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Director, Solutions Consultant - Activate

VTS · New York, NY

Base
Not disclosed
OTE
$200K–$240K
Posted
3d ago

Still open · checked 3h agoon VTS's careers page

What VTS sells

Building access, visitors and work orders

Commercial buildings have to control who gets through the doors, check in visitors, and handle repair requests from tenants. VTS Activate covers access control, visitor management, work orders and building services. It extends VTS into building operations and the tenant experience.

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The Braun Read

Worth a look

Solid on the basics. Use the first call to fill in the gaps.

Pay
OTE is listed. Ask what the base is.
Transparency
Says nothing about quota, attainment, deal size, territory or sales cycle.
Pipeline
Mostly inbound or an assigned book.
Time on market
Open 2 days.
Company hiring
7 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace.

Red flags

None spotted.

Green flags

  • Publishes OTE. It tells you the on-target earnings up front. Most postings don't.
  • SDR or inbound support. You won't be building all of your own pipeline from zero.

Based only on what the posting says. Flags are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?

    OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.

  2. 2.

    What's the base, and how is the rest paid out?

    OTE without a base doesn't tell you what you can count on.

  3. 3.

    Who's the economic buyer, and who else is in the deal?

    Selling to a CFO and selling to a developer are different jobs.

  4. 4.

    What's the annual quota, and how was it set?

    A quota built from real data is a target. Otherwise it's a hope.

  5. 5.

    How long is ramp, and what's the quota during it?

    Full quota on day one means you start behind.

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.

When the offer comes

Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.

  1. 1.

    Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?

    What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.

  2. 2.

    Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?

    The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.

  3. 3.

    I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?

    Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.

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The role

Solutions consultant for VTS Activate (access control, visitor management, work orders) who partners with AEs and channel partners to design deployments and hand off to implementation. Based in NYC, four days in office.

Channel · Inbound

Selling motion

Channel

Who you're selling to

Buyer:
Not stated in the posting.Ask: “Who's the economic buyer, and who else is in the deal?”
Industry:
Commercial real estateIn their words: “evangelize the Activate vision across the commercial real estate ecosystem”

Pipeline expectations

Mostly inbound or an assigned book of business.

Compensation

$200K–$240K OTE

What is not disclosed

This posting doesn't tell you:

  • Base salary
  • Quota size
  • Quota attainment
  • Average deal size
  • Territory
  • Sales cycle length

The questions above cover the big ones.

