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Pre-Sales Github Copilot

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Job Description

Role Overview 

The GitHub PreSales Specialist is a technical, customer and partnerfacing role focused on driving GitHub adoption and technical wins, with a strong emphasis on GitHub Copilot and developer productivity scenarios. 

The role supports sales motions before and during the deal cycle, acting as the technical authority for GitHub solutions. It combines technical presales, solution demonstrations, workshops, and partner enablement, working closely with ALSO sales teams, Microsoft stakeholders, and GitHub counterparts. 

This role is not quotacarrying, but is directly accountable for technical winrate, solution adoption, and pipeline acceleration

Key Responsibilities 

Technical PreSales & Solution Design 

  • Act as GitHub technical presales specialist for partners and customers 

  • Lead technical discovery, solution positioning, and presales engagements 

  • Design and position GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Copilot solutions aligned to customer development workflows 

  • Support opportunity qualification with strong technical credibility 

Demos, Workshops & Enablement 

  • Deliver GitHub Copilot demos, technical workshops, and onboarding sessions 

  • Run handson sessions focused on:  

    • Developer productivity 

    • Secure software development 

    • AIassisted coding and workflows 

  • Support partners and customers through proofofvalue and early adoption phases 

Sales & Partner Collaboration 

  • Work closely with local sales teams to support active opportunities 

  • Enable partners (ISVs, software developers, resellers) on:  

    • GitHub solution positioning 

    • Technical differentiation 

    • Common objections and deployment considerations 

  • Act as technical bridge between sales, partners, and GitHub/Microsoft teams 

Program & FY26 Execution 

  • Execute GitHub FY26 priorities, including:  

    • GitHub Copilot adoption 

    • Developer productivity and AIassisted development scenarios 

  • Support GitHub and Microsoftled GTM initiatives and campaigns 

  • Contribute to building repeatable presales motions and technical playbooks 

Required Experience & Skills 

Musthave 

  • Experience in technical presales, solution consulting, or developer advocacy 

  • Strong understanding of software development workflows 

  • Working knowledge of:  

    • GitHub Enterprise 

    • GitHub Copilot 

    • CI/CD and DevOps concepts 

  • Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences 

  • Strong presentation and workshop facilitation skills 

  • Comfortable working across multiple countries and partner environments 

Nicetohave 

  • Experience with Azure DevOps and/or Azure platform integration 

  • Background in partnerled or channeldriven sales models 

  • Exposure to secure development, governance, or compliance topics 

  • GitHub or Microsoft certifications 

  • Additional European language(s) 

What Success Looks Like 

  • Higher technical winrate on GitHub opportunities 

  • Strong adoption of GitHub Copilot through workshops and demos 

  • Partners enabled to confidently position and sell GitHub solutions 

  • Positive feedback from sales teams on deal acceleration and technical support 

Why This Role 

This role is key to scaling GitHub and GitHub Copilot adoption across ALSO markets — ensuring partners and customers understand, trust, and successfully adopt GitHub’s developer and AI capabilities. 

Information at a Glance
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Level of Experience:  Mid-Career
Job Function:  Sales
Required Travel:  less then 25%

About ALSO

ALSO is one of the leading technology providers for the ICT industry currently active in 30 countries in Europe and in a total of 144 countries worldwide. In 2024, net sales of the Swiss-based company, which employs about 4 200 people, amounted to 11 billion euros. The ALSO ecosystem offers around 135 000 resellers hardware, software and IT services from more than 800 vendors in over 1 570 product categories. In the spirit of the circular economy, the company provides all services from provision to refurbishment from a single source.

ALSO has three business models: The Supply division comprises the transactional range of hardware and software. The Solutions division supports customers in the development of customized IT solutions and ready-to-use IoT applications. Subscription-based cloud offerings for soft- and hardware as well as platforms for cybersecurity, IoT, virtualization and AI are the focus of the Service area.

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