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Pre Sales Technical Manager

Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomFull-time2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead and mentor the presales technical team to drive technical sales strategy, solution validation, and deal velocity for Enterprise and Small Enterprise accounts.

Role type

Senior IC manager leading a presales technical consulting team

Builds

Technical sales strategies, validated solution proposals, and RFP responses

Domain

IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, and enterprise software

Required skills

Team leadership and mentoring, presales strategy development, solution architecture and validation, budget management and financial forecasting, consultative selling, cross-functional collaboration, industry trend analysis, stakeholder management, presentation and negotiation skills

Preferred skills

Experience with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and virtualization tools, knowledge of AWS and Azure, familiarity with AI technologies

Technologies

SIEM, SOAR, EDR, virtualization tools, AWS, Azure

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor the presales technical team, conduct regular training to ensure team expertise, develop and implement presales strategies, collaborate with sales teams to assess customer requirements, architect and validate technical solutions, oversee proposal and RFP creation, manage team budgets and provide financial forecasts, improve team performance through coaching and development plans, ensure adherence to compliance standards

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities