Leading international Telecoms software solutions provider is currently seeking a head of pre-sales, candidates must have extensive experience in the Telecoms OSS/BSS market..The Head of Presales role currently holds a number of responsibilities and daily activities; includingLine management of the Presales team of six peopleThe current Presales team of six is distributed across the UK, Poland, France, and the USA. Currently the Head of Presales is the line manager for all Presales resources.Bid managementAccountable for ensuring that all deliverables (documents, demos, etc) for tenders are met and resourced appropriatelyEffectively a PM role ensuring of the successful delivery of tender responses; allocation of resources to tasks, dependency & deadline management, liaising with Opportunity Owner etcInteraction with colleagues outside Sales (Legal, Commercial, Delivery, Support etc) on whom we’ll have dependencies for providing complete responses.We are not a large team, as such the Head Of Presales is often involved in the preparation of the responses, particularly on large bidsCompliance responses, proposal creationThis is an exciting opportunity to join a growing company and a growing team, the role is expected to evolve from its current shape, reflecting our increasing size and also the strengths of the successful candidate. You will work closely with the Business Development Director in the shaping of that team structure and organization.Educated to graduate level and/or beyond.ExperienceThe successful candidate will ideally have ten years + in telecoms BSS/OSS. Ideally in Presales and possibly with line management experience. Other previous roles within BSS/OSS vendors that could be relevant include; Project Management, Business Analyst, and Solution Architect. Experience across the full BSS/OSS lifecycle is very useful (R&D, Development, Sales, Delivery, Support). They will be personable, confident, self-sufficient.Minimum technical skills required:MS Office, advanced level (excel, word & powerpoint specifically)Visio or similarTM Forum certification and experienceProject/Bid MgmtOrganised, professional, multi-tasking, flexible and pragmaticFamiliarity with BSS/OSS capabilities and market expectationsPresales / Senior Business Analyst/Project Mgmt experience #J-18808-Ljbffr