Solution Architect

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Solution Lead is a key role in the CIS Pre-Sales organization reporting into TBD on regional/global level. Solution Lead is usually involved in medium to large multi-tower opportunities.

Key responsibilities:
Typically involved from Deal Qualification to Contract Signature, Sales to Delivery Handover and for a limited period in the execution to provide continuity

Responsible for development of the end-to-end solution (Transformation, Transition and Run) covering multiple service lines and/or technology domains

Owns internal stakeholder management and visibility of core solution related metrics to approvers

Supports Sales Lead in pre-qualification activities, including ROM costing and early solution shaping as appropriate

Develops solution & response strategy, standard versus non-standard approach, aligned to the sales strategy. Clearly communicates to all bid team members.

Ensures all client requirements are analysed and distributed for solutioning, without gaps or duplication

Designs the solution and ensures the relevant solution artefacts are completed in line with global process

Excellent understanding of the competitor landscape, providing insight into the sales plan on how to beat competition

Provide expertise on commercially structuring deals to differentiate from the competition

Works with Deal Analyst to set up ADMT and create pricing structure; communicates structure & tagging strategy

Convert Price to Win into Cost to Win by Tower

Reviews and inputs to the contract schedules, SoW and SLA among other documents

Supports Tower Lead with 3rd parties’ direct engagements when needed

Contributes to proposal writing and guides the bid team on alignment to sales strategy, themes, scoring mechanism

Ensures Solution Approval in a timely manner in line with the Global Solution Approval Process and supports towers when required with their approvals providing an end-to-end view for their approvers

**Primary skills**:
Customer engagement

Requirement for client facing skills will vary with an entry-level Solution Lead being required past client-facing experience to a senior Solution Leads having executive client-facing experience

Strong presentational and communication skills; ability to lead / anchor client conversations; ability to pitch at right depth to different internal/external audiences

Ability to articulate value, benefits, storyline to client

Leadership of the solution team on deal; ability to coach, steer,

challenge, guide - support in case of challenges or if tower lead is struggling

Strong team leader to manage and coach team through tough deadlines

Stakeholder management, engagement and socialisation; Senior solution leads have strong skills in handling organisational conflict across various parts of Capgemini (i.e. GBLs, BUs)

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