Vice President, Global Bid Management at NTT Global Data Centers | Frankfurt, Hesse | Rezi

Vice President, Global Bid Management at NTT Global Data Centers

Vice President, Global Bid Management

NTT Global Data Centers · Frankfurt, Hesse

1 months ago

Vice President, Global Bid Management

NTT Global Data Centers · Frankfurt, Hesse

2 months ago
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About the Role

The Vice President, Global Bid Management leads regional bid management and global content management teams to execute the end-to-end bid lifecycle. This strategic deal advisor will disseminate business objectives into a global pursuit strategy, driving speed to market with high-quality outputs and ensuring strong stakeholder relationships. The role serves as the global escalation point for deal pursuits, requiring deep understanding of complex negotiations and deal forms.

Responsibilities

  • Participates in executive reviews and provide strategic guidance on competitive positioning, pricing considerations, and risk posture in active bid pursuits or sales strategy development.
  • Implement the standardized global bid lifecycle inclusive of objective bid/no-bid criteria and execution frameworks.
  • Partners with Global Product, Global Marketing & Finance to effectively outline business guardrails and governance that enables effective resource prioritization.
  • Takes full accountability for organizational performance, utilization, and long-term strategic direction of Bid Management, including future operating model evolution aligned to business growth and market demands.
  • Maintains deep, executive-level relationships with key internal and external stakeholders (globally), including clients and partners.
  • Anticipates and defines organizational-level problem statements, driving cross-regional and cross-functional solutions that improve revenue, margin, scalability, and the end-to-end client experience.
  • Define clear roles, responsibilities, performance expectations, and career development paths for team members.
  • Established global executive network and recognized industry presence including representing GDC as a thought leader and executive voice in the industry, influencing market dialogue, strategic partnerships, and client confidence through keynote participation, panels, and executive forums.
  • Interacts with ELT and external executive stakeholders, including hyperscale and strategic clients, on matters of highest complexity and significance to the organization.
  • Serves as the ultimate escalation authority for Bid Management and delivery matters; aligns executive stakeholders across functions to drive enterprise outcomes.

Requirements

  • Progressive experience in bid management, deal negotiation and global customer engagement, preferably in a data center/cloud environment.
  • Proven executive leadership in complex, client-facing environments.
  • Strong understanding of complex deal structures, including proven experience of executing Data Center transactions.
  • Understanding of data center market trends and risks such as regulatory demands, AI demand, power constraints and sustainability.
  • Experience leading and building high-performing multi-disciplinary, geographically distributed teams.
  • Strong affinity for sales, proposal development, and the drafting and interpretation of legal documents, commercial terms, and contract solutions aligned with a strategic mindset.
  • IT Industry, business or role relevant degree.

Skills

  • Bid Management
  • Deal Negotiation
  • Global Customer Engagement
  • Complex Deal Structures
  • Data Center Transactions
  • Data Center Market Trends
  • Risk Management
  • Leadership
  • Team Building
  • Sales
  • Proposal Development
  • Legal Document Interpretation
  • Commercial Terms
  • Contract Solutions
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Complex Negotiation

Location

  • Flexible/Remote

Work Type

  • Full-Time

Experience Level

  • Executive

Education Level

  • Degree in IT, business, or a relevant role.

About the Company

  • NTT Global Data Centers is the third largest data center provider, operating over 150 data centers in more than 20 countries and regions.
  • We offer local-to-global data center expertise, aligned with a connected platform of AI-ready data centers to create solutions that enable clients to seamlessly scale their digital businesses.
  • Data centers are the foundation of the digital world, and NTT Global Data Centers is one of the largest providers globally.
  • We offer a wide variety of exciting and challenging careers that deliver opportunities to shape our ever-changing world.
  • Our diverse, inspiring workforce is the heart and soul of our company, providing the best experience for our clients every day.
  • By bringing together global capabilities and local expertise, we help clients achieve their goals anywhere in the world.
  • Together, we can accomplish the extraordinary and work to create a more sustainable world with rewarding benefits for everyone - clients, employees, investors, partners, and communities.