Pre Sales Consultant

Ascendion; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Pre-Sales Executive to drive UX-led pursuits, deal shaping and growth across complex enterprise engagements. You will partner with Sales, account teams, UX Leadership and Delivery to turn client requirements into sharp collaterals, pitches, proposals and deal structures.

This role blends consulting mindset with commercial discipline, reading client pulses, identifying whitespace, and shaping opportunities into premium offerings with strong margins.

Qualifications

• Experience in pre-sales, Sales Operations, solution consulting, business development, experience/design consulting or digital transformation.
• Preferably from a Design Studio and/or Frog, Deloitte Digital, IBM iX, Accenture Song or equivalent environment.
• Strong Sales / Marketing orientation, MBA/PGDM from a Tier-I IIMs, MICA or equivalent business school.
• Hands-on strength across content, storytelling, pricing and deal structuring, with the ability to turn ambiguous requirements into commercially sharp solutions and proposals.
• Strong technology grounding across digital, AI and enterprise technology to make client conversations around UX and transformation feel natural and credible.
• A go-getter with commercial instinct - curious, adaptable and quick to connect dots, convert conversations into opportunities and grow into increasingly strategic responsibilities.
• Design Consulting background is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Run the internal pre-sales engine end-to-end - qualification, requirements, solution narratives, decks, proposals, SOWs, pricing, commercials, deal structuring and pursuit governance in close partnership with Sales and UX teams.
• Translate requirements into high-impact sales collateral - executive decks, pitches, POVs, proposals, case studies and differentiated value propositions that make complex experience offerings clear and compelling.
• Shape the opportunity, not just respond to the brief - read between the lines, understand the client pulse and identify whitespace across UX, Design, Experience and digital transformation that can translate into expansion opportunities.
• Bring commercial rigor to every pursuit - structure premium professional offerings across relevant engagement models, balancing client value, scope, staffing, assumptions, risk, pricing and margin.
• Be the connective tissue across Sales, UX and Delivery, keeping pursuits moving with the right inputs, narrative, commercials and governance while continuously improving reusable offerings, playbooks and sales assets.

Skills

Pre-sales

Sales Operations

Solution consulting

Business development

Experience/design consulting

Digital transformation

Education

MBA/PGDM (Tier-I IIMs)

Job description

PRE-SALES EXECUTIVE - User Experience & Design Consulting

Location: Hyderabad | Experience: 6-8 years | Level: Senior

Role Summary

We are looking for a commercially sharp Pre-Sales / Sales Operations professional to power UX-led pursuits, deal shaping and growth across complex enterprise engagements. This is not a purely external-facing sales role - you will work closely with Sales, account teams, UX Leadership and Delivery, turning client requirements and internal inputs into sharp, high-impact collaterals, pitches, proposals, commercials and deal structures. The role combines consulting mindset, commercial thinking and execution discipline - from understanding the ask and shaping the story to pricing the engagement, structuring the deal and running the internal pursuit engine end-to-end. Equally important is the ability to read the client pulse early, spot whitespace in Design/UX and steer conversations toward untapped opportunities.

What You’ll Do

• Run the internal pre-sales engine E2E - qualification, requirements, solution narratives, decks, proposals, SOWs, pricing, commercials, deal structuring and pursuit governance in close partnership with Sales and UX teams.
• Translate requirements into high-impact sales collateral - executive decks, pitches, POVs, proposals, case studies and differentiated value propositions that make complex experience offerings clear and compelling.
• Shape the opportunity, not just respond to the brief - read between the lines, understand the client pulse and identify whitespace across UX, Design, Experience and digital transformation that can translate into expansion opportunities.
• Bring commercial rigor to every pursuit - structure premium professional offerings across relevant engagement models, balancing client value, scope, staffing, assumptions, risk, pricing and margin.
• Be the connective tissue across Sales, UX and Delivery, keeping pursuits moving with the right inputs, narrative, commercials and governance while continuously improving reusable offerings, playbooks and sales assets.

What You Bring

• Experience in pre-sales, Sales Operations, solution consulting, business development, experience/design consulting or digital transformation.
• Preferably from a Design Studio and/or Frog, Deloitte Digital, IBM iX, Accenture Song or equivalent environment.
• Strong Sales / Marketing orientation, ideally backed by an MBA/PGDM from a Tier-I IIMs, MICA or equivalent business school.
• Hands-on strength across content, storytelling, pricing and deal structuring, with the ability to turn ambiguous requirements into commercially sharp solutions and proposals.
• Strong technology grounding and enough fluency across digital, AI and enterprise technology to make client conversations around UX and transformation feel natural and credible.
• A go-getter with commercial instinct - curious, adaptable and quick to connect dots, convert conversations into opportunities and grow into increasingly strategic responsibilities.
• Design Consulting background is a strong plus.

Why This Role

A high-impact role at the intersection of Sales, Consulting, Design and Growth, with direct exposure to strategic accounts and senior leadership. You will help turn UX from a delivery capability into a premium professional offering and meaningful growth engine - while owning the internal machinery that makes that growth happen.

What Success Looks Like in 12 Months

• You are the go-to partner for Sales and UX on high-value pursuits, keeping the internal engine sharp, fast and commercially aligned.
• You have materially contributed to a strong UX-led pipeline, including multiple $500K+ opportunities and meaningful account expansion.
• You consistently identify latent Design/UX opportunities and help steer conversations from the immediate ask toward broader transformation possibilities.
• Proposals, pitches, pricing and deal structures are sharper, faster and more consistent, supported by reusable offerings and playbooks.
• You are trusted to move from “What did the client ask for?” to “What could we unlock next?” - with the commercial instinct and execution muscle to make it happen.