Senior Pre-Sales Solution Architect, Hybrid Cloud & AI
Lenovo · North Carolina, United States · 1 wk ago
Engineering$170k–$230k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with regional sales teams to support qualified opportunities and strategic accounts.
- Engage directly with enterprise customers to understand business requirements, technical environments, and desired outcomes.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle, from discovery through solution validation.
- Design Hybrid Cloud and AI architectures incorporating infrastructure, cloud, data, and AI technologies.
- Develop solution concepts, architectures, and technical designs aligned to customer needs and Lenovo capabilities.
- Ensure proposed solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, and commercially viable.
- Support proposal development including technical responses, architectures, and solution narratives.
- Participate in customer presentations, technical workshops, and solution reviews.
- Collaborate with delivery and engineering teams to ensure smooth handoff from pre-sales to implementation.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- 7–12 years of experience in pre-sales, solution architecture, technical consulting, or related roles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience with Hybrid Cloud, AI, infrastructure, and enterprise architectures.
- Experience supporting complex enterprise sales engagements.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong technical depth combined with customer-facing and consultative skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Comfortable working across sales, delivery, and product teams.
- Self-directed, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Professional presence with customers and internal stakeholders.