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Capgemini

Global consulting, technology services, outsourcing

Lead Pre-Sales Solutioner - Sales Engineer

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringUpdated on Nov 14
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in sales engineering, technical pre-sales, technical solutions management, enterprise solution architecture, or solution-selling in cloud, infrastructure, outsourcing, project-based, and managed services environments.
  • Demonstrated success participating in or leading complex single- or multi-tower CIS pursuits from qualification through closure.
  • Strong knowledge of hyperscalers, hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, infrastructure transformation and modernization, managed services and infrastructure outsourcing operating models, use of artificial intelligence in infrastructure and workplace services operations, cybersecurity, enterprise service management, workplace services, and service integration concepts.
  • Ability to engage credibly in architecture-level and operational discussions with client stakeholders and internal delivery teams.
  • Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Comfort working in a matrixed, global organization across multiple sales, delivery, and portfolio stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical sales strategy for CIS opportunities from advanced qualification through proposal, negotiation support, and close.
  • Shape competitive, differentiated solutions that align to client business outcomes, transformation priorities, and commercial constraints.
  • Act as a primary CIS solutioning lead in pursuits, helping convert sourced opportunities into winnable, executable deals in front of clients.
  • Support deal capture planning, win themes, solution strategy, and value articulation across the pursuit lifecycle.
  • Design end-to-end solutions spanning one or more CIS service lines: Data Center Transformation and Infrastructure Services, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Workplace Services, Enterprise Service Management, and SAP/COTA App Hosting.
  • Ensure solutions are technically credible, feasible to deliver, scalable, operationally sound, and financially responsible while meeting clients’ business case and return-on-investment needs.
  • Work across towers and subject matter experts to integrate service lines into one coherent client proposition.
  • Meet with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, VPs of infrastructure, operations, and transformation stakeholders to understand business drivers, pain points, constraints, and desired outcomes.
  • Translate technical architectures into business value, executive narratives, and clear solution options for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Lead workshops, whiteboarding sessions, solution reviews, and technical presentations that build client confidence and advance deals.
  • Contribute to solution economics, pricing inputs, effort assumptions, commercial risk identification, and margin-aware design decisions.
  • Balance competitiveness, value creation, delivery integrity, and contribution margin in proposed solutions.
  • Help improve close rates by ensuring solutions are technically strong, commercially viable, and easy for clients to buy.
  • Work closely with business-unit sales professionals, client partners, group client partners, generalist sales teams, delivery leaders, architects, portfolio leaders, alliance partners, and subject matter experts to advance deals.
  • Bring CIS portfolio expertise into opportunities originated elsewhere in the field without duplicating origination ownership.
  • Ensure alignment between what is sold, what is proposed, and what can be delivered successfully.
  • Act as a visible evangelist for the CIS portfolio in client discussions, internal account planning, strategic pursuits, client workshops, and industry-facing sessions.
  • Bring thought leadership, market insight, and technical credibility that positions Capgemini as a strategic transformation partner.
  • Reuse and improve solution assets, patterns, collateral, and best practices to increase quality and speed across the team.
  • Support qualification, technical validation, solution review, proposal quality, documentation, and forecast discipline.
  • Help support strong customer relationship management and pipeline hygiene and provide accurate inputs to deal reviews and forecasting processes.
  • Use data, judgment, and structured governance to improve win probability, reduce solution risk, and accelerate cycle time.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in delivery or transition of cloud, infrastructure, workplace, cybersecurity, and managed services solutions.
  • Experience supporting large outsourcing, transformation, or multi-service-line deals.
  • Familiarity with Capgemini-style integrated solutioning across Cloud Engineering, Adaptive Cloud Operations, Cybersecurity, enterprise service management, service integration and management, Digital Workplace Services, and SAP/App hosting.
  • Experience with proposal leadership, executive presentations, risk assessment, pricing support, and solution governance.
  • Hyperscaler or relevant industry certifications.

About the Company

Capgemini

Global consulting, technology services, outsourcing

Capgemini provides consulting, technology services, and outsourcing to help organizations transform digitally. Its offerings include strategy and transformation consulting, system integration, application development, IT infrastructure management, and managed IT operations. It differentiates itself with a global presence in over 50 countries and a focus on applying AI, cloud, and cybersecurity to real business problems. Its goal is to help clients navigate digital transformation and improve efficiency and innovation through tailored, contract-based or managed services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1967

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