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Manoj Kumar Prasad

Summary

Dynamic Deal Director with a proven track record at Comviva, excelling in contract negotiation and strategic planning. Recognized for achieving 120% of order bookings while fostering CXO relationships. Adept at bid management and team mentorship, driving multi-million dollar deals in the Telecom sector across diverse international markets.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Director, Large Deal & Integrated Solution

Comviva
08.2020 - Current
  • Handled contracts & licensing negotiations, product marketing/Go to Market/MarCom strategy, partnerships & alliances/3rd party relationships
  • Key Deals Won – TOTSCO, STC - API Market Place, Proximus, KPN B2C
  • Ket Responsibilities
  • RFP/RFI/Bid Management.
  • Pricing/Business case modelling.
  • Commercial Contract closure.
  • Conducting product workshops & driving POCs, etc
  • Collaborate with market units and working closely with the client’s touch points- KDMs, Users & Technical, etc
  • Build value propositions for specific customer opportunities and develop specific revenue models. Ensure all processes related to Bid Management, Sales Funnel reporting & tracking, Sales Forecasting etc are adhered to in the region
  • Mentor, nurture and guide a team of professionals across levels to ensure that best practices are followed. Identify and assign key performance indices (KPIs) using industry insights and parameters aligned to the business environment and organizational goals
  • Senior Director, Large Deal & Integrated Solution Aug 2020 till now

Deal Director for Large deal and integrated solution

Comviva
- Current
  • Insightful exposure of identifying & developing new business opportunities across international markets in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, & US in the highly competitive Telecom Sectors.
  • Strong acumen in spearheading the entire business & profit centre operations, with key focus on overall business profitability. Managed multi-million dollar account engagements.
  • Expertise in overseeing presales & business development functions, specifically in the Telecom Sector, having managed multi-million dollar deals in the areas of BSS, Managed Services, Mobile Money, Mobile Messaging, Mobile VAS, etc.
  • Demonstrated excellence in formulating and implementing tactical initiatives to achieve corporate strategic goals; resourceful at managing and establishing CXO level and senior management-level relationships
  • Accredited with numerous Individual and team awards for exceptional performance throughout the career.
  • Presently with Comviva as Deal Director for Large deal and integrated solution

AVP Sales (Indonesia)

Comviva
04.2019 - 07.2020
  • Responsible for delivering over $3.5mn+ of order bookings. Achievement of 120%.
  • Grow and manage a trusted relationship with CXOs and senior management executives in the region. Formulate plans and strategies for building connects within the industry
  • Lead all aspects of customer engagement to ensure that customer satisfaction is high in the region.
  • Financial management and overall responsibility of collections and payments in the region. Ensure that the DSO is well within organizational targets
  • Lead all aspects of customer engagement to ensure that customer satisfaction is high in the region.
  • Key deals Won – XL Axiata Retail, Hutch Indonesia – Inventory Management, PreTUPS Upgrade, Voucher Management Replacement, Indosat – Loyalty Management, Smartfren – DSDP Upgrade
  • AVP Sales (Indonesia) April 2019 – Jul 2020

Head of Technical Sales – ASEAN & ANZ

Comviva
09.2017 - 04.2019
  • Head of Technical Sales – ASEAN & ANZ Sep 2017 to April 2019

Sr. Manager Technical Sales Africa Region

Comviva
01.2014 - 09.2017
  • Based out of Kenya- Managing the Airtel Africa account (operations in 17 countries across Africa) and all Africa accounts in Africa except MTN and Orange KAM.
  • Grow and manage a trusted relationship with CXOs and senior management executives in the region.
  • Sr. Manager Technical Sales Africa Region Jan 2014 – Sep 2017

Sr. Manager – Presales (Airtel Africa Account)

Comviva
05.2010 - 12.2013
  • Based out of Kenya- Managing the Airtel Africa account (operations in 17 countries across Africa)
  • Achieved account penetration in terms of deploying nearly all of the organization’s offerings related to Mobile Finance, Messaging solutions, OSS/BSS, Mobile Data, Managed Services, U&R Analytics, VAS, Musc and Content
  • Efficiently achieved steady y-o-y growth with current yearly revenue at around $35mn.
  • Sr. Manager – Presales (Airtel Africa Account) May 2010-Dec 2013

