Job order - J0524-2038 - Permanent Full Time
Title Pre-Sales Consultant
Category Analytics and Emerging Digital Technologies
City London, zINACTIVATE - Greater London, United Kingdom
Job Description Pre-Sales Consultant
Position Description
If youre looking for a challenge that stretches your talents and you want to make a real difference in peoples lives, come and join us as a Pre-sales Consultant and help drive change with bleeding edge tech.
This is a technical role and solid AI knowledge is an absolute prerequisite. Youll work with high profile public and commercial clients, tabling bids for projects that will deliver improvements to complex systems and make the everyday simpler. From public service transformation to cutting-edge commercial projects, our work has a wide reach, helping make the everyday easier, for everyone.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 and has been named one of the Worlds Best Employers by Forbes magazine. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% 3.5% matching) which makes you a member partner not just an employee.
We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and youll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. Well train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Your future duties and responsibilities
You will sit within the IP & Innovation team and will be responsible for supporting our Business Units (BUs) to understand the business needs of clients & prospects and how our AI-enabled IP solutions can meet them. This will require a broad palate of experience and knowledge covering AI technologies (traditional and generative) as well as the software development process in addition to core tasks including the development of solutions that meet the client requirements. A key part of this process requires a deep knowledge of our IP solutions to give technical presentations / demos and capture requirements to turn into winning value propositions. This will form part of the CGI bid process as well as helping to develop Proof of Concepts and robust Pilots that can be deployed to demonstrate operational capability across a range of use cases.
Working closely with the UK&A Business Units, you will be central in helping our BUs (Business Units) to adopt new IP and to deploy at scale. This will require an end-to-end solution mindset where the IP exists as an integral part of the clients workflow and business value chain.
AI is a central part of the IP&I teams remit to introduce new technologies into our UK business. This role will help lead the charge to deliver innovative new solutions to our clients. The role is based in and around London with the ability to travel as necessary to client sites and conferences.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Direct experience of working in a pre-sales role supporting sales / OPLs to win new business.
Strong technical background in enterprise software solutions and IT environments across a range of applications and verticals
Proven experience of creating winning value propositions / proposals generating $1m revenues
Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with clients and BU members. Ability to discover and capture business, operational and technical requirements and demonstrate innovative, big picture thinking that accommodates end-to-end operational considerations that can be validated through PoCs / Pilots
Experience of a broad range of technologies including the latest developments in generative AI as well as traditional AI methods (eg, Machine Learning, etc)
Excellent standard of written skills for documentation including capturing requirements, specifications / stories, user guides etc.
The person we are looking for will exhibit the following qualities:
Results-oriented with ability to manage time and stakeholders to deliver outputs when expected.
A self-starter who is able to crack on with a task without continuous direction and feels confident to share their ideas for improving how we do things
Client-driven with an analytical mind that can dig into the detail of requirements to surface valuable insights and ideas
Naturally collaborative who enjoys working with people but also to focus on complex development challenges
Ability to work under pressure when necessary to provide outputs that achieve agreed quality standards when required
Well-organised with the ability to marshal the resources required to achieve a project or task
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Together, as owners, lets turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, youll reach your full potential because
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
Skills
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bid Management
- Proposal Writing
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