Pre-sales Consultant UK (H/F)
Key Highlights
- To support the Rise Up sales function and international growth (UK, Netherlands & Germany) – Mid to Enterprise Customers
- To become an overall Rise Up SME (platform, process & technical services)
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the sales team to qualify opportunities against a set of criteria, to ensure they are strategically aligned to our product and support to the sales team in response to requests for proposals (RFPs) as required.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge of the learning industry (technologies, methodologies, and best practice).
- Develop a thorough understanding of our client business and technical challenges, operating environment, capabilities, and goals.
- Provide ideas to refine and evolve the core sales and pre-sales processes such as discovery, technical qualification, and proof-of-concept.
- Actively keep up to date with latest & upcoming features and functionality within the product and act as the primary point of contact for prospect’s technical queries that arise through the sales process.
- As required, manage discovery sessions to uncover client requirements, pitching tailored presentations to C-suite executives or interacting with technology architects and development teams.
- Design and deliver customised demonstrations to support the sales team as required.
- Comfortable working in a scaling business, where time is critical, and things change on a regular basis.
- Lead technical discussions with key customer/prospect stakeholders and decision makers, effectively articulating creative and technical solutions.
- Develop strong working relationships across internal functions (sales, customer success, product, development, operations, marketing, etc.)
- Be willing to play a role in post-sale activity to ensure adoption or help grow accounts.
- Work closely with the implementation & customer success function to understand the best overall solution for our clients.
- Provides strategic recommendations on the use of learning technology and other digital tools to provide innovative and effective online and blended learning experiences.
Qualifications
Skills and Experience
- 5+ years of consulting and/or consultative implementation experience
- First class client engagement skills throughout the lifecycle of a sales engagement.
- Strong, data driven analytical skills.
- Ability to translate customer requirements and process flows into technical solutions.
- Ability to work well in a multicultural team.
- Ability to learn and adapt autonomously.
- Strong consulting skills including excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to understand and present complex technical capabilities and solutions.
- Solid experience working with a Learning Management Solution (LMS/LXP/SLP) a plus.
- Excellent knowledge of adult learning theories and instructional design models and/or lesson and curriculum planning skills a plus.
Additional Information
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