Solutions Consultant/Presales

Published on September 08, 2008 - Comments
California

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Location
California

About the Company
Already a leader in enterprise-level content management solutions, Open Text is breaking sales records year over year – earning over $700 million FY2008.

Today, the company supports almost 20 million seats across 13,000 deployments in 114 countries and 12 languages worldwide.

The Opportunity
Bring your SAP and IXOS expertise to bear in a role that will make you a go-to technical and pre-sales resource for one of Open Text’s most important vertical markets.

Alternately applying technical, cognitive and personal skills, you’ll solve business problems for – and get in front of – customers and prospects. Defining specs and reqs, building demos, and leading presentations are all in a day’s work.

Your natural proximity to customers’ needs and opinions make this position a fulcrum for feedback—your opinions and recommendations will mean something.

This role offers day-to-day variety, professional growth and the opportunity to be a valued expert in a key market for a very successful company.

Responsibilities

  • Work with Sales Account Executives to assist in pre-sales activity by providing the technical recommendations and configuration scenarios to prospective customers
  • Research and respond to technical inquires from customer and prospects including RFP/RFI and RFQs
  • Provide feedback to management and other parts of the organization (e.g. future product enhancements, quarterly win/loss reports, internal teams)
  • Prepare and deliver formal technical and business presentations to prospects and customers
  • Map business requirements for customers and prospects to Open Text features and functions
  • Travel within assigned region

Who Should Apply

  • 3-5 years direct software (or related) pre-sales support experience
  • 7-10 years total technical/sales experience
  • Consulting and functional expertise in the SAP and IXOS Product arena a must
  • Imaging, archiving, electronic information management, or workflow specific solutions a plus
  • UNIX and Windows (configuration, installation, network) knowledge including experience in the installation and configuration of UNIX and Windows programs
  • Bachelors or advanced degree preferably related to Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Contact
To make an inquiry and/or to submit a resume, please contact: Frankie Coccia