Pre-Sales Manager

Red - Specialist Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an experienced Pre-Sales Manager in London. The successful candidate will have 10-12 years in the maritime industry, focusing on digital solutions. Responsibilities include customer engagement, solution design, and presenting to major stakeholders. The position offers a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Generous benefits package

Qualifications

• 10-12 years in the maritime industry with focus on digital and software solutions.
• Deep expertise in maritime operations and compliance.
• Track record leading pre-sales for enterprise-scale software.

Responsibilities

• Identify potential customers through referrals and trade shows.
• Conduct discovery calls with customer stakeholders.
• Translate customer needs into solution outlines.

Skills

Maritime industry experience

Presentation skills

Negotiation skills

Stakeholder management

Multilingual skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Maritime Studies, Engineering, Computer Science, Business

Tools

CRM systems

Data analytics platforms

SaaS solutions

Job description

Overview

Our dynamic global maritime client is looking for a Pre-Sales Manager to join them on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Head of Pre-Sales, the Pre-Sales Manager will play a pivotal support role in the ongoing success and expansion of our client s maritime safety and sustainability solutions.

You will play a lead role in solution design and client engagement, our client s solutions are strategically aligned with customer requirements. This role bridges commercial, product, and technical functions by owning discovery processes, shaping solution proposals, and mentoring peers.

This is a high-exposure role that involves interacting with major global shipping companies, charterers, regulators, and port authorities, contributing to solutions that address complex safety, compliance, and environmental requirements in the maritime sector.

The Successful Applicant

• 10 - 12 years in the maritime industry with particular focus on implementing digital and software solutions
• Deep domain expertise in maritime operations, fleet management, compliance, or port logistics
• Strong presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills across senior organizational levels
• Experience with maritime digital transformation initiatives (e.g., Smart Shipping, Decarbonization, Autonomous Vessels)
• Familiarity with SaaS, integrations, and maritime compliance frameworks and knowledge of major CRM systems
• Familiarity with data analytics platforms, voyage optimization, emissions tracking, or IoT solutions
• Multilingual skills advantageous
• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Maritime Studies, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related fields
• Track record leading pre-sales efforts for enterprise-scale software solutions is desired

Job Description

• Identify potential customers by obtaining information, referrals, and recommendations from existing customers and other contacts and/or through participation in trade shows and conferences
• Conduct discovery calls and workshops with customer stakeholders; document requirements and business outcomes
• Translate customer needs into standard or tailored solution outlines, data flows and integration notes; coordinate inputs from internal SMEs
• Prepare RFP/RFI content, schedules and solution narratives; contribute to, but do not own, bid strategy
• Deliver persuasive product demos and targeted presentations addressing customer pain points; capture objections and mitigation actions
• Maintain competitive feature matrices and assist with win/loss insights for regional teams
• Provide inputs to Product and Business Development, representing the voice of the customer
• Resolve complex pre-sales queries by applying policy/process knowledge; escalate exceptions where policy interpretation is required
• Track customer feedback and support continuous improvement in demo assets, proposal templates and discovery checklists
• Contribute insights on industry trends such as maritime regulations (IMO, SOLAS, MARPOL), sustainability frameworks (EEXI, CII), decarbonization and digitalization to shape solution direction

Remuneration Package On Offer

Competitive Salary and Generous Benefits Package.