Presales - Bid Management
Cognizant
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Type: Full-Time Arrangement: On-Site
4 - 8 Yrs1200000 - 2000000(Annually)
Posted: 25 Sept 2026
Job Description
Cognizant is looking for a Presales and Bid Manager to drive winning pursuits across our Data, Analytics, and AI business. In this role you will shape compelling client-facing proposals, orchestrate pursuit activities end to end, and partner with sales, delivery, and solution teams to bring our best thinking to every opportunity. If you thrive in a fast-paced, global environment and love turning complex ideas into persuasive narratives, we would love to meet you.
In this role you will:
- Support opportunity qualification, account intelligence, and client research activities to strengthen every pursuit.
- Develop proposal content, presentations, response documents, and sales collateral that clearly articulate value.
- Coordinate pursuit activities, reviews, governance checkpoints, and submission timelines across stakeholders.
- Collaborate with solution teams to build compelling Data, Analytics, and AI value propositions.
- Track opportunity progress, risks, dependencies, and action items throughout the pursuit lifecycle.
Work model: We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in India. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
What You Need To Have To Be Considered:
- Experience in pre-sales, business development support, bid management, or proposal management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into compelling client-facing content.
- Experience supporting RFPs, proposals, presentations, capability decks, and client research activities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
These will help you stand out:
- Ability to coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders across sales, delivery, and solution teams and manage pursuit processes in a structured manner.
- Familiarity with Data, Analytics, AI, and Generative AI concepts and solution narratives.
- Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and collaboration tools, with exposure to proposal management and CRM platforms.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
In this role you will:
- Support opportunity qualification, account intelligence, and client research activities to strengthen every pursuit.
- Develop proposal content, presentations, response documents, and sales collateral that clearly articulate value.
- Coordinate pursuit activities, reviews, governance checkpoints, and submission timelines across stakeholders.
- Collaborate with solution teams to build compelling Data, Analytics, and AI value propositions.
- Track opportunity progress, risks, dependencies, and action items throughout the pursuit lifecycle.
Work model: We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in India. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
What You Need To Have To Be Considered:
- Experience in pre-sales, business development support, bid management, or proposal management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into compelling client-facing content.
- Experience supporting RFPs, proposals, presentations, capability decks, and client research activities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
These will help you stand out:
- Ability to coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders across sales, delivery, and solution teams and manage pursuit processes in a structured manner.
- Familiarity with Data, Analytics, AI, and Generative AI concepts and solution narratives.
- Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and collaboration tools, with exposure to proposal management and CRM platforms.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
Required Qualifications
- pre-sales experience
- bid management experience
- proposal management experience
- RFP support
- client research
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- written communication skills
- verbal communication skills
- attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications
- cross-functional stakeholder coordination
- familiarity with Data Analytics AI Generative AI concepts
- proficiency in PowerPoint
- proficiency in Excel
- proficiency in collaboration tools
- exposure to proposal management platforms
- exposure to CRM platforms
- ability to work in global environment
- ability to manage multiple priorities
Skills Required
Pre-salesBid ManagementProposal ManagementRFP SupportClient ResearchAnalytical SkillsProblem-solvingCommunication SkillsData AnalyticsAIGenerative AIPowerPointExcelCollaboration ToolsProposal Management PlatformsCRM PlatformsStakeholder CoordinationGlobal EnvironmentAttention to DetailWritten Communication