Pre Sales Manager - Trading and Asset Servicing
At FIS we are looking for an experienced and motivated Solution Engineering (Presales) Manager who can successfully lead and manage a team of solution consultants for Trading and Asset Services in the Capital Markets (APAC) division of FIS.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a team of experienced consultants across FIS’ Trading and Asset Services covering Middle Office, Back Office and Data Management solutions.
- Lead change management initiatives in partnership with stakeholders including adjustments to organisational operating structures, sales strategies, territory coverage, etc…
- Ensure the team delivers on their core deliverables:
- Understand global industry best practices, regional regulatory landscape and local operating nuances
- Identify and qualify the client’s business and functional requirements including responding to any RFI/RFP’s in a professional and timely manner.
- Formulate a value proposition to meet client needs and solution to close any identified gaps with internal stakeholders.
- Ensure excellence in client engagement practices.
- Build customer relationships by providing both domain and solution expertise.
- Monitor team performance and KPI’s under a constant improvement approach.
- Create tailored Individual Development Plans for each team member and provide relevant coaching as part of active performance management
Regional Sales Activities
- Provide a central point of contact for APAC sales for Trading and Asset Services.
- Collaborate with regional seller to align strategy and priorities to formulate relevant Go-To-Market initiatives.
- Participate in business development activities to build incremental pipeline.
- Work with Marketing, Strategy and other FIS functions on researching new market verticals and opportunities.
- Monitor engagements between team members and sales team to anticipate and manage any potential escalation.
Partner with Product Management
- Ensure regular cadence with relevant global and regional product management team to collaborate on development initiatives as well as to share context, challenges and needs of APAC clients.
- Work closely with solution management representative in APAC.
Global and Regional Collaboration
- Help build and maintain regional and global solution engineering processes, supporting documentation and collaterals via the relevant Centre of Excellence.
- Actively participate in global management calls to improve region visibility.
- Interface with the Professional Services, Client eXperience (Support) and Development organizations.
Position Requirements
Essential
- At least 10 years of experience working in a relevant business area or consultancy with a minimum 3 years of management experience: Cleared Derivatives, Equities Back Office, Investment Accounting, Reconciliation, Energy Trading and Risk Management
- Extensive experience in providing technical training and role-based coaching.
- Up-to-date knowledge of business practices and regulatory landscape in key markets across North Asia, SEA and ANZ.
- Holistic understanding of the sales cycle from initial prospection to contract closing.
- Ability to work autonomously whilst providing support to the team.
- Enhanced time management and prioritization skills
- Outstanding client engagement abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Desirable
- Prior work experience in a similar fintech company.
- Additional language relevant to the region
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