Senior Associate IT Services

**Make an impact with NTT DATA**
Join a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We are renowned for our technical excellence and leading innovations, and for making a difference to our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion - it’s a place where you can grow, belong and thrive.

**Your day at NTT DATA**

This role brings the knowledge of a product or service to the required crafting of a technical solution(s) in support of clients and has a good understanding of the organization thereby ensuring that their crafted solution(s) meet client requirements.

This role is responsible for effectively promoting and positioning the company's product and / or services in the market and is required to identify new commercially viable products or services, as well as any opportunities for the enhancement of existing products or services.

By monitoring the legislative, regulatory environment and shareholder requirements, the Senior Associate Service Product/Offer Management Specialist can provide insights and impact assessments to the organization and ensure full compliance.

**What you'll be doing**

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Engages with Engineers, Consultants, Technical Architects and Solution Architects to ensure that the crafted solution meets client requirements.
- Achieves set and agreed product sales to meet specified financial goals.
- Delivers product training to client facing staff.
- Provides support to the Sales team to ensure that they are equipped to close deals that involve their products and services.
- Analyzes product data to establish trends and insights using internal and external sources.
- Helps with the conversion of knowledge and ideas into new or improved products, processes and services.
- Researches and interprets competitor offerings and market trends against client base with a strong data analysis focus.
- Determines the appropriateness of pricing of existing and new investments strategies in line with projected value, competitor offerings and market trends.
- Supports with product design and modelling/testing new and existing solutions.
- Drafts and maintains product specifications documents.
- Supports with evaluation of market trends associated with the particular product of product line.
- Provide product knowledge input assistance for compiling client proposals.
- Write RFI/RFP responses and bids and obtain vendor product certification for the product portfolio.
- Involvement in product development life cycle in order to understand how new products or new product features will impact both the end user and the client facing areas that directly support end users.

**Knowledge and Attributes**:

- Developing knowledge of market segments and product portfolio categories
- Developing knowledge of product lifecycles and technology solutions.
- Developing knowledge of product management disciplines and tools.
- Demonstrates financial awareness and commercial acumen.
- Possesses strategic thinking skills with sound presentation and public speaking abilities.
- Developing problem analysis and solution formulation capabilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication ability.
- Developing understanding of the organization's transformation and change programs.
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of the technologies related to product areas
- Developing understanding of the product’s functionality and capability.
- Displays an astute mind-set with critical thinking ability.

**Academic Qualifications and Certifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Information Technology or Computer Science or Business or related field.
- Relevant certifications such as Scaled Agile and ITIL are beneficial.

**Required Experience**:

- Moderate level experience in a similar position, preferably gained within a global technology services organization.
- Moderate level experience gained within the technology industry.
- Moderate level track record managing the implementation new products or product lines.

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**About NTT DATA**

**Equal Opportunity Employer