Role: Service design consultant
Rate: Outside IR35
Location: 4 days a week onsite in Farnborough, 1 day remote.
Duration: 6 months initially
Clearance: DV required and Sole British national (willing to go through additional STRAP)

Key accountabilities and decision ownership The Pre-Sales Service Design Consultant will assist Solution and Sales colleagues in developing the service model for a solution. This includes the development of bid inputs such as providing written responses to tenders and customer clarification questions; input into the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM); inputs to the commercial model. They will also create handover documentation for the Care and Operations Transition functions for won business The Pre-Sales Service Consultant primarily is responsible for four key activities:

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience · Mastery of ITILv3 or v4 preferably with certification · Extensive experience as a senior / lead Service Consultant / Architect on complex customer opportunities and programmes. · Background in Telecommunications, IT or Customer/Support Services. · Communication skills - the ability to write and present low to medium subject matters in a clear and concise manner · Ability to determine the critical success factor of delivery

1. Responding to enquirers · Confirming current support service solutions. · Assisting in sales qualification through evaluation of requirements against options. · Validating solution specification. · Identifying cost elements for delivery and support of solution. 2. Sales · Responsible for service support to commercial discussions. · Responsible for providing costs for Finance approval. · Responsible for providing the service component of bid material. · Assisting the sales team during the bid discussions with the customer. · Responsible for presenting the service solution to client at peer level. 3. Design support · Responsible for understanding, capturing and managing the customer requirements, using additional resources where appropriate. · Responsible for liaising with Product Management and other subject matter experts, where additional product knowledge is required. · Responsible for engaging the Delivery team, if required, to ensure customer project sign-off.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership The Pre-Sales Service Design Consultant will assist Solution and Sales colleagues in developing the service model for a solution. This includes the development of bid inputs such as providing written responses to tenders and customer clarification questions; input into the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM); inputs to the commercial model. They will also create handover documentation for the Care and Operations Transition functions for won business The Pre-Sales Service Consultant primarily is responsible for four key activities:

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience ·
of ITILv3 or v4 preferably with certification
· Extensive experience as a senior / lead Service Consultant / Architect on complex customer opportunities and programmes.
· Background in Telecommunications, IT or Customer/Support Services.
· Communication skills - the ability to write and present low to medium subject matters in a clear and concise manner
· Ability to determine the critical success factor of delivery

1. Responding to enquirers · Confirming current support service solutions.
· Assisting in sales qualification through evaluation of requirements against options.
· Validating solution specification.
· Identifying cost elements for delivery and support of solution.
2. Sales · Responsible for service support to commercial discussions.
· Responsible for providing costs for Finance approval. · Responsible for providing the service component of bid material.
· Assisting the sales team during the bid discussions with the customer.
· Responsible for presenting the service solution to client at peer level. 3. Design support · Responsible for understanding, capturing and managing the customer requirements, using additional resources where appropriate. · Responsible for liaising with Product Management and other subject matter experts, where additional product knowledge is required. · Responsible for engaging the Delivery team, if required, to ensure customer project sign-off.


Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 18 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

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