Astreya

Pre-Sales, Director

Remote, India Full time

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic ITAM Leadership

  • Define and own the global ITAM managed services strategy aligned to client outcomes, revenue growth, and operational scalability.

  • Serve as executive ITAM SME for clients, pursuits, and internal stakeholders.

  • Establish standardized ITAM operating models aligned to ITIL, ISO, and regulatory requirements.

  • Translate client business drivers into measurable ITAM value outcomes such as cost optimization, risk reduction, and lifecycle efficiency.

2. Pre Sales, Pursuit, and Solutions Design

  • Lead ITAM solution design for qualified opportunities across enterprise and mid market clients.

  • Own ITAM sections of RFP responses, RFIs, and client proposals.

  • Author Statements of Work including scope, assumptions, service levels, pricing inputs, and transition approach.

  • Develop executive level presentation decks that articulate value, delivery model, and differentiation.

  • Partner with Sales and Account teams to position ITAM as a strategic managed service offering.

  • Support deal shaping, solution defensibility, and client presentations through close.

3. Managed Services Delivery Oversight

  • Govern end to end ITAM lifecycle services including hardware, software, and cloud assets.

  • Define service catalogs, SLAs, SLOs, and KPIs for ITAM managed services.

  • Ensure integration between ITAM, ITSM, procurement, CMDB, and financial systems.

  • Oversee onboarding, transition, and stabilization of new ITAM managed services clients.

  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, data quality, and process maturity.

4. Governance, Risk, and Compliance

  • Establish governance frameworks to manage licensing compliance, audit readiness, and contractual risk.

  • Ensure alignment with software publishers, regulatory requirements, and client policies.

  • Lead audit response strategy and remediation planning for managed services clients.

  • Monitor asset risk exposure including underutilization, non compliance, and financial leakage.

5. Business Growth and Market Expansion

  • Identify new ITAM service offerings aligned to market demand and client needs.

  • Expand ITAM managed services footprint within existing accounts.

  • Support pricing strategy, cost models, and margin assumptions for ITAM services.

  • Track market trends and competitor offerings to inform solution differentiation.

6. Performance Management and Executive Reporting

  • Define performance metrics across service delivery, financial optimization, and compliance.

  • Build and govern executive dashboards for clients and internal leadership.

  • Translate asset and license data into actionable insights for executive decision making.

  • Drive service reviews focused on outcomes, not just operational metrics.

7. Team Leadership and Capability Development

  • Lead and mentor ITAM solution architects, analysts, and service leaders.

  • Set clear expectations for quality, accountability, and client engagement.

  • Build scalable delivery models leveraging onshore, nearshore, and offshore resources.

  • Identify skill gaps and drive training in ITAM, ITIL, and managed services delivery.

8. Industry Engagement and Thought Leadership

  • Represent the organization in client briefings, industry forums, and conferences.

  • Contribute to ITAM thought leadership, whitepapers, and service frameworks.

  • Continuously refine solution methodologies to maintain competitive advantage.

Qualifications and Experience

Education and Certifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

  • ITAM certifications such as CSAM or CHAMP preferred.

  • ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation or higher strongly preferred.

Professional Experience

  • 10 or more years of progressive IT Asset Management experience.

  • Demonstrated success delivering ITAM as a managed service to external clients.

  • Proven leadership in pre sales, solution design, RFP responses, and SOW development.

  • Strong background integrating ITAM with ITIL based ITSM, procurement, and financial processes.

  • Experience supporting global environments including international logistics and regulatory constraints.

Technical Expertise

  • Enterprise ITAM and ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow, Flexera, Oomnitza, ManagedEngine, Jira ITAM, or equivalent.

  • Asset lifecycle management, software license optimization, and audit defense.

  • Reporting and analytics using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.

  • Automation and data quality improvement initiatives.

Leadership and Client Skills

  • Executive presence with strong storytelling and presentation capability.

  • Ability to influence C level stakeholders and close complex services deals.

  • Data driven decision making with strong analytical skills.

  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on scalable services and measurable outcomes.