Presales Solution Architect
Your day to day:
Take a consultative lead in the technical design and delivery of Vodafone’s managed connectivity and IoT solutions to enterprise customers.
This is a customer-facing role that combines technical expertise, leadership, and business acumen to drive innovative IoT solutions across various industries.
With these activities you will have a great impact on our business:
Technical Leadership:
- Lead and manage a team of Solution Engineers to design and deliver connectivity solutions for diverse applications and industries.
- Provide technical guidance to regional Technical Sales Leads during pre-sales and qualification activities.
Solution Design:
- Assess technical complexity and feasibility of IoT solutions on Vodafone’s platforms and networks (Global and Regional).
- Produce clear and concise technical documentation, including RFI/RFP responses, and achieve customer technical solution approval.
Project Delivery:
- Drive the end-to-end solution lifecycle, from pre-sales consultation and RFP/bid processes to implementation, deployment, and customer sign-off.
- Support customers during deployments, testing, in-life feature updates, and technical change requests.
Collaboration:
- Work closely with internal delivery teams to ensure timely solution design and testing completion.
- Act as the technical point of contact, liaising with customers and internal teams to meet project goals.
With these skills you are a great candidate:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Expertise in cellular 3GPP/LPWAN/satellite radio technologies and IoT radio coverage requirements.
- Strong knowledge of data communication, networking, software applications, and IT systems.
- Proven track record in technical pre-sales and solution delivery roles.
- Ability to build and maintain customer relationships at the Director level.
- Exceptional communication and decision-making skills, balancing technical and business priorities.
- Hands-on knowledge of the IoT market and its applications.
- Experience in managing complex technological change.
- Cultural awareness and ability to work effectively in an international environment.
Sounds like the perfect job? We’ve got even more to offer:
- Hybrid way of working
- Medical and dental services
- Life and hospitalization insurance
- Dedicated employee phone subscription
- Take control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: MEAL TICKETS/ PRIVATE PENSION/ VACATION VOUCHERS/ CULTURAL VOUCHERS within the budget.
- Special discounts for gyms and retailers
- Annual Company Bonus
- Loyalty Programme
- Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills
- You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology
- Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company
- We let you write your own story by planning vacations: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 days off.
- Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave
Who we are
You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.
As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.
Together we can.