Responsibilities

Data & AI Solution Strategy Leads are responsible for leading a team of pre-sales resources for the most complex deals to ensure the creation of comprehensive deal artifacts including solution scope & approach, cost estimates, resourcing mix, financial costs, risks & partnering approach. These Leads partner closely with sales peers to ensure capture principles are applied during the deal cycle.  Ensuring deal velocity & deal quality is vital.  Warm handover to the Area team to manage the delivery ensures a quality experience for the customer.  

Key Capabilities:

Individuals in the Data & AI Solution Strategy Lead role should be able to demonstrate the following capabilities:  

Complex Data & AI Deal Leadership – Ability to:  
Lead virtual team(s) to develop Data & AI solutions that enable compelling customer proposals;   
Skilled in influencing customer, partner, and internal stakeholders to remove obstacles & drive deals forward, leveraging required methods & tools for deals including win theming, partner strategy & competitive positioning.  
Complex Data & AI Deal Quality - Ability to:   
Coordinate the development of Data & AI artifacts for complex deals that meet customer and partner expectations of scope, timeline, deliverables & business outcomes.   
Skilled in communicating expectations for Data & AI artifact development & optimizing resource mix in line with Data & AI deal complexity & customer requirements.  
Complex Data & AI Deal Execution - Ability to:   
Drive the pre-sales Data & AI solutioning stages from developing the joint Data & AI roadmap and solution strategy through to proving solution value;   
Skilled in planning, intentionally leveraging IP & orchestrating teams to deliver successfully through effective communications, workstream management, stakeholder management & deal team rhythms.  
Complex Data & AI Deal Health - Ability to:  
Interrogate and interpret data which underpins quality deal creation and reusable intellectual property (IP);  
Skilled in leveraging insights from tools, dashboards and lessons learned to mitigate risk and improve overall deal health.  

Qualifications

Qualifications: 

Required/Minimum Qualifications  
 
Bachelor's Degree OR MBA in Engineering, Management or related field AND relevant experience in management consulting, sales, consultative sales, or related customer and partner facing role. 
OR the equivalent experience. 

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