Pre Sales Manager - 3DS

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The Role
Ravelin is looking for a Technical Pre-Sales Manager with proven experience and a passion for selling technology solutions to senior executives. You will be responsible for working closely with the sellers to mitigate technical red flags & bottlenecks as the prospect moves through the sales funnel, as well as supporting a smooth onboarding transition to a live paying client.
Responsibilities
External
Act as a knowledgeable and trusted advisor to prospective clients on the technical capabilities of Ravelin to identify appropriate implementation and deployment options
Act as a subject matter expert in 3DS and payment authentication, guiding the prospect through the different use cases, flows and data requirements involved
Run discovery sessions and tailored demonstrations to gather technical requirements
Support and manage Proof of Concepts where necessary
Liaise with delivery teams to ensure accurate understanding of the prospect client’s platform
Technical consultation during the sales process, and supporting the curation of Ravelin implementation plans
Understand in-depth the prospect’s existing internal fraud prevention, Account Take Over and similar systems
Develop relationships within the prospective client’s organisation
Internal
Be a subject matter expert on Ravelin’s solutions and use cases
Collaborate across internal functions, especially Product and Integration
Work directly with internal teams to deliver technical specifications of prospect client’s bespoke requirements
Maintain and improve our knowledge base and RFP answers.
Act and encourage sharing and excellence as one of a pool of resource, globally
Requirements
Experience in working in a 3DS specialised role within pre sales, product or similar
Experience in card payments and authentication
Technical awareness of EMVco standards, including flows, data requirements and protocol versions.
Be able to demonstrate a strong balance of both commercial and technical acumen in supporting the delivery of revenue to the business
Technical awareness as part of software sales discussions e.g. operating systems (Linux), cloud computing (Azure, AWS), data types (CSV, XML, JSON) and database technologies & storage
Strong ability to engage and manage expectations with different internal and external stakeholders
Strong academic background, preferably Technology or scientific degree
A thirst to learn
Initiate improvements in knowledge and sharing of work for the good of all
Ability to creatively explain and present complex concepts in an easy to understand manner
An ability to understand the business value of the Ravelin proposition and express that in meaningful terms to exec levels in the target client
Benefits
Flexible working hours, hybrid working model, office in Old Street and a £500 home office budget
Share options
25 days holiday + bank holidays + extra day off per year of service (up to 5) + 1 extra day off for cultural reasons
Extra Monthly company-wide days off - the Wellbeing & Learning Days
Private Healthcare if based in the UK through Bupa and a location appropriate alternative if based elsewhere in Europe
£1000 annual wellbeing budget to spend through Heka
Mental health support through Spill
Enhanced parental benefits
Company socials, team social and budget for microsocials that anyone can organise for any event
Ravelin Gives Back (RGB) - monthly charitable donations and regular volunteering opportunities
Fortnightly team lunches with a randomised group of people from across the company, virtually (via Deliveroo) or in-person
Weekly board game nights