Principal Solutions Engineer - Consent & Preferences

Job Description

Job Description

Strength in Trust

OneTrust's mission is to enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI. We believe that ensuring data is trusted shouldn't slow teams down—it should accelerate what's possible. This led us to develop the first technology platform for responsible data use in 2016. Today, with AI representing the latest and most impactful expansion of data yet, OneTrust is once again redefining what responsible innovation looks like. OneTrust, the AI‑Ready Governance Platform™, unifies regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected governance workflows so businesses can continue to move at the speed of AI while ensuring good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, OneTrust is shaping the future where trusted data becomes a transformative force for business and society.

The Challenge

We're looking for a Principal Solutions Engineer (SE) to join our Consent & Preferences (C&P) Solutions Engineering team, reporting to the Manager of Solutions Engineering. This is a highly customer-facing, principal-level role for a technical leader who can run complex, long-cycle enterprise deals end-to-end—partnering with specialist C&P resources and Account Executives to shape strategy, earn buyer trust, and drive technical win plans. You will operate as a trusted advisor and industry thought leader, translating customer outcomes into architecture, demos, and proof points that position OneTrust as the standard for consent, preferences, and customer choice management across the martech and data ecosystem.

Your Mission

• Own the technical sales strategy for C&P opportunities: lead discovery, map requirements to value, build a technical win plan, and orchestrate stakeholders through multi-stage evaluation cycles

• Serve as the technical expert on integrations and architecture during major sales opportunities, including proposals, RFPs, and custom proof-of-concepts to demonstrate OneTrust's capabilities and differentiation

• Lead deep-dive technical workshops with customer engineering, security, data, and martech teams to design the target state and advise on best practices for implementation and rollout

• Deliver compelling, outcomes-focused product demonstrations tailored to executive buyers and technical evaluators; articulate tradeoffs, risk, and ROI with clarity

• Partner with Account Executives to develop account strategies, influence buying criteria, and align technical and business stakeholders from first call through close

• Coordinate with internal Product, R&D, and partner teams to remove technical blockers, influence roadmap, and scale repeatable integration patterns and playbooks

• Drive creation of high-quality customer-facing assets (architecture diagrams, integration approaches, demo narratives, and competitive positioning) to accelerate sales cycles

• Maintain rigorous pipeline hygiene and activity tracking in Salesforce.com, including next steps, risks, and stakeholder mapping for each opportunity

You Are

• A strong communicator and presenter, adept at conveying complex ideas clearly to both executive buyers and technical audiences

• A consultative seller who knows how to navigate long, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and earn trust as a strategic advisor

• Credible with architects and engineers—able to go deep technically while keeping the story anchored to business outcomes

• A collaborative team player who excels in cross-functional partnerships, influencing key stakeholders at all levels and driving toward shared objectives

• Empathetic to customer needs, capable of pinpointing pain points and delivering tailored solutions

• Comfortable leading workshops, handling objections, and facilitating alignment across security, privacy, marketing, data, and IT teams

• Entrepreneurial with a hands-on mentality, taking ownership of key decisions and their execution

• Strategic thinker with a customer-centric mindset and a passion for driving business growth

• A recognized voice internally (and ideally externally) through enablement, best-practice sharing, and market/industry perspective

Your Experience Includes

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering, computer science, or business field (or equivalent practical experience)

• 8+ years of relevant experience in Solutions Engineering / Sales Engineering, Management Consulting, or a similar customer-facing technical role

• Proven success supporting enterprise, long-cycle opportunities with multiple technical stakeholders and executive buyers (discovery through close)

• Strong experience designing and communicating architectures and integrations across the martech/data ecosystem (e.g., CDPs, CMPs, tag management, identity, data warehouses, marketing automation, analytics)

• Demonstrated track record running customer engagements across the journey, including discovery, tailored demonstrations, technical workshops, and proof projects / POCs

• Comfort with security, privacy, and compliance requirements that influence consent and preference programs (data flows, identity, governance, and risk)

• Ability to create compelling customer-facing content (proposals, RFP responses, solution narratives) and deliver executive-ready presentations

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to simplify complex systems and drive decisions

• Excellent interpersonal skills with experience interfacing with senior leadership; ability to influence without authority across functions

• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities effectively

For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington-based candidates: the annual base pay range for this role is listed below. Within this range, individual pay is determined by several factors, including location, job-related skills, work experience, and relevant education and/or training. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, equity, and/or commissions, as well as benefits.

Salary Range

$127,500—$191,250 USD

Where we Work

We are embracing an office-first culture, encouraging three days a week in office for most roles, with meaningful opportunities to collaborate and celebrate in person.

Each role may have specific requirements or flexibility depending on the scope of the position, so we encourage you to verify this with your recruiter during your first interview.

Benefits

As an employee at OneTrust, you will be part of the OneTeam. That means you'll receive support physically, mentally, and emotionally so that you can do your best work both in and out of the office. This includes comprehensive healthcare coverage, flexible PTO, equity RSUs, annual performance bonus opportunities, retirement account support, 14+ weeks of paid parental leave, career development opportunities, company-paid privacy certification exam fees, and much more. Specific benefits differ by country. For more information, talk to your recruiter or visit onetrust.com/careers.

Resources

Check out the following to learn more about OneTrust and its people:

• OneTrust Careers on YouTube
• @LifeatOneTrust on Instagram

Your Data

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Our Commitment to You

When you join OneTrust you are stepping onto a launching pad — the countdown has begun. The destination? A career without boundaries working alongside a diverse and inclusive crew who is passionate about doing meaningful work. As a pioneer, your voice and expertise will help chart the direction of an entirely new category. Our commitment to putting people first starts with you. Your growth is part of the mission. Our goal is to give you the power to embark on the next phase of your uniquely, unique career.

OneTrust provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.