Sr Manager, Solution Consulting

Description:

Job Description

Ensure SCs demonstrate relevance to customers, fully discover customers’ business and technical problems, deliver the highest quality presentations and demonstrations, execute proofs of concept successfully and only when needed, comprehend and document the business value to be delivered, and ensure customer commitment to the ServiceNow solution
Develop team members according to the demands of the business and according to their individual professional goals
Develop and maintain a recruiting pipeline of potential SC candidates to meet future business demands
Work with regional sales managers to prioritize regional Solution Consulting efforts
Assign resources to sales opportunities, and consistently evaluate progress against goals
Assign resources as required to marketing and other efforts to support demand generation
Develop and deploy team training curriculums to meet the changing demands of the sales organization
Evaluate team members regularly through analysis of direct observation, peer feedback and sales feedback
Ensure proper alignment of resources and effective utilization of skill sets within the assigned region
Manage day-to-day activities such as resource scheduling conflicts, expense review and approval, activity reporting etc.

Qualifications

Experience working in a fast-growing IT environment including software, cloud, or customer experience of the same
7 years’ experience in presales
Experience managing presales teams as 1st line management
Deep experience with the Japan market and experience selling and gaining access to Japanese customers’ senior management
Understanding of standard approaches to coaching, mentoring and management of individual contributors
Ability to motivate and inspire a growing team of Presales Solutions Consultants
Experience in Value Based Selling or Solution Selling
A thorough understanding of the SaaS Market space, the provision of PaaS based solutions and a broad understanding of Service Management practices