Senior Customer Solutions Architect

TERADATA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data solutions company in Singapore is seeking a Customer Solution Architect to engage customers and drive the adoption of innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in cloud technologies and a keen interest in data analytics. Responsibilities include establishing trusted relationships, promoting Teradata solutions, and leading technical discovery efforts. This role offers an opportunity to shape customer engagement strategies and ensure long-term success.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to create and maintain trusted relationships.
• Experience in promoting analytic solutions for large enterprises.
• Strong interest in AI/ML trends.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain trusted relationships with customers.
• Champion adoption of Teradata's technical differentiators.
• Lead technical discovery and solution design.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Understanding of data and analytic solutions

Experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

Job description

Overview

The Customer Solution Architect (CSA) is a strategic, customer-facing technical leader responsible for retaining and expanding Teradata ecosystems through technical engagement, advocacy, and opportunity progression. The CSA blends deep technical acumen in data architecture, analytics, AI, and cloud platforms with strong customer relationship skills to influence adoption, showcase value, and drive innovation.

As a trusted advisor, the CSA proactively engages customers to understand their business and technical landscapes, mitigate risks, and uncover growth opportunities. The role supports both pre- and post-sales motions, with a strong emphasis on maximizing platform utilization, identifying technical differentiators, and advancing ARR through technical progression.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Advocacy and Relationship Leadership

• Establish and maintain trusted relationships across customer organizations from technical leads to executive sponsors.
• Act as a prescriptive advisor, enabling early-warning systems and remediation plans to maintain or improve account health.
• Relay customer feedback, technical blockers, and solution gaps internally to influence product direction and ensure timely responses.
• Demonstrate value realization of Teradata solutions through ongoing customer engagement and success planning.

Adoption and Innovation

• Champion adoption by highlighting Teradata’s technical differentiators and underutilized capabilities.
• Educate customers on emerging trends, industry benchmarks, and new Teradata capabilities through technical briefings, innovation days, and workshops.
• Develop and deliver reusable technical collateral, POVs, and hands-on engagements (e.g., VHOEs) tailored to customer needs.
• Collaborate with customers to identify net-new use cases and align the Teradata platform with long-term strategies.

Technical Opportunity Progression

• Lead technical discovery, solution design, and scoping to advance identified growth opportunities that lead to an increase in ARR.
• Create and maintain a “Technical Vision for Success” specific to each account, mapping current-state and future-state architectures.
• Secure entitlements, validate platform readiness, and align cloud provisioning (e.g., SITEIDs, VPC, network requirements).
• Support quoting, ordering, proposal development, and stakeholder communication across internal teams and the customer.
• Execute high-value, cost-effective sales motions such as demos, benchmarks, and PoCs to de-risk opportunity progression.

Technical Influence and Execution

• Develop trusted technical leadership through thought leadership, proactive ownership, and field-proven credibility.
• Influence customer architecture strategy to include Teradata Vantage through modern data and analytics blueprints.
• Align technical execution with account team strategy and customer success goals, ensuring long-term platform expansion.
• Remain continuously educated on Teradata’s full portfolio and adjacent technologies to guide complex customer conversations.

Required Skills and Experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Possess a keen interest and understanding of developments in data and analytic solutions including emerging AI/ML trends.
• Experience in promoting analytic solutions for large enterprises in either a pre-sales or delivery role.
• Must have experience with Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.