Government Solutions Consultant - Federal
Equifax · Reston, VA · 1 wk ago
HybridInformation TechnologyFull-time
Sales Support
- Presentations and Demos: Lead customer demonstrations using internal environments and external tools and present technical collateral to customers.
- Business Development: Assist Sales and Alliance teams in the business development phase to identify opportunities and understand a customer’s current system state.
Market Landscape
- Maintain expertise in market segments including means-tested benefit programs and background investigations.
- Maintain knowledge of competitors' products, including their strengths, weaknesses, and how they promote their solutions.
Proposal Leadership
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for RFQs, RFIs, and RFPs, helping define win themes and discriminators, and producing technical responses.
Solution Design and Expertise
- Product SME: Maintain a deep understanding of product features, functions, inputs/outputs, and supported platforms like API, Batch, and Applicant Portals.
- Architect Customer Solutions: Work closely with customers, Sales, and Product teams to define solutions that address the missions of government agencies.
- Collaboration and Lifecycle Management: Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-business unit partners to reconcile customer requirements and help define solutions.
- Technical Feasibility: Provide technical feasibility assessments for new products to meet customer demand and requirements.
- Collaborate with product teams to help fulfill the customers vision.
Requirement Translation
- Serve as the requirements gathering team to define solutions that can be delivered via existing products with minor enhancements or configurations or new product development efforts.
Collaboration and Lifecycle Management
- Cross-Functional Liaison: Serve as the liaison between proposal teams, product engineering, and post-sales implementation teams.
- Post-Award Transition: Serve as the initial technical liaison post-award before handing project ownership to the Implementation Lead.
Customer Engagement
- Maintains professional relationship with customers and ensures successful adoption of products.
- Uses a consultative approach to verify ongoing client success.
Industry Engagement
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending company-sponsored training, educational workshops, industry conferences, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
Gap Resolution
- Identify gaps in offerings related to client requirements and work with product teams to develop plans to close those gaps.