Pre Sales Architect

Role Overview

The Pre Sales Architect will play a pivotal role in shaping and defining managed service solutions for new and existing customers across private and public sector markets. This role will suit an individual with broad experience across multiple service towers commonly delivered within a managed service contract, combined with deep subject matter expertise in one or more tower areas.

What You Will Do

The Pre Sales Architect will lead the development of integrated managed service solutions and will be accountable for ensuring that proposed services are aligned to customer requirements, operationally deliverable, and commercially sound.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate will bring broad managed services experience, including at least five years in a pre-sales, solution architecture, or service design role, together with a proven track record of shaping and winning complex multi tower opportunities.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in a pre-sales, solution architecture, or service design role within a managed services environment
• Broad understanding of service towers typically delivered within managed service contracts, with deep expertise in one or more tower areas
• Experience of acting as Solution Owner on complex opportunities, taking cross tower accountability for solution coherence, delivery viability, and commercial alignment
• Adept at using AI and large language models to support the end to end Pre Sales lifecycle
• Strong commercial awareness, including experience of solution costing, pricing inputs, commercial risk assessment, and pricing to win considerations
• Experience of supporting formal bid and procurement responses, including RFI, RFP, and ITT submissions
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage confidently with both technical and executive audiences
• Ability to lead virtual and cross functional teams, coordinate specialist inputs, and drive solutions through to a successful conclusion

Benefits

• Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching
• Flexible/remote working
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more
• Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives