Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026.
Data Solutions Sales Manager
Work Location: Pakistan (PAK)
Work Mode: Onsite (Islamabad)
Experience Required: 5 to 10 Years
Role Summary
Consultative Sales Manager to grow business across three lines: data management solutions, consulting services, and IT staff augmentation. Owns the full sales cycle - from lead generation to closing and account growth - working with solution architects and delivery teams to shape client offers.
Key Responsibilities
Generate leads via own network, referrals, technology partners, and events.
Qualify leads on business need, budget, decision maker, and timeline; maintain sufficient qualified pipeline.
Keep opportunities current in CRM; track conversion rates, deal size, and sales cycle.
Provide weekly pipeline updates and monthly/quarterly forecasts.
Close new business for data management offerings: data governance, MDM, data quality, data integration, data warehousing, analytics platforms, cloud data modernization.
Sell consulting services: assessments, strategy/roadmap engagements, implementation projects, managed services.
Run client discovery sessions; translate data challenges into business cases.
Work with pre-sales/technical teams on proposals, solution presentations, SOWs, and RFP/RFI responses.
Lead pricing, terms, and contract negotiations through to signature.
Build pipeline for staff augmentation roles: data engineers, data analysts, BI developers, data architects, cloud/integration specialists.
Coordinate with talent/recruitment teams to present candidates and manage placement through onboarding.
Negotiate rates, contract terms, and extensions; grow placements into larger teams or project engagements.
Build trusted relationships with CIOs, CDOs, IT directors, procurement, and HR leaders.
Cross-sell between solutions, consulting, and staff augmentation.
Track client satisfaction; work with delivery teams to meet commitments.
Build relationships with technology partners/vendors (cloud and data platform providers) for joint opportunities.
Represent company at events, webinars, and client workshops.
Stay current on data management market trends and competitor offerings.
Targets
Achieve quarterly and annual targets for order booking, revenue, and margin.
Measured on: target achievement, qualified pipeline created, conversion rate, new clients won.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, IT, or related field.
7+ years B2B sales experience in IT services, software, or consulting, including 3+ years selling data/analytics or related technology solutions.
Proven experience selling IT staff augmentation or resource-based services.
Track record of meeting/exceeding sales targets with discussable deal sizes and results.
Understanding of data management concepts: data governance, data quality, MDM, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, data lakes, cloud data platforms.
Experience with consultative and solution selling, including writing proposals and responding to RFPs.
Existing network of decision makers in banking/telecom/retail/manufacturing/public sector (target region).
Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
Disciplined pipeline tracking and forecasting in a CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar).
Nice to Have
Familiarity with Informatica, Microsoft (Azure, Fabric, Power BI), Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, or Google Cloud.
Experience selling into international markets (GCC / North America / UK / Europe).
Sales certifications/training in a structured sales method (MEDDIC, SPIN, Challenger, Solution Selling).

