Enterprise Architect for Telco, Service Providers and Digital Native Companies - Responsable Avant Vente Architecte H/F

Enterprise Architect for Telco, Service Providers and Digital Native Companies - Responsable Avant Vente Architecte H/F

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Responsible for architecting solutions that will achieve customer business outcomes across the broader company portfolio (IA, Hybrid Cloud, Networking) in combination with all necessary third-party components (e.g. software and integration).

Accountable for shaping long-term technology evolution, being a trusted advisor to the key decision makers, and securing that HPE is perceived as a preferred partner with end-to-end solutions that provide customer value.

The role requires strong business & technology acumen, deep pre-sales experience in complex Infrastructure and Software environments, and the ability to operate and influence at C-level internally and with customers.

Responsibilities:

• •Demonstrates unique mastery within the company in one or more solution domains as well as the customer's technical and business environment.
• •Orchestrates the design of complex proposals to deliver and communicate tangible business value to customers.
• •Mitigates risk to the company by managing both customer and company stakeholder expectations.
• •Critical review proposal, applies market intelligence and thought leadership to translate the functional view into a technical view, enhancing proposed workload-optimized solutions.
• •Provides input to all global business units to address key end-customer IT trends, requirements, gaps, or unmet needs.
• •Leads the team to develop and present high-level, unique, and imaginative outcome-based solutions to customer business challenges, translating the business needs of the customer into a functional solution design aligned to those needs.
• •Communicates HPE’s end solution value propositions in the language of the customer and demonstrates how the proposition aligns to business outcomes and customer needs.
• •Develops and maintains adjacent technology knowledge, along with in-depth knowledge of current and emerging technologies and trends.
• •Contributes to the industry for one or more domains with an active presence at conferences (content support/presentations, demos, booth support), social media, business events, etc.
• •Monitors changing competitive landscape (emerging competitors, start-ups etc.).
• •Drives the Account Business Planning process, leverage knowledge of industry trends and the customer’s technical environment.
• •Facilitates and leads deep-dive discussions with the client and accounts teams to build customer relationships, understand business needs, evaluate the customer's ecosystem and advocate and present technical strategies for a customer's transformation.
• •Identifies acceptable technical solution trade-offs, risks, and suggests possible remediation.
• •Drives collaboration among internal account teams, sets direction, provides guidance, and engages the full portfolio of partners to build effective solution strategies aligned to customer's technical and business challenges.
• •Successfully transfers knowledge to external partners to deliver an effective solution to the customer.
• •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.
• •Engages with and builds consultative presence and advisory influence with VPs, CxO, and line-of-business (LOB) management and customer thought leaders.
• •Anticipates customer needs and proactively engages partners and resources to design innovative solutions and generate customer demand.
• •Proactively shares knowledge with peers and actively helps develop knowledge and expertise within the Presales community.

Education and Experience:

• •Advanced degree in technology or related field preferred, or equivalent technical qualifications
• •12+ years of technical experience in IT with a focus on technical consulting and solution selling;
• •2+ Industry standard relevant technology certifications or equivalent experience expected.
• •Enterprise architecture frameworks and project management methodologies and certifications are helpful, but not required.

Knowledge and Skills:

• •Unique mastery and experience leading solution configurations and overall architecture design to meet customer requirements.
• •Mastery of executive-level written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, including active listening and storytelling, with ability to communicate in English and applicable local languages as need to perform job requirements.
• •Demonstrates unique mastery of discussion and persuasion skills used to support company point-of-view, while respectfully questioning and challenging proposed solutions.
• •Unique mastery of financial and business acumen- sales cycle, funnel management, reporting, ability to influence, business strategy linkage - including typical KPIs important to CxOs; knowledgeable about TCO/ROI concepts and calculations, financial models, and understand how customers generate revenue.
• •Unique mastery of consultative and value selling skills, advisory influence, and executive gravitas, including presenting, white boarding, storytelling, objection-handling, and closing skills.
• •Strong resource management skills, including how and when to effectively engage SMEs/specialists.
• •Unique mastery of and understanding of company’s preferred go-to-market strategy, global context, coverage options relative to partners and has expert knowledge of partner offerings, along with how/when to leverage them for deals within area of specialization.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here .

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

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Personal & Professional Development

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