Sr Manager - Sales📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Tata Communications is seeking a seasoned Sr Manager - Sales to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role is focused on driving business growth within the Middle East region, specifically by engaging with telecom operators. The position involves cultivating strategic customer relationships, leading sales teams, and managing the entire sales lifecycle, including commercial modeling and deal structuring. The ideal candidate will possess deep regional customer connections, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to articulate complex telecom System Integration (SI) capabilities into compelling customer value propositions.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth for Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) offerings, including network integration, deployment, managed services, and transformation programs.
• Manage the complete sales lifecycle, from lead identification and qualification through solutioning, proposal development, negotiation, and deal closure.
• Develop and execute comprehensive account strategies for key telecom operator customers within the region.
• Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts through effective account mining and cross-sell/up-sell initiatives.
• Maintain robust CXO-level relationships with telecom operators, MVNOs, and strategic partners across the region.
• Serve as the primary liaison between customers and internal stakeholders, including solutioning, delivery, finance, and legal teams.
• Represent the organization effectively in customer meetings, RFP discussions, executive briefings, and negotiations.
• Gain a thorough understanding of customer business priorities and align TCTS SI offerings to their strategic transformation roadmaps.
• Lead commercial modeling efforts, including pricing strategies, cost structures, margin analysis, and business case development.
• Ensure deal profitability and adherence to all financial and commercial governance policies.
• Provide strong commercial input and risk assessment to support RFP and tender responses.
• Drive contract negotiations collaboratively with legal and finance departments.
• Lead, mentor, and manage regional sales teams to ensure target achievement and foster capability development.
• Establish clear sales targets, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and performance metrics for the sales team.
• Collaborate closely with pre-sales, solution engineering, delivery, Supply Chain Management (SCM), and finance teams to ensure seamless deal execution.
• Provide valuable market feedback to internal teams to support service enhancement and portfolio evolution.
• Monitor market trends in telecom networks, system integration, 4G/5G, cloud, and managed services.
• Contribute to the development of regional go-to-market strategies and annual operating plans.
• Support strategic partnerships and alliances that are relevant to TCTS service growth.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Business, or a related field.
• MBA or equivalent qualification is preferred.
• 12-18+ years of experience in telecom sales or system integration sales, with significant exposure to operator accounts.
• Proven track record of successfully closing large, complex telecom SI deals.
• Prior experience in sales or selling telecom SI service portfolios is highly desirable.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of Telecom System Integration services, including Network Integration, Deployment, Managed Services, and Transformation.
• Proven expertise in sales lifecycle management for complex telecom solutions.
• Excellent commercial modeling and financial analysis skills.
• Strong customer relationship management and negotiation capabilities.
• Experience managing large, multi-country operator accounts.
• Effective leadership skills with the ability to manage and scale sales teams.
• Proficient communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires extensive engagement within the Middle East region.