertical-specific customer insights back to Product and Engineering
- Ensure tight handoffs with post-sales teams for successful adoption
What you'll need
- 3+ years leading Field Engineers or Pre-Sales teams in a specific vertical
- Expertise selling to or supporting accounts in target industries like Retail or Finserv
- Proven track record engaging technical buyers, CTOs, and architects
- Strong technical foundation in modern software workflows and AI tooling
- Entrepreneurial drive to build enablement assets without existing templates
- Ability to partner effectively with Sales while maintaining technical integrity
- Strong communication skills and executive presence for large accounts
Stack
- Cursor
- Grok
- Colossus