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Job Description

 
- Identify potential customers by obtaining information, referrals, and
 
recommendations from existing customers and other contacts and/or through
 
participation in trade shows and conferences
 
- Conduct discovery calls and workshops with customer stakeholders; document
 
requirements and business outcomes
 
- Translate customer needs into standard or tailored solution outlines, data flows
 
and integration notes; coordinate inputs from internal SMEs
 
- Prepare RFP/RFI content, schedules and solution narratives; contribute to, but
 
do not own, bid strategy
 
- Deliver persuasive product demos and targeted presentations addressing
 
customer pain points; capture objections and mitigation actions
 
- Maintain competitive feature matrices and assist with win/loss insights for
 
regional teams
 
- Provide inputs to Product and Business Development, representing the "voice of
 
the customer"
 
- Resolve complex presales queries by applying policy/process knowledge;
 
escalate exceptions where policy interpretation is required
 
- Track customer feedback and support continuous improvement in demo assets,
 
proposal templates and discovery checklists
 
- Contribute insights on industry trends such as maritime regulations (IMO,
 
SOLAS, MARPOL), sustainability frameworks (EEXI, CII), decarbonization and
 
digitalization to shape solution direction
 
 
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
 
- 10 - 12 years in the maritime industry with particular focus on implementing
 
digital and software solutions
 
- Deep domain expertise in maritime operations, fleet management, compliance,
 
or port logistics
 
- Strong presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills across
 
senior organizational levels
 
- Experience with maritime digital transformation initiatives (e.g., Smart Shipping,
 
Decarbonization, Autonomous Vessels)
 
- Familiarity with SaaS, integrations, and maritime compliance
 
frameworks and knowledge of major CRM
 
- Familiarity with data analytics platforms, voyage optimization, emissions
 
tracking, or IoT solutions
 
- Multilingual skills advantageous
 
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Maritime Studies, Engineering, Computer
 
Science, Business, or related fields
 
- Track record leading pre-sales efforts for enterprise-scale software solutions is
 
desired