Presales Consultant architecting technical solutions for clients at HP. Identifying customer needs and creating appropriate solutions with a focus on technical and business aspects.
Responsibilities
Gathers and assesses customer needs, both business and technical
Identifies related needs (lead generation, opportunity expansion)
Identifies site-specific and corporate parameters and constraints that impact the solution
Identifies required project steps
Identifies likely problem areas that require attention
Identifies probable competition and product roll-out data/training needs and evaluates relative HP strengths
Architects an appropriate technical solution to meet the customer's business requirements
Investigates and optimizes a solution's fit to the requirements of an opportunity, both current and future
Adapts solution design to new requirements
Establishes the validity of a solution and its components
Identifies the growth path and scalability options of a solution and includes these in design activities
Generates an implementation plan with timelines for the solution
Creates the appropriate test plan as required
Anticipates some of the potential challenges for the proposed project plan
Anticipates and plans for competitive threats
Actively identifies opportunities to assist peers Regionally in area of expertise
Requirements
Technical University or Bachelor's degree
Min 5 years experience in technical consultative selling and account management
Technical and/or solution experience in appropriate industry
Experience in vertical industry preferred
Demonstrates a broad knowledge of HP's technology & solutions, with deep expertise in area of specialization and related technologies
Knowledgeable in competitive solutions knowledge
Links HP solutions with data business center needs to create customer business value
Applies broad understanding of technical innovations & trends to solving customer business problems
Leverages financial and accounting concepts as well as capital investment concepts in demonstrating business value of proposed solutions to customers
Extensive level of industry acumen; keeps current with trends and able to converse with client on issues and challenges
Solution selling
Demonstrates strong communications skills with executive managers, as well as some C-level executives
Leverages strong understanding of the competition - both positioning strategy and technology - to create competitive advantage for HP.
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