Presales Solutions Architect

NTT DATA Business Solutions; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA Business Solutions in Hyderabad seeks an entry-level Presales Associate to assist sales and solution teams by understanding customer requirements, preparing proposals, and developing compelling sales materials.

You will collaborate with diverse teams, learn about technologies, document requirements, assist in demonstrations, and help position solutions that meet client business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer requirements, challenges, and expected outcomes; review RFPs/RFIs and related documents.
• Coordinate with solution architects, delivery teams, finance, legal, and sales to collect proposal inputs.
• Document solution scope, implementation approach, timelines, resources, assumptions, exclusions, and dependencies.

Job description

The Presales Associate will support the sales and solution teams in understanding customer requirements, preparing proposals, coordinating solution inputs, and developing presentations and other sales-support materials.

This is an entry-level role suitable for candidates who are interested in technology, consulting, business analysis, and customer engagement. The successful candidate will work closely with sales, technical consultants, delivery teams, product specialists, and commercial teams to support the development of relevant and competitive solutions for prospective customers.

Notice Period - Immediate to 45 days only.

Responsibilities

1. Customer Requirement Analysis:

Assist in understanding customer business requirements, challenges, and expected outcomes. Review Requests for Proposal, Requests for Information, and other customer documents.

Identify key requirements, deliverables, assumptions, dependencies, and response deadlines.

Support the preparation of clarification questions for customers.

Document customer requirements in a structured format.

2. Proposal and Bid Support:

Support the preparation of technical and commercial proposals.

Coordinate with solution architects, delivery teams, finance, legal, and sales teams to collect proposal inputs.

Maintain proposal templates, case studies, company profiles, and supporting documents.

Ensure that proposal responses are complete, consistent, professionally formatted, and submitted within the required timeline.

Assist in maintaining version control and approval records for proposals.

3. Solution Development Support:

Work with technical and functional experts to understand the proposed solution.

Assist in documenting solution scope, implementation approach, project timelines, resource requirements, assumptions, exclusions, and dependencies.

Support the development of high-level solution diagrams, process flows, and delivery models.

Conduct basic research on relevant technologies, products, industry trends, and competitor offerings.

Help align the proposed solution with customer requirements and business objectives.

4. Presentation and Demonstration Support:

Prepare customer-facing presentations, solution overviews, and executive summaries.

Assist solution consultants in preparing product demonstrations, workshops, and proof-of-concept sessions.

Coordinate demonstration schedules, materials, access requirements, and follow-up actions.

Participate in customer meetings and document key discussion points and action items.

5. Sales Support and Opportunity Management:

Support the sales team during opportunity qualification and proposal development.

Update opportunity-related information in the company’s CRM or sales management system.

Maintain trackers for opportunities, proposals, deadlines, approvals, and customer responses.

Assist in preparing internal deal review and management approval presentations.

Support handover of won opportunities from sales and presales teams to delivery teams.

6. Knowledge Management:

Maintain a central repository of proposals, solution documents, case studies, credentials, resumes, and reusable content.

Capture lessons learned and reusable information from completed proposals.

Help update industry-specific and technology-specific presentation materials.

Follow company standards for document quality, branding, confidentiality, and information security.