Solution Development Executive at Predica, Poland

Application ends: March 31, 2023
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Job Description

In February 2022, we became part of SoftwareONE, a leading global provider of end-to-end software and cloud technology, forming their largest Azure Cloud practice center. Now, joining 9000+ SWO employees in 90 countries, we are ready to achieve more together.

We use full-stack Microsoft technology to inspire a self-managed culture and empower employees and organizations alike to achieve greater productivity and purpose.

Our work is driven by 4 key values:

  • Act with care – teamwork is our priority and mutual support is our strength. We play a team game
  • Be one step ahead – we take responsibility without hesitation and act proactively, predicting next steps and their consequences
  • Be a challenger – we always look for ways to do things better and help others do the same, even if it means saying “no”
  • Make it happen – guided by a self-managed approach and mutual trust, we deliver on our promises.

If this sounds like the perfect environment for you – don’t hesitate and apply today.

Responsibilities:

Strategic and Business Development:

  • Responsibility for pre-sales and hands-on in demand generation,
  • Hands-on execution of sales processes – 90% of your time must be customer focused,
  • Execution of the company strategy as well as build new business development opportunities in collaboration with Portfolio Lead and team of Presales Architects,
  • Maintain good relationships with the regional Microsoft office,
  • Prioritize and balance between projects priorities (“cash cow”, “strategic” etc.) with the support, Portfolio Lead, Unit Lead, and rest of sales team,
  • Account planning and execution of account plans,
  • Enhance up-sale and cross-sale.

Sales & Pre-Sales:

  • Coordination with Predica Consulting (presales) and Delivery to close the deals and secure revenue,
  • Involvement in the whole presales process from prospective to signing the contract,
    Drive sales process to success,
  • Hands on action to close biggest opportunities,
  • Run customer presentations with pre-sales (consulting) team members,
  • Look for Partnerships to enhance our offerings,
  • Establish and develop business relationships with customers,
  • Collaborate and use marketing lead generating services available in the organization,
  • Perform scoping workshops and design sessions with customers.

Requirements:

Business Development:

  • Sales/business development role in high-growth (30-50% YoY) mid-to-large sized (100 – 10’000 FTE) IT provider company,
  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience and proven track record of selling IT Professional Services on Microsoft technology stack – from 100kUSD to 1mlnUSD+ to medium and large customers (500 FTE+),
  • Closed sales of at least 3 big complex IT projects for various customers,
  • Proven experience of managing relationships with senior decision makers on customer side,
  • Experience of creating and managing relationships with external partners (ideally Microsoft),
  • New business development experience with enterprise customers,
  • Experience in prospecting, cold mailing, cold calling – lead generation.

Technology:

  • Experience with Microsoft Cloud technology stack,
  • Foundational level of understanding IT Concepts (infrastructure, SDLM and cloud applications, data analytics), especially on Microsoft stack (Azure, M365),
  • Deep understanding of:
  • Network security: Azure provides a secure network infrastructure that helps protect against network attacks and unauthorized access,

  • Identity and access management: Azure provides multi-factor authentication and role-based access control to ensure that only authorized users can access sensitive information,

  • Threat protection: Azure includes a suite of security tools to detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats, including Azure Security Center, Azure Advanced Threat Protection, and Azure Defender,

  • Compliance and privacy: Azure meets various industry and government compliance standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 1, SOC 2, and HIPAA, and provides customers with controls to manage their privacy settings,

  • Data protection: Azure provides encryption, backup, and disaster recovery options to help protect customer data and keep it secure.


Attitude:

  • Open minded challenger,
  • Works on flexible hours,
  • Willingness to travel up to 10-20%,
  • Honesty, responsibility, reliability, transparency,
  • Extreme ownership of project and tasks.

Soft skills:

  • Good presentation and communication skills,
  • Strong decision making and problem-solving skills,
  • Good negotiation skills,
  • Closing and following up with Customers.

Qualifications:

  • Fluent in English is must have.

Nice to have:

  • Sandler Sales training,
  • Digital Marketing experience/understanding,
  • Proven experience in being part of pivotal moment in company history (working in high growth companies).

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Our Offer:

  • 8000 PLN/1750 EUR self-development budget,
  • Additional bonus depending on your goal achievements,
  • International projects,
  • The option to work from home/hybrid/office with flexible working hours,
  • Hardware budget,
  • Mentorship,
  • Globetrotter bonus,
  • Clear career path,
  • Additional benefits (Multisport card, life and health insurance)*
  • benefits may vary (depending on country)

See also: Poland Recruitment Agencies that Recruit Foreign Workers

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