Grade: 11
Responsibilities:
Architectural Leadership & Strategy
Define and own the solution architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices for contact center and CX solutions. This is in addition to new IT wide solutions that need to follow architecture practices and methodologies.
Ensure architectural consistency, quality, and compliance across all proposed solutions.
Drive long-term architectural roadmap alignment with business strategy and market trends.
Act as the final technical authority for complex or strategic solution designs.
Presales Leadership & BIDs/RFPs
Lead the technical presales function for strategic opportunities, including large-scale BIDs, RFPs, and RFIs.
Oversee solution design, technical proposals, architecture diagrams, and compliance matrices.
Ensure all proposed solutions balance customer requirements, technical feasibility, delivery readiness, and commercial viability.
Support pricing strategies by aligning architectural scope, assumptions, and dependencies with commercial models.
Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
Serve as the senior technical point of contact for key customers, executive stakeholders, and partners.
Lead technical workshops, architecture deep dives, and solution validation sessions with customers.
Build long-term trusted advisor relationships by providing consultative, business-aligned technical guidance.
Team Leadership & Capability Development
Lead, mentor, and develop the Solutions Architecture team, including Solutions Architects and junior architects.
Define roles, responsibilities, and development plans for architecture resources.
Conduct technical reviews, design validations, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
Foster a culture of architectural excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Governance, Quality & Risk Management
Ensure solutions are designed with scalability, security, reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness in mind.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and constraints early in the solutioning process and define mitigation strategies.
Ensure compliance with internal IT policies, security standards, and industry best practices.
Knowledge Management & Market Awareness
Oversee the creation and maintenance of presales technical collateral, reference architectures, whitepapers, and best-practice guides.
Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor offerings in the contact center and CX space.