Presales Life

Sapiens; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapiens is seeking a Life & Pension PreSales Manager to lead tailored demonstrations of the Life Platform and CoreSuite for L&P, supporting APAC sales efforts. You will configure demos, script scenarios, and assist with POC engagements to translate customer requirements into compelling platform value.

You will collaborate with Sales, R&D, and Insurance Practice to ensure environments are current and demos reflect latest product releases, while contributing to bid responses and solution

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a presales, solution consulting, or technical sales role within the insurance software or insurtech sector.
• Strong working knowledge of Life & Pension insurance products, operations, and technology platforms – including policy administration systems (PAS).
• Proven ability to configure, prepare, and deliver high-quality software demonstrations to senior insurance executives.
• Demonstrate ability to leverage AI tools and platforms to develop and articulate compelling value propositions for AI-driven strategies within life insurance administration solutions, translating complex capabilities into measurable business outcomes for clients and stakeholders.
• Experience supporting RFI/RFP processes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; confident engaging with C-suite, business, and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear, structured solution narratives.
• Self-motivated, organised, and able to manage multiple concurrent presales engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and delivery of tailored demonstrations of the Sapiens Life Platform and CoreSuite for L&P to prospective clients across APAC.
• Configure the CoreSuite demo and presales environment to reflect individual prospect requirements and use cases, including product types (life, pension, annuity, protection).
• Develop and maintain scenario-based demonstration scripts aligned to common L&P market challenges and buyer personas.
• Support Proof-of-Concept (POC) engagements, including scoping, configuration, delivery, and documentation of outcomes.
• Ensure demo environments are current, stable, and reflect the latest product releases; coordinate with R&D and Product teams on environment readiness.
• Collaborate with Sales, Insurance Practice, and R&D to produce high-quality, differentiated bid responses within required timelines.
• Participate in and support Discovery and Blueprint engagements, helping to define the scope of the Sapiens solution to meet prospective or existing customer needs.
• Define and document proposed solution architectures for L&P prospects, incorporating the Sapiens Life Platform, CoreSuite, and relevant ecosystem components.
• Support the estimation process for commercial scoping, ensuring that proposed solutions are technically feasible and commercially sound.
• Provide input into product solutions designed to meet specific market or regulatory requirements, working collaboratively with R&D and Insurance Practice colleagues.
• Act as the presales technical resource for L&P opportunities across assigned regions, partnering closely with regional Sales Managers and Account Executives.
• Support regional sales alignment by attending and contributing to pipeline reviews, opportunity qualification, and customer-facing engagements.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of presales assets, including demo scripts, use case libraries, capability matrices, and standard presentation materials.
• Provide internal guidance and training to Sales colleagues on L&P product capability and demonstration best practices.
• Provide structured feedback from prospect and customer interactions to inform the product roadmap and R&D prioritisation.
• Participate in design reviews and approval processes for new R&D roadmap developments relevant to the L&P market.
• Collaborate with the Insurance Practice and Product teams to define functional capabilities required to support the strategic direction of the Sapiens L&P proposition.

Skills

Presales

Solution consulting

Insurance software

AI in insurance

RFI/RFP

Executive communication

Tools

Sapiens CoreSuite

Sapiens Life Platform

Job description

Role Purpose:- The Life & Pension PreSales Manager is a specialist role within Sapiens’ Insurance Practice, responsible for supporting the preparation and delivery of compelling, tailored demonstrations of the Sapiens Life Platform and CoreSuite for Life & Pension (L&P). Working closely with regional Sales teams and the broader Insurance Practice, this role plays a critical part in driving new business acquisition across APAC by translating prospect requirements into powerful platform demonstrations and proof-of-concept engagements.

Role Purpose:- The Life & Pension PreSales Manager is a specialist role within Sapiens’ Insurance Practice, responsible for supporting the preparation and delivery of compelling, tailored demonstrations of the Sapiens Life Platform and CoreSuite for Life & Pension (L&P). Working closely with regional Sales teams and the broader Insurance Practice, this role plays a critical part in driving new business acquisition across APAC by translating prospect requirements into powerful platform demonstrations and proof-of-concept engagements.

Key Responsibilities

Demo Preparation & Delivery

• Lead the preparation and delivery of tailored demonstrations of the Sapiens Life Platform and CoreSuite for L&P to prospective clients across APAC.
• Configure the CoreSuite demo and presales environment to reflect individual prospect requirements and use cases, including product types (life, pension, annuity, protection).
• Develop and maintain scenario-based demonstration scripts aligned to common L&P market challenges and buyer personas.
• Support Proof-of-Concept (POC) engagements, including scoping, configuration, delivery, and documentation of outcomes.
• Ensure demo environments are current, stable, and reflect the latest product releases; coordinate with R&D and Product teams on environment readiness.

Bid & RFx Support

• Collaborate with Sales, Insurance Practice, and R&D to produce high-quality, differentiated bid responses within required timelines.

Solution Architecture & Discovery

• Participate in and support Discovery and Blueprint engagements, helping to define the scope of the Sapiens solution to meet prospective or existing customer needs.
• Define and document proposed solution architectures for L&P prospects, incorporating the Sapiens Life Platform, CoreSuite, and relevant ecosystem components.
• Support the estimation process for commercial scoping, ensuring that proposed solutions are technically feasible and commercially sound.
• Provide input into product solutions designed to meet specific market or regulatory requirements, working collaboratively with R&D and Insurance Practice colleagues.

Sales Enablement & Regional Alignment

• Act as the presales technical resource for L&P opportunities across assigned regions, partnering closely with regional Sales Managers and Account Executives.
• Support regional sales alignment by attending and contributing to pipeline reviews, opportunity qualification, and customer-facing engagements.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of presales assets, including demo scripts, use case libraries, capability matrices, and standard presentation materials.
• Provide internal guidance and training to Sales colleagues on L&P product capability and demonstration best practices.

Proposition & Product Input

• Provide structured feedback from prospect and customer interactions to inform the product roadmap and R&D prioritisation.
• Participate in design reviews and approval processes for new R&D roadmap developments relevant to the L&P market.
• Collaborate with the Insurance Practice and Product teams to define functional capabilities required to support the strategic direction of the Sapiens L&P proposition.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in a presales, solution consulting, or technical sales role within the insurance software or insurtech sector.
• Strong working knowledge of Life & Pension insurance products, operations, and technology platforms – including policy administration systems (PAS).
• Proven ability to configure, prepare, and deliver high-quality software demonstrations to senior insurance executives.
• Demonstrate ability to leverage AI tools and platforms to develop and articulate compelling value propositions for AI-driven strategies within life insurance administration solutions, translating complex capabilities into measurable business outcomes for clients and stakeholders.
• Experience supporting RFI/RFP processes.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; confident engaging with C-suite, business, and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear, structured solution narratives.
• Self-motivated, organised, and able to manage multiple concurrent presales engagements.

Desirable

• Experience in working in a Life and Pensions Insurer, possibly in an operational capacity.
• Hands-on experience with Sapiens CoreSuite for L&P or Sapiens Life Platform.
• Familiarity with insurance regulatory frameworks across EMEA and APAC markets.
• Experience working within a global or matrix organisation.
• Exposure to Wealth, Retirement, or Protection product lines.
• Knowledge of insurance ecosystem components including digital engagement, reporting, and analytics platforms.

Key Competencies

Customer Focus

Understands and anticipates customer needs; builds credibility in presales engagements.

Solution Thinking

Able to connect prospect requirements to platform capability in a compelling way.

Collaboration

Works effectively across Sales, Practice, Product, and R&D teams.

Commercial Awareness

Understands the sales cycle and contributes actively to pipeline progression.

Adaptability

Comfortable operating across multiple geographies, cultures, and prospect contexts.

Attention to Detail

Delivers accurate, high-quality presales content and documentation.

About Sapiens International

Sapiens International Corporation is a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry. Sapiens’ CoreSuite for Life & Pension is a market-leading policy administration platform deployed by insurers and pension providers across EMEA and APAC. The Insurance Practice drives the presales, proposition, and consultancy capability that supports Sapiens’ growth strategy in the L&P sector.