Strategic Pre‑Sales Solutions Architect

Why WWT? At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

With over 14,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

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What will you be doing? The Technical Solutions Leader - Pre-Sales (Applications) will drive application-led solutioning, customer engagement, and deal strategy across key accounts. This role serves as the bridge between business needs, application architecture, and sales execution, enabling differentiated, outcome-driven solutions for clients.

Duties include:

• Lead end-to-end technical pre-sales engagement for application-led opportunities, partnering with sales teams to shape and qualify opportunities, define win strategies, and drive deal closure.
• Translate customer business challenges into scalable, value-driven application solutions. Own solution positioning, technical narratives, and value articulation.
• Define high-level architecture for application modernization, cloud-native development, integration and API strategies, and data and AI-enabled applications.
• Ensure solutions align with customer enterprise architecture and long-term strategy. Guide teams on best practices across microservices, Dev Ops, and platform engineering.
• Engage with CIO, CTO, and business stakeholders as a trusted advisor. Lead discovery workshops, solution presentations, and executive briefings to articulate business value, ROI, and transformation roadmaps.
• Build and lead a high-performing pre-sales solutions team. Mentor solution architects and engineers and establish reusable assets, accelerators, and solution frameworks.
• Drive knowledge sharing and continuous capability development across the team.
• Lead solutioning for large, complex deals including RFPs, RFIs, and proactive pursuits. Own solution quality, risk mitigation, and technical compliance.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure seamless transition from pre-sales to execution.
• Stay ahead of trends in application modernization, AI/GenAI, observability, and platform engineering. Develop industry-relevant solutions and points of view, and contribute to go-to-market strategies and offerings.
• Travel is anticipated based on assigned accounts and regions.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of experience in application development/architecture and technical pre-sales or solution consulting
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale deals…