Senior Presales Architect: AI, Data & Telecom Solutions

Innovation Team

Saudi Arabia

On-site

SAR 350,000 - 500,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Innovation Team is seeking a Senior Presales Solutions Architect in Saudi Arabia to lead the technical presales lifecycle for digital solutions, AI, data analytics and telecom platforms. You will translate business requirements into scalable architectures, guide Go/No-Go decisions and coordinate with sales, delivery, and partners to ensure winning proposals.

The role requires deep experience in enterprise architectures, API-first microservices, cloud/on-prem hybrid deployments, and strong

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, data science, AI or related field
A master's degree is preferred
Minimum of eight years in software engineering, solution architecture, digital solutions, AI, data or BI
Minimum of four years in technical presales, solution consulting, enterprise architecture or proposal management
Minimum of three years with telecom operators or telecom solutions
Proven experience in responding to enterprise, government and telecom RFPs/RFIs/tenders
Experience designing and presenting complex enterprise and telecom solutions
Experience working with vendors, SI’s and multidisciplinary delivery teams
Experience in customer-facing technical roles and executive-level presentations

Responsibilities

Lead presales seasonal lifecycle for opportunities involving digital solutions and telecoms
Review customer opportunities, RFPs, RFIs and business requirements
Assess opportunities from technical, delivery, resource and commercial perspectives
Provide clear technical recommendations and Go/No-Go inputs
Identify information gaps, risks and dependencies
Develop presales response plans, technical workstreams and submission timelines
Coordinate with sales, PMO, delivery, finance, legal and partners
Ensure solution designs align with capabilities, technologies and strategic vision
Define reusable components and services
Design end-to-end digital solution architectures covering portals, apps, data and security
Define availability, performance, scalability and disaster-recovery requirements
Design microservices-based architectures with API-first and event-driven patterns
Define API governance, security and lifecycle-management practices
Address data, BI, AI and telecom integration considerations
Lead technical proposal development and demonstrations
Prepare architecture visuals and demonstrations for telecom customers
Mentor and handover to delivery post-contract
Maintain reusable assets and templates