Full posting
VTS is seeking a Director, Solutions Consultant - Activate to assist and translate new business opportunity into a successful deployment plan across VTS Activate - the platform that extends VTS into building operations and the tenant experience, including access control, visitor management, work orders, and building services. This role sits at the intersection of sales, solution design, and implementation readiness. Once an opportunity is qualified, the Solutions Consultant becomes the solutions expert alongside the Account Executive - translating a customer’s needs into a tailored Activate solution and, once the deal is won, into a complete solution design and implementation plan that hands off cleanly to the Implementation team. You will work predominantly through our major channel partners to start, expanding to the direct channel and other commercial clients over time, and partner closely with our Senior Technical Solutions Consultant, whose deep access-control expertise verifies and completes the solution you design. Unlike a traditional pre-sales engineer focused only on the demonstration, or an implementation manager focused only on delivery, this position helps manage the full arc of solution implementation preparedness - from qualified opportunity, through solution design, to a clean handoff to implementation, with continued check-ins through launch. It carries deep product ownership of the Activate feature set, with particular emphasis on Access Control and Visitor Management. This is a highly visible, senior individual-contributor role based in our New York office. ** Please note that this opportunity requires this hire to work from our NYC office four days a week. ** Here’s what you can expect as a Director, Solutions Consultant - Partner with the Account Executive as the Activate solutions expert from the moment an opportunity is qualified - Develop expert-level command of the Activate feature set and tailor product messaging and demonstrations to each customer’s workflows and goals - Lead solution discovery: take ambiguous, complex requirements, define them with customers and stakeholders, and shape them into a clear, cohesive solution - Support the latter stages of the sale, including RFP responses, business and technical requirements, solution positioning, scoping, and alignment - Aggregate everything learned during the sale into a single solution design - requirements, the technologies and features being deployed, and the rollout schedule - documented in the deal journal - Produce a complete, unambiguous handoff package so the Implementation team can execute without rework - Partner with the Senior Technical Solutions Consultant to verify and complete the solution - integrations, APIs, custom development, and access-control specifics - Review the plan with Implementation at kickoff and stay engaged through deployment with defined check-in points to keep projects on track - Operate as one half of a Sales Director / Solutions Consultant tandem supporting significant new-bookings growth across partner-managed and direct portfolios - Collaborate day-to-day with Sales, the Senior Technical Solutions Consultant, Implementation, and Integrations - primarily in Salesforce, with exposure to tools such as Jira and Airtable - Serve as a trusted advisor to customers and internal stakeholders, and evangelize the Activate vision across the commercial real estate ecosystem What makes you a great fit? - Experience in a pre-sales or solutioning role - Solutions Consultant, Sales Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Pre-Sales Consultant, or a Customer Success Manager ready to move into pre-sales - SaaS background required, with a proven track record of playing the solutions/pre-sales role well and telling a compelling product-to-value story (the industry it was in matters less than how well you did it) - Exceptional client-facing and facilitation skills - personable, credible with executives, and able to command a room and drive a meeting - Highly process and project management oriented, able to manage complex solution definition end-to-end and bring structure to ambiguity - Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate technical capability into measurable business value - Ability to ramp quickly on the Activate platform, including Access Control and Visitor Management - Comfortable working in Salesforce; exposure to implementation or ticketing tools such as Jira or Airtable a plus - Commercial real estate or proptech experience a plus, but not required - Familiarity with access-control, physical-security, or building-systems ecosystems a plus - New York–based, able to work from our office and travel up to ~25% (a few days per month for client meetings and QBRs) What VTS Values & How We Show It - Strive for Excellence - We know your potential is unlimited. Take advantage of our executive coaches and our training and career development programs available to all employees! - Be Customer Obsessed - We’re employee obsessed too! VTS offers competitive compensation, comprehensive health benefits (including dental and vision), pre-tax commuter benefits, and a 401(k) plan. Not to mention the fun stuff - quarterly happy hours, wellness events, clubs, and team lunches! - Be Curious - Benefit from a culture that promotes new learning. VTS offers an education stipend to all employees! - Move as One - We work in an open floor plan to promote cross-functional collaboration. - Take Ownership - Be an owner of the company you’re building with our equity packages. - Appreciate the Difference - VTS embraces and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of a strong work-life balance. We offer a flexible PTO policy, generous family leave program, and more! ABOUT VTS VTS is the only AI-driven technology platform enabling intelligent real estate by unifying industry professionals, investors, and their customers at scale. In 2013, VTS revolutionized commercial real estate leasing operations with what is now VTS Lease. Today, VTS AI is the largest first-party insights and collaboration engine in the industry, transforming how strategic decisions are made and executed by the real estate industry globally. With the VTS Platform, consisting of VTS Lease, VTS Market, VTS Activate, and VTS Data, every stakeholder in real estate is given real-time market information and workflow tools to do their job with unparalleled speed and intelligence. VTS is the global leader, with more than 60% of Class A office space in the U.S., and 13 billion square feet of office, residential, retail, and industrial space is managed through the platform worldwide. VTS is utilized by over 45,000 professionals and over 1.2 million total users each day, including industry-leading customers such as Blackstone, Brookfield Properties, LaSalle Investment Management, Hines, BXP, Oxford Properties, JLL, and CBRE. VTS maintains offices in New York City, London, Toronto, Chicago. To learn more about VTS and view our open roles, visit us at vts.com or follow us on Instagram (@WeAreVTS) or LinkedIn. Pay Transparency At VTS, we pride ourselves on articulating a clear and transparent philosophy around equitable, impartial compensation that will allow us to recruit and retain an exceptional team. The base salary is market-driven at the time of offer and is based on tier 1 market data. $140,000 and $180,000 and is determined by several factors, including your skills, prior relevant experience, quality of interviews, leveling, and geography. There is a bonus structure for the position that will bring the OTE (on target earnings) to $200,000 - $240,000 depending on the base salary agreed upon and achievement to goals. EEO Guidelines VTS embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. For more information about what we collect and how we use it, please refer to the Candidate Privacy Statement. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know at ta@vts.com Privacy Policy
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