Digital Media Supply Chain

Qvest; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Plan

Corporate Benefits

Employee Events

Company Laptop

Flexible working hours

Hybrid Work

Fresh fruit, beverages and Elbgold咖啡

Job summary

Qvest Engage in Hamburg seeks a Senior Pre-Sales Solution Architect to shape its Digital Media Supply Chain practice. You will lead architecture discussions with CTOs and business owners, translate complex requirements into implementable architectures, and collaborate with sales to turn advisory engagements into delivery projects.

You will combine media technology expertise with commercial judgment, guiding governance, evaluating vendors, and creating AI-first reference architectures.

Qualifications

• Ten years or more in media technology, with architect/senior consultant background.
• Background with broadcaster/streamer/content owner or SI/vendor in architecture/pre-sales.
• Track record of target architectures and build-versus-buy recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture conversations with CTOs and senior stakeholders independently from first meeting.
• Lead advisory engagements: capture requirements, define target architectures, assess build-vs-buy options, and model CAPEX/OPEX.
• Design end-to-end media supply chains across MAM/DAM, orchestration, processing, metadata, rights-aware workflows, and OTT integration.
• Collaborate with sales to shape proposals and define scope for implementation projects.
• Act as design authority, guiding governance and vendor decisions and ensuring smooth handover to delivery.
• Build AI-first reference architectures with Applied AI and partner teams; use AI tools daily.

Skills

Architecture conversations

Pre-sales experience

Stakeholder workshops

AI tools usage

German language

English language

Travel Europe

Tools

MAM/DAM systems

Cloud platforms

Orchestration tools

Job description

Ready to shape the next media supply chain?

Broadcasters, streamers and content owners are rethinking how content moves after production: from ingest and asset management to versioning, localisation, quality control and distribution across linear TV, VOD, OTT and social. Mergers, vendor consolidation and AI are accelerating that change.

At Qvest Engage, we are building our Digital Media Supply Chain (DMSC) practice. As our Senior Pre-Sales Solution Architect, you will help shape it with clients - from the first CTO conversation through advisory and solution design to the start of implementation. You combine media technology expertise with commercial judgement and turn complex requirements into architectures clients can put into practice.

This is what you will be doing with us

• Lead architecture conversations with CTOs, heads of media operations and business owners, independently from the first meeting.
• Lead preliminary studies and advisory engagements: capture requirements, define target architectures, assess build-versus-buy options and evaluate markets and vendors. Develop CAPEX and OPEX models covering three to five years.
• Design end-to-end media supply chains across media and digital asset management (MAM/DAM), orchestration, media processing, metadata and rights-aware workflows, distribution and OTT integration - in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Work with sales to shape proposals, define scope and turn advisory engagements into implementation projects.
• Act as design authority when projects begin, guiding architecture governance and vendor decisions and ensuring a clear handover to delivery.
• Build a reusable, AI-first reference architecture with our Applied AI, delivery and partner colleagues.
• Use AI tools and agents as a natural part of your own and your team’s research, analysis, documentation and solution design.

You have

• Around ten years or more of experience in media technology, including several years as an architect or senior consultant working on content supply chains, MAM or media operations.
• A background with a broadcaster, streamer or content owner; a systems integrator or consultancy; or a media technology vendor in a solution architecture or pre-sales role.
• A track record of defining target architectures and build-versus-buy recommendations that stand up to scrutiny from client leadership and procurement.
• Vendor-neutral judgement across the MAM, orchestration, media processing and distribution landscape.
• The confidence to lead senior stakeholder workshops, present recommendations and negotiate scope.
• Enthusiasm for AI backed by practical results: you use AI tools and agents daily, have changed how a team works with them and can share concrete examples.
• Fluency in German and English, and willingness to travel within Europe

You enjoy turning complex media workflows into clear architectural decisions and want to help build a new practice? We look forward to meeting you.

Nice to have

• Experience in rights management and metadata modelling, linking contracts, rights and assets, managing availability windows and designing rights-aware workflows.
• A background in OTT platforms or video distribution.
• Experience shaping operating models or supporting transformation at a media company.
• French language skills.

Why you’ll enjoy working at Qvest Engage

• Work in a pleasant atmosphere and beautiful location in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel district
• Company Pension Plan
• Corporate Benefits
• A respectful and appreciative culture with eye-to-eye communication
• Employee Events
• Company Laptop
• Flexible work organisation
• Flexible Working Hours
• Fresh fruit, cool drinks, delicious Elbgold coffee and of course great colleagues and a friendly team looking forward to meeting you.
• Hybrid Work

About Qvest Engage

We are solution provider for digital media products and work in an agile company in Hamburg, Germany. We do have an appreciative working atmosphere in which respectful interaction, passion and enthusiasm for our tasks are just as important as the pursuit of excellence.