Presales

• Lead and design solutions for complex testing problems by driving the requirements discussions with existing customers
• Conceptualize, design, develop and present the proposed solution; ensuring an integrated end-to-end testing solution is delivered 'right first time'
• Responsible for end to end pre-sales pursuit management in coordination with cross functional teams such as sales, delivery, horizontals, networking, marketing and process teams in global delivery model for the existing accounts
• Stay up to speed on process, practice and technology developments to ensure they enhance the solutions applied to the testing problems
• Act as a technical liaison between prospects, clients, quality engineering teams and management
• Engage with the customer build professional relationship; participate in teleconferences; lead customer workshops and presentations
• Mentor and train team members on domain and technology, help resolve any technical issues
• Travel to customer location across the geography to participate in proposal / RFP / SOW defense discussions and presentations
• Lead continuous improvement activities through contribution to technology repositories, supporting process change, leading transformational changes and driving re-use

Good to have Skills / Experience

• 14-18 years proven experience as a Solution Architect on large-scale testing accounts
• Experience as a Solution Architect or senior SME leading the development of solutions for testing complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers.
• Awareness of testing approaches, practices, techniques and methodologies to help design the overall testing solution
• Ability to have conversation with client (key stakeholders or key technologist at client). Ability to drive the discussion and arrive at conclusion
• The ability to see the big picture and manage multiple threads at the same time
• Well-versed in continuous integration, continuous delivery and continuous testing
• Understand and plan for commercial aspects and impact on winnability and deliverability of the solution
• In depth knowledge of one or more technical specializations including - quality engineering, release management, test environment management, test automation, test data management, testing approaches and test execution, performance engineering, development operations.
• Experience with all SDLC (Agile, Scaled Agile, DevOps) and engagement models
• Strong stakeholder relationship management and the confidence to initiate and influence relationships with and between key stakeholders
• Know the art of negotiation, persuasion and deal management