Presales Solution Architect Technology & AI

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can Make Your Moment  so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

As Solution Architect Technology & AI, you will be expected to work alongside the Sales teams and the Business Architects. As the foremost technical ambassador for IFS’ AI and technology platform within the UKI Market Unit, you will act as a critical bridge between innovation, customer value realization, and our customers’ IT Teams.

Your role is to explain the workings and value of the IFS Platform, Technology and AI offering to customers, partners, and colleagues and to advocate IFS’s commitment to delivering intelligent, data-driven solutions by leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, data platforms, automation, and other advanced technologies.

A key mission is to position IFS as a technology thought leader and trusted advisor, driving the adoption of IFS.ai and all AI-powered innovations across our six industry verticals. Your customer facing IFS presentations will ensure the understanding and delivery of the value and technical solution customers expect. Expectations for Solution Architect Technology & AI are as follows:

• Expert knowledge of specific IFS technologies, products, industries and services for your area’s expertise.
• Act as technical advisor for customers, helping them appreciate how IFS technology and AI capabilities solve business problems.
• Participate in internal and customer/prospect facing product presentations and demonstrations.
• Provide answers to technical questions in a Request for Information (RFI) or a Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Contribute with technical qualification of sales opportunities.
• Empower sales, pre-sales, and partner teams through training, collateral, and advisory support related to AI-driven use cases and technology adoption.
• Engage in customer interactions to define technology architecture and innovation roadmaps.
• Ensure the successful delivery of Proof of Value tied to the customers’ success criteria and business initiatives.
• Maintain a high level of knowledge of all products and services including roadmaps and regular liaison with Product Management.
• Use your knowledge of the major customers’ needs to provide and/or propose commercially viable product/solution improvement feedback of large and complex customer requirements – involving senior management where needed
• Work with enterprise…