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The Principal Sales Lead - Application Services will drive the growth of Custom Application offerings and provide subject matter expertise within the Banking & Financial Services industry. This critical role identifies and researches potential clients, engages with prospects, describes our services and closes sales. You leverage your deep industry knowledge and expertise to understand customer needs and apply consultative selling techniques to lead the definition of solutions and proposals. Our approach is highly collaborative and often requires you to orchestrate and execute across an array of client and internal personnel, building deep and lasting relationships along the way.
Job Responsibility:
Providing technical sales expertise for the development and implementation of complex digital products / applications / solutions
Sales, Deal Strategy, Solution development, and Digital Transformation
Leverage deep industry knowledge to build relationships, understand customer needs and provide tailored solutions that drive revenue and customer success
Engage with prospects and existing clients through consultative selling techniques to uncover pain points and business needs, guiding them to the best possible solutions that align with their objectives
Work closely with the solution team and practice experts to develop customized solutions that address client-specific challenges
Define the client value and relevance of solution for client using industry relevant KPIs
Develop and maintain a deep understanding of industry trends, challenges and opportunities to provide insightful guidance and strategic advice on the industry for technology, product and business clients
Build and maintain lasting relationships with clients and partners by understanding focus and needs, and anticipating them in advance
Assisting in assessing potential application of company digital products to meet client needs and may prepare detailed digital product specifications for the development and implementation of client products / applications / solutions
Minimum of 10 years of cross-industry experience with several of those years focused on the Banking & Financial Services Industry
Nice to have:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Proven experience leading large, complex, strategic sales opportunities
Ability to engage and build relations with senior leadership at Fortune 500 organizations
Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to oversee and inspire multiple teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
Attributes include strategic thinking, teamwork, ability to influence, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a high level of professionalism and strong attention to detail
Must have an expanded breadth of business experience driving deal shaping & origination
Ability to interact with senior leadership at a client and/or within NTT DATA