Now Hiring - Thales - Technical Pre-Sales Consultant- Austin in Austin, TX

Location: Austin, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

This is a hybrid position located in Austin, TX.

Must have U.S. Citizenship in order to obtain the post-hire Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Clearance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and must be able to obtain post-hire clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) and Department of Treasury.

Thales is hiring an experience Technical Pre-Sales Consultant who will be the technical interface of the solutions area team within the Identity & Biometric Solutions (IBS) business line. The role will address customer’s needs in order to offer the most appropriate technical solutions, in coordination with the Sales team for the IBS business unit portfolio of solutions.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Drive the definition of solutions for prospects and customers:

  • Understand the technical requirements of the project, RFP/RFQ (Request for Proposal/Quotation), and/or design the solution components

  • Become an expert with Thales’s off-the-shelf solutions, standardized modules/components and use this know-how to determine the most suited architecture corresponding to the customers’ needs

  • Define the solutions and analyze system architecture during the pre-bid phase, taking into account the Thales product line components as well as the customers’ needs

  • Be the customer’s technical interface in cooperation with the local sales teams

  • Lead Proof-Of-Concept solutions and demos within different areas, in accordance with the Business Line and areas strategy

• Contribute to the development of technical business for new solutions or services (based on the field feedback)

• During the bid process, lead the technical answer for the proposed solutions

• During the pre-bid phase, lead technical consulting and support to define the solution:

  • Provide technical solutions presentations to partners and/or customers

  • Ensure the technical training and/or the organization of workshops

  • Contribute to architecture proposals

  • Write specifications (consulting and definition)

  • Coordinate the demos

  • Answer the customers’ technical questions

  • Coordinate the Proof Of Concept

  • Organize the customer/partners technical meetings

  • Coordinate the technical partners and define their technical scope of work

  • Define the Project Cost as an input to the global P&L

• During the bid process phase, coordinate the technical requirements for bid answering, set up the POC when needed and ensure the following activities:

  • Provide technical answers to customers

  • Coordinate the implementation of the Proof Of Concept as per customer requests

  • Lead the bid technical answers

  • Organize technical meetings for customers/partners

  • Support Procurement during negotiation with suppliers

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar technical field or 4 years of directly relevant exempt experience as equivalency

• 5+ years of relevant experience (e.g. Pre-Sales in hardware/software/computing/cloud solutions, software development/ system architecture)

• Prior experience presenting pertinent and technical information in a variety of formats

• Prior experience with functional technical requirements (for example: high level software architecture, databases, hardware, cloud technologies) and sharing those requirements/technical solutions in presentations to partners and/or internal and external customers

• Excellent Team player with proven ability to accomplish goals through collaboration within a global cross-functional matrix environment

• Ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams in situations of ambiguity leveraging problem solving skills and a willingness to learn with only high-level directionTravel is required throughout the US and Canada, which can be 25-35% of

• time

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Previous Biometric industry/Digital Identity solutions experience

• Software Development/Systems Integration experience, but looking to move away from coding/architecting

• Working with government customers federal and/or state, procurement process of RFP/RFQ

• Technical proposal response writing for RFP/RFQ

• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) experience in software/hardware solutions

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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