Solutions Architect Senior Manager - Power

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Lead the architecture and technical definition of electrical power infrastructure for complex data center and mission-critical projects.
• Develop end-to-end electrical architectures covering:
• Utility power interfaces
• Medium-voltage distribution
• Low-voltage distribution
• Transformers
• Switchgear
• UPS systems
• Battery energy storage
• Generator systems
• Paralleling systems
• Automatic transfer systems
• Power distribution units
• Remote power panels
• Busway systems
• Rack-level power distribution
• Define scalable and resilient power architectures based on customer capacity, redundancy and availability requirements.
• Lead electrical system sizing and capacity planning.
• Develop electrical conceptual designs and single-line diagrams.
• Determine power distribution paths, equipment architecture and cable distribution concepts.
• Evaluate electrical infrastructure technologies and recommend the optimum architecture for technical performance, resilience, scalability and commercial value.
• Support analysis of electrical efficiency and data center power performance.

Customer Engagement & Solution Pursuit

• Act as the senior power technical authority during strategic customer engagements.
• Engage directly with customer engineering, electrical, facilities and infrastructure teams.
• Lead technical workshops, solution presentations and architecture discussions.
• Understand customer power requirements, identify gaps and recommend optimized infrastructure solutions.
• Challenge traditional architectures where appropriate and introduce alternative solutions that improve availability, efficiency, scalability or total cost of ownership.
• Support strategic pursuits from early opportunity qualification through proposal development and customer presentations.

Solution Development & Proposal Support

• Lead the creation, review and approval of electrical architectures, single-line diagrams, conceptual designs, equipment selection, technical specifications, technical proposals, system sizing documentation and customer presentations.
• Work with estimating and commercial teams to develop BOMs and technically accurate quotations.
• Support cost, margin and commercial analysis.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party electrical infrastructure components where required.
• Ensure proposed solutions comply with relevant local electrical codes, standards and regulatory requirements.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner closely with the Thermal Solutions Architect to develop integrated data center infrastructure solutions.
• Work with Engineering teams to translate customer requirements and conceptual architectures into executable solutions.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to solution architects and engineering teams.
• Support Sales teams with technical training and solution enablement.
• Provide market and customer insights to influence product and solution development.
• Participate in key customer meetings, industry forums, technical seminars and strategic events.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Typically 12–20+ years of progressive experience in electrical power systems, mission-critical infrastructure or data center power architecture.
• Demonstrated experience architecting complex electrical infrastructure solutions.
• Strong expertise in UPS systems, LV/MV distribution, switchgear, transformers, generator systems and mission-critical power architectures.
• Strong understanding of redundancy and availability architectures, including N, N+1 and 2N concepts.
• Experience working directly with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise or telecom customers.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to optimize solutions based on technical and business requirements.
• Excellent customer engagement, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to lead complex technical discussions with senior engineering stakeholders.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

• Experience in a data center OEM, electrical power OEM, EPC, electrical consultancy, hyperscaler or colocation provider.
• Experience in global data center projects.
• Experience in high-density computing and AI data center power requirements.
• Experience integrating conventional power infrastructure with emerging technologies such as battery energy storage and alternative power architectures.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams.