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Overview:

We are looking for a Principal Architect for a Private Equity backed, fast growing AI First Product Engineering Services firm.

This role will be a key member of the core leadership team of the firm.

He/ She will serve as a strategic technical leader, solution designer, and customer advisor. In this role, you will combine deep and broad-based technical expertise with strong business acumen to architect high-value solutions, lead pre-sales engagements, and mentor our practice/CoE team. You will work closely with customers to understand their business needs, translate them into scalable technical solutions, and guide delivery teams in successful implementation.

Responsibilities:

1. Solutioning & Pre-Sales

●     Engage with customers, understand their business context, and guide them through a discovery and design process leading to a proposed solution

●     Work with sales teams to develop winning proposals, RFP responses, and technical presentations.

●     Will need to take single point ownership of the pre sales process, including client interactions, proposal preparation, presentations, pricing etc

●     Drive proof-of-concepts as part of the pre sales process

●     Build frameworks for different kinds of proposals and presentations to bring in repeatability and efficiency in the process

●     Work closely with marketing to create content around Indexnine offerings, solutions, capabilities and case studies

2. Delivery

●     Provide technical oversight during project delivery, ensuring adherence to architectural principles, standards, and best practices and ensure the as-sold solution is realised

●     Act as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders (CXO level and technical leads). Will need to engage with Customers through delivery as required

●     Create points of view on accounts to help mine and grow accounts.

3. Practice & CoE Development

●     Work closely with the labs. Contribute to the development of new products/ accelerators.

●     Mentor and coach engineers to enhance their technical and customer engagement skills.

4. Thought leadership

●     Keep abreast of technology and produce points of view for Indexnine’s offerings and technical capabilities

●     Represent the company at industry forums, webinars, and client workshops.

●     Be able to independently conduct discovery and solutioning workshops with Customers

Skills/Qualifications:

●     15+ years of overall experience with a blend of architecting, pre sales and technical delivery

●     Should be leading a pre-sales unit in a services organization. Hands-on with designing solutions, proposal writing, estimation, pricing and customer presentations.

●     Broad based technical expertise and having played a Sr Architect role for at least 2 years

●     Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership skills.

●     Experience working in an IT services environment in the Product Engineering space (i.e designing and building bespoke products/solutions)

●     BE/ Masters degree

• Play an integral role in new business pitches and hold responsibility for the effective on-boarding of new clients and operate as the lead point of contact for any and all matters specific to your customers
• Develop a trusted advisory relationship with key accounts, customer stakeholders and executive sponsors
• Provide strategic pre sales support for sales activities including needs analysis, data review, product demonstrations and other general sales support
• Mine the existing accounts for new business possibilities and utilizing available resources to drive account retention and growth
• Proactively assess, clarify, and validate customer needs on an ongoing basis and document as SOW
• Work cross-functionally with business development, marketing, product, technology and finance teams to ensure the timely and successful delivery of the solutions per to customer needs 
• Analyze latest marketing trends using CRM and analytics tools and tracking industry activities and providing valuable inputs for fine-tuning marketing strategies.

• Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients
• Promote the company’s products/services addressing or predicting clients’ objectives
• Prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers
• Develop entry level staff into valuable salespeople 

• Proven working experience as a business development manager, sales executive or a relevant role
• Proven sales track record
• Experience in customer support is a plus
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Proficiency in English
• Market knowledge
• Communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to build rapport
• Time management and planning skills

Section A: Purpose of the Role:

To engage with CXOs across the world’s most successful companies and successfully sell new business opportunities to ensure MnM’s growth.

Section B: Job Description

B.1 Responsibilities:

• Generate sales revenue in line with the MnM’s objectives and goals
• Ensure strong focus is to hunt and sell to net new logos / net new client accounts within defined timelines
• Identify key decision makers and act as a strategic partner to C-level and senior executives within an assigned organization to drive revenues

to understand their issues/needs/priorities through a consultative selling approach

• Collaborate with internal resources (such as Research, Client Services) and external network to prioritize and penetrate key accounts; quickly build relationships with key stakeholders to drive revenues
• Leverage CRM as a tool to capture accurate sales pipeline management, develop strategic territory mapping and maintain forecast
• Manage sales forecast accuracy on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis and ensure that sales pipeline remains full of qualified leads & prospects
• Own the full sales cycle from prospecting through close and own the overall allocated sales quota
• Follow determined Sales best practices developed through collaboration with peers or delivered by Sales Learning and Development team.
• Maintain compliance in utilizing internal sales enablement tools and management processes
• Attend and participate actively on all internal team meetings. 

B.2 Communication  

• Internal Stakeholders: Internal teams such as Research, Sales, Web Marketing, Finance and Accounts, Events and Conferences, Human Resources
• External Stakeholders: Clients, Industry Experts, Government Agencies, Academia

Section C: Job Specifications

C.1 Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to engage with CXO, business leaders and build credibility and relationships
• Strong business development skills, telesales, outbound calling, communication and negotiation skills whenever required.
• Highly motivated individual with a passion for sales and an unyielding drive to succeed in an international selling environment
• Ability to comprehend and problem solve by thinking and acting quickly on your feet.

• Cultural Sensitivity in engaging with global clients

• Entrepreneurially minded individual with positive mindset capable of converting adversity into opportunity

C.2 Education:

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree
• Desirable: Master’s in Business Administration (MBA)

C.3 Prior Experience:

• 3+ years’ experience in product/solution/enterprise sales

• A consistent track record of overachievement in sales targets