Biz Development

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In this role, you will:

• Own and manage business pursuit efforts, including RFPs, RFIs, presentations, proposals, pricing inputs, estimations, and related sales collateral.
• Partner with sales, account, technical, solution design, commercial, transition, consulting, and professional services teams to manage stakeholder expectations throughout the pursuit cycle.
• Identify market trends, customer pain points, competitive positioning, and business opportunities to strengthen Cognizant's value proposition.
• Create and maintain reusable proposal components, marketing collateral, case studies, white papers, solution accelerators, brochures, and client-facing presentations.
• Support client visits, competency presentations, knowledge management initiatives, and business development activities that improve response quality and accelerate time-to-market.

What you need to have to be considered

• MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• Experience in business development, pre-sales, bid management, proposal development, or pursuit management within the IT services industry.
• Experience responding to RFPs and RFIs and developing compelling client-focused proposals.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across sales, consulting, solution design, technology, commercial, and delivery teams.
• Experience with pricing, estimation, profitability analysis, and business pursuit management.
• Excellent communication, presentation, business analysis, and problem-solving skills.

These will help you stand out

• Experience developing reusable proposal assets, case studies, white papers, solution accelerators, and marketing collateral.
• Strong understanding of customer landscapes, technology investments, industry trends, and competitive positioning.
• Experience supporting client visits, executive presentations, and sales enablement initiatives.