Solution Lead Cloud

about the role

We are looking for talents and professionals that have a technology background, are willing to develop their financial and business skills, and have ideally worked already in a customer environment for the role of a Solution Lead Cloud (SL)

The SL is assigned to specific clients and/or bids, where Orange provides complex and customized solutions. The SL does have an end to end view and accountability over Pre-Sales and Post-Sales technical activities. The SL has a functional manager role when multiple technical resources are involved.

During the Pre-Sales phase, the SL owns the solution end to end including the service wrap. The SL ensures the coherence of the technical answer provided to the client. The SL is the technology strategist and advisor of the bid.

During the lifecycle of the contract, the SL is overall accountable for the delivery of the technical solution according to the contract and is the advocate of the clients technical expectations. The SL owns the architecture governance and the customer innovation board.

A key objective of the SL is to financially optimize the technical solution proposed to the client and to deliver the agreed scope according to or better than the business case.

The SL is customer facing and is also building and fostering the technical relationship with external vendors/partners. The SL is incentivized on expanding the Orange Business Scope within the client.

Key accountabilities:

• To become the trusted advisor for their customers
• To build credibility with partners and client stakeholders
• To lead and position innovation with an assigned customer
• To align technology solutions to customer operational and business requirements

about you

If you bring the following skills and experience you are the ideal candidate for this position:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a client facing position
• Interest in building client relationships at all levels
• Passion for driving and positioning a technical solution to address customer needs
• Excellent knowledge of Cloud Architectures
• Good understanding of Cloud Transformation strategies
• Hypervisor certifications are a plus
• General understanding of sovereignty concept
• Strong interest in working in geographically distributed teams
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Ability to innovate and finding improved ways of doing things
• Excellent German and English in verbal and written communication
• Ability to translate technology to business and operations benefits
• Degree in business, IT, or equivalent experience with a strong commitment on self-development
• Strong technical background combined with financial and commercial understanding

department

Orange Business International

Orange Business is a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business. Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.