About The Role

As a CIS Presales Solution Manager, you will make an impact by shaping and driving differentiated infrastructure solutions across Managed Services and Digital Transformation opportunities for clients in every vertical. You will be a valued member of the Cloud, Infrastructure and Security (CIS) Services Solution Group team and work collaboratively with onsite sales, solutions and delivery teams, and clients.

In this role, you will

• Take end-to-end responsibility for solution and commercial creation and integration, including conducting scoping workshops, questionnaires and solution discussions.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to design winnable, differentiated solutions that meet customer requirements.
• Lead solution workshops, MVD/CAS sessions, due diligence and pursuit-related workshops, interfacing with clients and third-party advisors (TPAs).
• Develop winning themes, SWOT and competitor analysis, and build re-usable bid components, templates and frameworks for strategic pursuit management.




• Manage and mentor a team of junior and mid-level solution managers.

Work model

At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Chennai or Bangalore. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be transparent about role expectations.

What You Must Have To Be Considered

• Strong techno-commercial capability with proven customer interaction and solution presentation skills.
• Solid IT infrastructure technical understanding across Compute (on-prem and cloud), Network, Security, End User and Service Manag

📌 CIS Presales Solution Architect (India)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 India