Technical Project Manager (Roaming Solution)

Comviva
06.2006 - 05.2010
  • Technical Project Manager (Roaming Solution) – Jun 2006 to May 2010

Research Engineer

C-DOT India (Centre for Development of Telematics)
12.2000 - 06.2006
  • Develop SS7 Signalling for a digital Subscriber switch.
  • Previous Employment – Dec’2000 - Jun’2006

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Delhi Institute of Technology

Skills

  • Contract negotiation
  • Business case modeling
  • Bid management
  • Pricing strategy
  • Revenue forecasting
  • Customer engagement
  • CXO relationship management
  • Team mentorship
  • Sales funnel tracking
  • Strategic planning

Certification

  • 2023-2024 - Indian Institute of Science (IISC) – Advanced Post-Graduate Certificate Program- 5G Technology with Cloud and AI/ML
  • 2023 - Indian school of Business (ISB) - Certificate Masters in leadership Essentials
  • 2019 - XLRI Jamshedpur – Management Development Program, Emotional Mastery
  • 2018 – XLRI Jamshedpur – Management Development Program, Business Excellence
  • TMForum Certification
  • Open Digital Framework (ODF)
  • ODA Components Foundation Level
  • TM Forum Open API Foundation Level
  • Application Framework (TAM) Foundation Level
  • Functional Framework Foundation Level
  • Business Process Framework (eTOM) Fundamentals
  • Information Framework (SID) Foundation Level

Awards

Pinnacle Award: FY 2010-2011, Presales of Year Award – FY 2011-FY 2012, FY 2013-14, FY 2014-15, FY 19-20, Achievers’ Awards - FY 18-19, Top PMI Performer’s Award – FY 21-22, Best Large Deal of the Year Award – FY 25

Professional Snapshot

  • Business Development: Identifying prospective clients, generating business from new accounts & developing them to achieve consistent profitability. Building and maintaining healthy business relations with existing primary clientele, ensuring maximum customer satisfaction
  • Strategic Planning: Formulating business strategies and account planning to achieve organizational business objectives. Defining team/individual KRAs, and business plans for the achievement of the stated goals.
  • Sales Management: Handling the sales function to achieve increased growth & profitability. Utilizing the public information and personal network to develop market intelligence for generating leads. Reporting key metrics and status updates to senior management as part of tracking the Annual Operating Plan. Experienced in managing relationships with partner eco-systems as well.
  • Global Experience: Managing multi-cultural and cross-functional teams in addressing customer requirements globally to achieve desired business objectives. Experience in identifying business opportunities across geographies, having handled markets like SEA & ANZ, Africa etc
  • Customer Relationship Management: Maintaining engagement with C-level executives to manage large accounts. Maximizing customer satisfaction level by ensuring process-driven activities such as regular governance meetings to manage customer expectations
  • Team Management: Imparting /organizing regular review sessions for achieving pre-planned business targets and leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in sales operations and meeting of individual & group targets.
  • Domain Experience: Experienced in the IT/BSS/Telecom/Mobile Financial & VAS domain, having extensively worked across the eco-system. Built strong internal (i.e., across functions and regions) and external relationships (i.e., clients, partners, suppliers, etc.)

Timeline

Senior Director, Large Deal & Integrated Solution

Comviva
08.2020 - Current

AVP Sales (Indonesia)

Comviva
04.2019 - 07.2020

Head of Technical Sales – ASEAN & ANZ

Comviva
09.2017 - 04.2019

Sr. Manager Technical Sales Africa Region

Comviva
01.2014 - 09.2017

Sr. Manager – Presales (Airtel Africa Account)

Comviva
05.2010 - 12.2013

Technical Project Manager (Roaming Solution)

Comviva
06.2006 - 05.2010

Research Engineer

C-DOT India (Centre for Development of Telematics)
12.2000 - 06.2006

Deal Director for Large deal and integrated solution

Comviva
- Current

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Delhi Institute of Technology
Manoj Kumar Prasad