Senior Presales Consultant
At a glance
Senior Solutions & Sales Engineering role at Profile Software. London · full-time.
Pay not stated
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What you'll do
- Lead discovery meetings and workshops that surface business goals, operating problems, requirements, and technical limits
- Turn client needs into tailored proposals, high-level designs, use cases, and clear value cases
- Deliver demonstrations, solution walkthroughs, presentations, and briefings for business and technical audiences
- Support qualification, scoping, proposals, RFI/RFP replies, proof-of-concept work, and commercial conversations
- Coordinate experts and pass agreed scope, risks, dependencies, and commitments to implementation teams
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, technology, engineering, finance, business, or a related discipline
- At least eight years in presales, consulting, product work, or enterprise software delivery
- A track record supporting complex B2B software deals with senior business and technical stakeholders
- Practical experience with demonstrations, RFI/RFP work, solution sizing, and proof-of-concept engagements
- Working knowledge of enterprise architecture, APIs, integrations, data flows, cloud or SaaS delivery, and security
Who this fits
You’ll suit a senior consultant who can connect customer goals with both commercial value and technical feasibility. Strong English communication, structured problem-solving, stakeholder management, and comfort handling several international opportunities are central. The role is based onsite in London and includes business travel when needed.
From the employer
Job Summary:
As a Senior Presales consultant, you will support our continued international growth and contribute to complex enterprise sales opportunities within the Banking and Financial Services sector. Acting as a trusted advisor to prospective clients, the successful candidate will combine strong business understanding, solution consulting expertise and technical awareness to translate customer needs into compelling, value-driven software solutions.Working closely with Sales, Product Management, Professional Services and Delivery teams, you will take ownership of the solution narrative throughout the presales lifecycle, from discovery and qualification to demonstrations, proposals, workshops and handover to implementation.
What You Will Do:
- · Lead discovery sessions and stakeholder workshops to understand business objectives, operational challenges, functional requirements and technical constraints.
- · Translate customer needs into tailored solution propositions, high-level designs, use cases and clear business value narratives.
- · Prepare and deliver engaging product presentations, demonstrations, solution walkthroughs and executive-level briefings for business and technical audiences.
- · Support the end-to-end sales cycle, including opportunity qualification, solution scoping, proposal development, RFI/RFP responses, proof-of-concept activities and commercial discussions.
- · Coordinate input from Sales, Product, Delivery, Information Security, Legal and other subject-matter experts to produce accurate, consistent and competitive responses.
- · Assess solution fit and implementation feasibility, identifying assumptions, dependencies, risks, integration considerations and required third-party components.
- · Build trusted relationships with prospective clients and position Profile Software as a strategic technology partner.
- · Partner with Account Executives to develop deal strategies, address objections and strengthen the business and technical case for the proposed solution.
- · Maintain deep knowledge of Profile Software solutions, product roadmaps, deployment models and relevant market developments across banking, investment management and financial technology.
- · Capture market and client feedback and collaborate with Product teams to support product positioning and future enhancements.
- · Contribute to reusable presales assets, including demo scenarios, proposal content, solution documentation, presentations and best-practice material.
- · Ensure a structured handover of the agreed solution scope and commitments to Delivery and implementation teams.
Requirements
What you will need to have
Knowledge and Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration or a related field. A postgraduate degree will be considered an asset.
· At least 8 years of relevant experience in presales, solution consulting, business consulting, product consulting, or enterprise software delivery, preferably within the Banking, Investment Management, Wealth & Asset Management, Financial Services, FinTech industries.
· Proven experience supporting complex B2B enterprise software sales cycles and engaging with both senior business stakeholders and technical teams.
· Demonstrated ability to run discovery workshops, analyse requirements and convert them into structured solution proposals and compelling presentations.
· Hands-on experience with software demonstrations, RFI/RFP responses, solution scoping and proof-of-concept activities.
· Good understanding of enterprise software architectures, APIs and integrations, data flows, cloud or SaaS deployment models, security principles and implementation considerations.
· Knowledge of banking, investment management, lending, payments, digital banking, treasury or related financial services domains will be considered a strong asset.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Additional languages will be considered an advantage.
· Availability for business travel when required.
Skills and Competences
· Strong consultative approach and the ability to uncover the business drivers behind customer requirements.
· Excellent presentation, storytelling and stakeholder management skills.
· Commercial awareness and the ability to articulate measurable business value.
· Analytical thinking, structured problem-solving and attention to detail.
· Ability to simplify complex business and technical concepts for different audiences.
· Confidence in managing multiple opportunities and priorities in a fast-paced, international environment.
· Collaborative mindset, ownership and a strong customer focus.
· Fulfilled military obligations, where applicable.
Benefits
What we offer
· Competitive remuneration package.
· Private medical and life insurance.
· Meal vouchers / Ticket restaurant card.
· Training and development opportunities within a market-leading, fast-growing organization.
· Exposure to a multinational environment and global teams.
· A collaborative and inclusive workplace culture focused on innovation and growth.
If you want to be part of one of the top leading software firms in the FinTech industry internationally, we want to hear from you!
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