Senior Enterprise Architect

Job Description

Responsible for architecting solutions that will achieve customer business outcomes either within a specific technical domain, or across the broader company portfolio (hardware, software, services, and as a service offerings) in combination with all necessary third-party components (e.g. software and integration). Develops and articulates compelling, accurate, and relevant proposals and ensures customer's business and technical requirements are met. Can be aligned to a specific area of technical expertise (e.g., products, solutions, services). Provides technical expertise to sales teams and customers (through sales presentations, product/solution demonstrations, etc.) aimed at gaining the customer mindshare within their domain. These jobs focus on technical selling to customers/partners. May be aligned to specific accounts based on business priority.

Job Responsibility

Demonstrates in-depth knowledge in one or more solution domains, company products, services, and solutions as well as the customer’s technical and business environment
Develops compelling customer proposals and critically reviews them, manages the expectations of internal stakeholders and customers, ensuring the meeting of customer’s business and technical requirements are met
Quantifies the impact of the business problem(s), positions business value, identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the overall proposed solution to achieve long-term business objectives
Provides input to all global business units to address IT trends, requirements, gaps, or unmet needs
Translates outcome-based solutions into a functional solution design that aligns to the customers business needs, and then translates that functional design into a technical design and architecture that can be scaled to accommodate growth
Communicates how the solution value propositions addresses customer business needs
Tracks leading-edge and emerging technologies
Contributes to industry development for one or more domains through conferences (content support/presentations, demos, booth support) and industry events, while also monitoring social media
Incorporates an understanding of technology trends within the IT industry, as well as the customer’s industry
Actively gathers and applies competitive intelligence as a critical component of account support
Drives the Account Business Planning process, leveraging knowledge of industry trends and the customer’s technical environment
Participates in deep-dive discussions and partners with the account team to build customer relationships at all levels by advocating and presenting technical strategies for a customer's transformation
Produces in-depth comparative analysis of alternative approaches to meet solution requirements
Develops, configures, and right sizes an optimal workload solution, balancing cost, scope, scale, boundaries, and benefits to deliver superior value and increase the win rate
Leverages deep knowledge of partner products and services and adjusts strategies to leverage the relationship between the service provider/partner and the customer
Successfully transfers knowledge to external partners to deliver effective solutions to customers
Proactively builds the pipeline by identifying opportunities (e.g., enhancements, unmet or unrecognized needs, up-selling, and cross-selling opportunities) within the account
Monitors the account pipeline and nurtures active deals from the opportunity to close
Uses pipeline insights to help prioritize activities in a way that ensures time, and resources are invested wisely in pursuit of deals with the highest potential
Actively participates in sales forecast meetings and provides feedback to accelerate the sales lifecycle
Documents ongoing work (activities, tasks) throughout the sales cycle using specific tools and resources and sharing best practices with peers and partners to collaborate more effectively
Builds strong professional relationships with customer key executives across the business and industry
Proactively shares knowledge with peers and helps develop more junior team members

Requirements

First-level university technical degree or equivalent technical qualifications
Advanced degree in technology preferred
8+ years of technical experience in IT with a focus on technical consulting and solution selling
Knowledge-based as well as 1+ experienced-based relevant industry certifications very strongly preferred
Enterprise architecture frameworks and project management methodologies and certifications are helpful, but not required
Experience selling to Enterprise level accounts required
Must be located within driving distance of the greater Seattle region and have the ability to travel within the Seattle region

Nice to have

Advanced consultative/value selling skills, including, whiteboarding, objection handling, and closing skills to proactively help customers make business decisions
Advanced company business knowledge, technical tools, and standard customer relationship management (CRM) systems and tools
Advanced resource management skills, including how and when to effectively engage SMEs/specialists
Hands on experience with one or more products, solutions, tools, or services aligned to respective job responsibility
Ability to design and develop a playbook for demonstrations or walk throughs of products, solutions, tools, or service
Ability to deliver live demonstrations or walk throughs of products, solutions, tools, or service to customers, partners, and other stakeholders
Advanced project and time management knowledge or experience with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including appropriate due diligence
Advanced knowledge of partner offerings and how/when to leverage them for deals within an area of specialization, understanding of the company's go-to-market strategy
Advanced understanding of Geo application of company’s go-to-market strategy as it relates to partners
has broad knowledge of partner offerings, along with how/when to leverage them for deals
Advanced strategic planning and account planning skills, as well as being an expert at using business and technical tools, and standard customer relationship management (CRM) systems

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