Presales – Pricing

Role: Presales Pricing and Solutioning
Experience Required: 9 – 18 Years

Job Summary:

Presales Manager plays a pivotal role in the sales cycle by collaborating with sales, product, finance, and legal teams to craft compelling solutions, pricing models, and contracts that meet client needs and drive business growth. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, commercial acumen, and strategic thinking.

Key Responsibilities:

• Presales & Solutioning:

o Engage with clients to understand business requirements and pain points.

o Design tailored solutions that align with client needs and company offerings.

o Deliver product demonstrations and presentations to showcase value.

o Collaborate with product and engineering teams to validate feasibility.

• Pricing & Deal Structuring
  • Develop pricing strategies and models based on client requirements, market trends, and internal cost structures.
  • Structure deals to optimize profitability while remaining competitive.
  • Support sales teams with financial modeling and ROI analysis.
  • Ensure pricing aligns with business objectives and approval policies.
• Contracting
  • Draft and review commercial contracts in collaboration with legal and finance teams.
  • Negotiate terms and conditions with clients to ensure mutual benefit and risk mitigation.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal governance standards.
  • Maintain documentation and version control of contract templates and client agreements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Finance, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in presales, solution consulting, pricing, or deal management.
• Strong understanding of enterprise sales cycles and solution selling.
• Experience with CRM, ERP, SaaS platforms, and financial modeling tools.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Cross-functional collaboration.
• Market and competitor analysis.
• Proposal and contract writing.
• Leadership and mentoring

What we offer

• The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
• Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
• True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.  

About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

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Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.