Job description
When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.
Take a leap of certainty … with Ansys.
The Sr. Strategic Engagements Specialist will work with the AVP of Sales in EMEA to support the operations and communications of the function, partnering across the team to support the WW and EMEA sales priorities. This individual will be responsible for creating and driving engagements and programs within all market segments, critical to our expansion in the region. Responsibilities include driving efficiencies around sales, strategic planning, enabling programs and will partner with Business Operations, Marketing and Development Departments. This individual will also directly support the AVP working through communications, presentations and driving alignment with messaging and initiatives coming from the corporate headquarters. The Sr. Strategic Engagements Specialist will work in partnership with the EMEA Sr. Project Coordinator working across the sales leadership team in EMEA.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage incoming and outgoing communications through drafting letters, memoranda; reports and presentations on behalf of the AVP EMEA Sales.
- Plan and organize business meetings and department events, including logistical support as needed.
- Create and drive engagements with all market segments across the region’s accounts and cross functionally with other Ansys Departments
- Support of strategic planning on a broad basis with EMEA sales teams
- Identify, create, and execute on key strategic initiatives and enable the team to execute; create productive collaboration between global Ansys teams in support of the executive and EMEA teams.
- Create executive communications and presentations and support the AVP and sales leadership in EMEA.
- Maintain confidentiality and professionalism in the handling of sensitive and confidential information and documents.
Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience
- Education & Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, English or other related field with 4+ years of relevant work experience or related field OR 8+ years of relevant experience in a related field
- 3+ years of administrative (or adjacent) experience
- 2+ years of experience working strategically with executive teams
- Excellent communication skills, the ability to collaborate and bring people together, and drive to results are essential.
- Ability to travel up to 25%
Preferred Qualifications and Skills
- Communications degree
- 1+ year in project management role
- 1 year of experience in Communications
- 1 year in sales or sales adjacent role
- Ability to earn trust through performance and relationship building
- Ability to influence employees at all levels of the organization
At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential in the knowledge that every day is an opportunity to observe, teach, inspire, and be inspired. Together as One Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement.
Our Commitments:
- Amaze with innovative products and solutions
- Make our customers incredibly successful
- Act with integrity
- Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper
Our Values:
- Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
- Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
- Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
- Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger
Our Actions:
- We commit to audacious goals
- We work seamlessly as a team
- We demonstrate mastery
- We deliver outstanding results
OUR ONE ANSYS CULTURE HAS INCLUSION AT ITS CORE
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive.
TAKE A LEAP OF CERTAINTY IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high – met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost.
At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.
CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: America’s Most Loved Workplaces, Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, U.K.).
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.