About Cognizant
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, helping clients become data-enabled and data-driven in the digital era. Our industry-based, consultative approach helps companies evolve into modern businesses. By leading clients in leveraging technologies essential to modern enterprises such as IoT, artificial intelligence, digital engineering and cloud, we enable new business and operating models that unlock new value in markets around the world. Cognizant’s unwavering focus on our clients is led by over 350,000 associates, who deliver services and solutions tailored to specific industries and the unique needs of the organizations we serve.
Overview
We are looking for a Service Line Sales Executive to join an established account team within one or more of Cognizant's industry-leading customers to drive additional revenue growth specific to cloud solutions. We require their subject matter expertise in Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Service Line. You will partner with the customers across industry to identify areas of opportunity to improve business outcomes through digital transformation that when implemented, lead to improved process and end-user experiences for everyone. In this role, you'll need to be a strategic thinker who can translate business needs into actionable solutions, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
Key Responsibilities
• Forge relationships with VP/CXO decision makers across IT and business teams.
• Map client organization, build outstanding relationships with new business units, and build sales strategies for developing new business opportunities for cloud services
• Run end-to-end lead generation, sales, and RFI/RFP processes for specific solution
• Drive collective focus with multiple teams on larger multi service line deals
• Drive revenue by prioritization, structuring, and leading digital engagements
• Work closely with the practices and delivery organization to co-define and drive transformation strategy and service offerings
• Own and deliver on revenue and Total Commercial Value targets
• Envision and build new opportunities within existing and new businesses
• Lead financial and contract terms and outsourcing discussions
• Counsel account leadership and delivery leadership by highlighting risks and issues related to the engagements
• Develop and implement Account Growth strategy and business plans that coordinate with account teams to integrate with the account’s larger growth plan
• Work in a matrix organization to achieve prospecting and other sales management goals
• Run operations and maintain process and system hygiene to enable system oriented key performance metrics and measurement
Required Qualifications
• Good experience in a business growth / sales role in data management, analytics, and AI across multiple industries especially Banking, and financial services
• Strong exposure to selling Data solutions on Azure, AWS, and GCP platforms with understanding of Data warehouse concepts like Cloud modernization, Enterprise data governance analytics and reporting.
• Sound knowledge on Snowflake, Databricks, Informatica and other leading Data Products.
• Minimum 5-7 years in Presales Data & Analytics Solutions and Services and overall 10+years.
• Excellent ability and aptitude to influence and communicate effectively with business stakeholders up to the C-Suite.
• Experience with largescale consulting and program execution engagements at the data analytics and AI space.
• Ability to appreciate and work on 360-degree aspects around a data and insights life cycle across the business value chain.
• Strong technical skills with ability to find technical solutions to business problems and engage the potential customer with “consultative selling” is essential.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and executive presentation and persuasion skills are required.
• Ability to interface at all levels of an organization.
• Consultative selling experience is a must.
• Knowledge of industry trends, customer pain points, potential opportunities in various areas like cloud, AI/ML, modern data architecture, data governance, IoT and intelligent automations are highly desirable.
Preferred Qualifications
• MS or MBA degree preferred
• Knowledge in enterprise data management architecture and principles, master data management, data governance and data quality on cloud hyperscalers (Azure,AWS, GCP)
• Knowledge in data modernization, Cloud, data migration and digital transformation
A Good fit for the Cognizant culture:
A person who possesses a true passion for changing organizations for the better, and desires to do so within a goal, yet professional atmosphere filled with business professionals who all manifest a belief in partnership, innovation, and excellence. Our “Cultural Value Drivers” are well-known and clearly communicated within the organization: Open, Visible, Motivated, Empowered, Opportunity-Filled, Flexible & Collaborative.
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