Presales Solution Director

Pre-Sales Solution Director

Duration: Initial 3 months with possibility of extending

Location: Mobile (Hemel Hempstead)

Sopra Steria Recruitment Ltd (a Sopra Steria company) provides recruitment and resourcing solutions to Sopra Steria, a leading European IT service provider.

EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY: Sopra Steria is looking for a Pre-Sales Solution Director. The successful candidate will lead Sopra Steria's business development across all verticals, building solutions and shaping bids. Working closely with the Sales team, the Pre-Sales Solution Director will take ownership of solutions for large or complex deals.

The Pre-Sales Solution Director will be:

* Involved in varied work environments with responsibilities constantly changing between working on bids, projects and consultancy

* Accountable for the integrity of the technical designs and solutions delivered by Sopra Steria, to ensure they are fit for purpose, adhere to the clients IS Strategy.

* Acting as the primary point of contact on programmes and projects for all technical issues.

* Liaising with senior stakeholders; both within IT and the business areas.

* Providing architectural advice and guidance to large, complex programmes and projects including those across multiple business domains.

* Acting as a subject matter expert to the programmes and projects and supporting the business architecture activity

* Conducting architecture gap analysis

* Responsible for solution governance including participating in Technical Design Assurance

* Feasibility studies across multiple architectural domains

* Compliance reviews

* Mentoring, managing technical resources and providing guidance on technical issues.

Enterprise Architect Experience:

* Demonstrable formal bid experience, with track record of winning large bids and either expertise in Service management, Architecture or Programme management.

* Experience with a range of software delivery life cycles, including Waterfall, Iterative and Agile approaches.

* Excellent overall knowledge of a broad range of technology and technology trends.

* Application and Integration architecture skills and a good understanding of architectural concepts, methodologies and modelling approaches.

* Solutions architect/designer skills with proven experience on complex projects with multi-dimensioned process and data requirements.

* Experience with formal architectural methodologies and frameworks, including TOGAF.

* Experience with a range of software delivery life cycles, including Waterfall, Iterative and Agile approaches.

The roles will require eligibility and willingness to go through security clearance processes.

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