Full Job Description
• Engage customers to understand their business and technical needs to translate them into technical and commercial proposals.
• Manage the elaboration of profitable proposals and supports sales team in winning new business.
• Collaborate with Product Management to identify best product or solution set to address customer problems
• Support customers in evaluating products and solutions in their labs
Specific Job Duties
• Identify unique customer requirements and document customer requirements
• Develop end to end solutions to meet customer requirements
• Map Requirements to Product & New Specifications
• Influence customer solution & architecture
• Align & share internally with the Product Units, Sales the customer architecture
• Validate Product feasibility with Product Management
• Demo new products, new technology including partners' solutions
• Identify competitive products & position our products vs. competition
• Position & message of Vantiva products leveraging differentiation
• Track Bid Schedules for Customers & ensure quality response
• Conduct customer Presentations & Demos
• Participate in the defense phase of RFXs
• Assist in Lab product evaluation
• Develop relationships and influence technical stakeholders responsible for Lab assessment and product evaluation
• Identify technical roadblocks to the Sales Process & collaborate with the Product Units to address identified issues
• Assist in developing a Go To Market plan for new product offers
• Must be located in either Atlanta, Philadelphia or Newark
Qualifications
Experience Required
• 10+ years of experience supporting broadband service providers in a technical / pre-sales capacity
• Knowledge of & experience with Fiber (GPON, XGS-PON), FWA (5G), DOCSIS (D3.1+, D4.0) & Wi-Fi are recommended
• Able to articulate complex technical topics clearly
• Strong communication and persuasion skills
• Background working with and selling CPE to Service Providers
• Experience working in distributed organizations spanning Product Management, R&D, Support, Program Management.
• Comfortable in a Lab setting working with testing equipment, interpreting test results, capturing log, etc.