Business Development Strategy Director

What success looks like in this role:

Client Engagement & Business Development

• Engage senior client stakeholders (CIO, CFO, COO, CHRO, EUX leaders) as a strategic advisor to understand business priorities, challenges, and desired outcomes
• Lead executive briefings, discovery sessions, and client workshops to shape demand and influence buying vision
• Position Unisys Digital Workplace Solutions through value‑focused narratives grounded in credible solution architecture experience that align technology capabilities to measurable business outcomes
• Drive prospecting and early opportunity development in partnership with Sales and account teams
• Act as an evangelist for Unisys DWS strategy, vision, and market differentiation

Sales Partnership & Opportunity Shaping

• Partner closely with Sales to qualify opportunities, define pursuit strategy, and establish clear win themes
• Support client‑facing presentations, account planning activities, and targeted prospecting campaigns
• Shape opportunity scope, architectural intent, assumptions, and value propositions prior to formal solution build and pricing activities
• Contribute selectively to RFIs and early proposal stages, emphasizing strategy, vision, differentiation, and business value
• Ensure well‑defined architectural context and strategic intent are handed off to Presales Architecture and solution teams

Cross‑Functional Liaison & GTM Alignment

• Serve as the primary liaison between DWS Solution Development, Solution Management, Presales Architecture, and GTM teams
• Translate client needs, market signals, and competitive insights into actionable input for solution roadmap, packaging, and offering evolution
• Ensure early‑stage client strategy and buying intent are clearly understood and reflected in downstream solution design and GTM messaging
• Facilitate alignment across teams to reduce friction, rework, and disconnects between strategy, solution architecture, and market execution
• Provide feedback loops to ensure GTM narratives, value propositions, and offerings remain market‑relevant and execution‑ready

Strategy, Thought Leadership & Market Positioning

• Provide thought leadership on Digital Workplace trends, transformation strategies, and outsourcing models
• Translate complex architectural and technical concepts into clear, executive‑level business value messages
• Develop and deliver strategic collateral such as points of view, executive briefs, and vision presentations
• Maintain awareness of market trends, competitive landscape, and analyst perspectives
• Feed client and market insights back into DWS portfolio, offering evolution, and go‑to‑market strategy

Solution Direction & Architectural Context

• Leverage prior senior Digital Workplace Solution Architect experience to guide high‑level solution direction and architectural framing
• Translate client business drivers into solution intent, design principles, and architectural guardrails
• Collaborate closely with Presales Architects to ensure continuity from early strategy through solution development
• Support early identification of delivery considerations, risks, and dependencies without owning detailed design, staffing models, or pricing
• Maintain credibility across core workplace services including Service Desk, End User Experience, Endpoint, Collaboration, and Mobility

You will be successful in this role if you have:

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in client‑facing roles within IT services, managed services, or digital workplace environments
• Prior experience as a Senior Digital Workplace Solution Architect, Presales Architect, or equivalent role supporting large‑scale workplace outsourcing or transformation engagements
• Demonstrated success in consultative selling, business development, and executive‑level client engagement
• Strong understanding of Digital Workplace Services, solution architecture, and large‑scale outsourcing models
• Proven ability to influence early buying decisions and shape opportunities prior to formal procurement
• Experience operating across product, solution development, presales architecture, and GTM teams to align strategy, offerings, and market execution
• Ability to articulate high‑level solution concepts and architectural intent without defaulting to low‑level technical design or cost modeling
• Exceptional written, verbal, and executive presentation skills
• Self‑directed, pragmatic, and comfortable operating in ambiguous, early‑stage sales environments

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Work Location & Travel

• Work Location: Virtual / Remote
• Travel: 50%, primarily for client‑facing meetings, workshops, and business development activities

Success Measures

Success in this role is demonstrated by:

• Strong pipeline development driven by high‑quality, well‑shaped opportunities
• Establishment of trusted executive relationships with prospective and existing clients
• Clear strategic and architectural positioning that improves pursuit effectiveness and win rates
• Effective alignment and collaboration across GTM, Solution Management, Solution Development, and Presales Architecture
• Improved consistency between client strategy, solution direction, and market‑facing narratives

This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology.  Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

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