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Presales Consulting ManagerThis role has been designated as 'Remote/Teleworker', which means you will primarily work from home.

Job Description:

Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to manage staff activities in solving common and complex business/technical issues within established policies. Manages exempt individual contributors and/or supervisors. Has accountability for results of a major program in terms of cost, direction and people management. Provides guidance on process improvements and recommends changes in alignment with business tactics and strategy for area of responsibility. Plans, manages and monitors operational/tactical activities of Staff. Staff members' work may involve strategic issues. Recruits and supports development of direct staff members. Typically reports to MG2 or Director.
Additional guidance/criteria: Manages and controls activities within a single country or a sub-region which is part of a larger geographical Region; Manages at least 4 employees and typically between 8 and 15 direct reports. Span of Control guidelines may differ from these numbers.

Presales Consulting:
Manages a group of presales professionals in one or more of the Presales Functions (Technical Consultant, Technical Client Consultant, and Enterprise Architects). Responsible for setting the direction, managing the deliverables of the assigned group, and achieving revenue and expense objectives. Resolves customer problems and contributes to customer satisfaction. Responsible for representing assigned area to all levels of sales and other company management. Where appropriate, seeks to build strategic executive relationships with external clients and internally within company, and partners with internal and external resources to develop best-in-class solutions for customer. Manages the performance of individual contributors and the team overall, and grows and develops talent within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the Business
  • Manages a group of Presales resources to provide account support or shared resource support.
  • Resource management & Intra-Region support - Creates presales utilization plans that reflect the requirements and opportunities within area of control.
  • Actively collaborates with peers to address regional presales coverage gaps and leverage technical expertise where warranted to win opportunities for the company.
  • Partnering with Sales & acct. planning - Assists in planning sales strategy; collaborates within the company and with the field to prioritize, facilitate and direct the use of resources; works with Sales managers to assess sales pipelines in area of control to ensure appropriate and timely utilization of presales support.
• Business acumen
  • Continuously monitors, troubleshoots, and improves area-of-control operations to ensure alignment with the company's business direction, the quality of business practices, optimum organizational performance and a highly motivated presales force.
  • Understands business, financial and legal concepts to develop meaningful business recommendations.
• Leading & Managing Presales People
  • Coaching - Assesses and manages employee performance to ensure individual and group excellence; counsels and supports individuals through selling challenges; manages performance and results of high and low performers.
  • Leadership - Models effective selling skills; motivates and supports presales teams; demonstrates a high level of support in the pursuit and closing of deals.
  • People development - Nurtures and advances the talent required to maintain company presales force excellence within area of control; sponsors and directs skill building activities to increase the productivity and accomplishments of the presales force; ensures strong technical acumen across the group needed to support sales.
• Selling as a Presales Manager
  • Focuses on strategic direction- understands the overall company/BU strategic direction and portfolio, and can assist sales teams in customizing solutions based on client needs.
  • Consultative selling - strategizes with and coaches their team on how to apply consultative-selling techniques to advance sales opportunities; demonstrates client-sensitive practices within the account(s) and internal gate-keeping within the company to support building strategic trusted advisor status.
  • Financial selling - employs a financial selling approach to meet customer needs; works with team to build business cases that link proposals to customer's goals, strategies and relevant business metrics, and that demonstrate industry and competitive proficiency.

Education and Experience Required:

• University or Bachelor's degree.
• Typically 10+ years experience in pre-sales sales.
• Directly related management experience and work results including success in supporting the achievement of progressively higher quota or other sales related goals.
• Demonstrated level of project management skills.
• Additional specialized knowledge in breadth and/or depth - Storage
• Experience in Manager/Leadership positions strongly preferred

Knowledge and Skills:
In addition to core technical skills:

• Business Management
  • Forecast/Budget Control Operations.
  • Building/ Improvement.
  • Resource Brokering/ Allocation.
  • Management of business processes.
• Business Development
  • Strategic Account Support.
  • Negotiation skills within the company.
• Consultative Selling
  • Presentation and communication skills.
  • Ability to develop strong customer relationships.
  • Consultative, solution selling and business development skills.
• Workforce Planning & Development
  • Workforce Planning.
  • Career Planning & Development.
• Workforce Management
  • Coaching & Supervision.
  • Timely management of low performers.
  • Skill Development/ Enhancement.
  • Performance Management

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Manager_1"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
- United States of America: Annual Salary USD 161,000 - 378,000 in Georgia & North Carolina & South Carolina
This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 80%/20%."

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