Solution Architect Director
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The Director, Solution Architecture - EMEA is accountable for leading the pre-sales solution architecture function within the EMEA Services organization. This role owns the technical pre-sales engagement model and leads a distributed team of Solution Architects and Senior Consultants who partner closely with Sales to shape, scope, and win complex services and solutions opportunities. The Director ensures high-quality client engagement across the full pre-sales lifecycle-including discovery, demonstrations, technical workshops, solution design, scoping, and proposal development-while continuously improving effectiveness, consistency, and business impact across the region. The scope of pre-sales covers all solutions commercialized by Graitec, including proprietary intellectual property as well as partner portfolios. As a Platinum Autodesk Partner, a significant portion of activity relates to Autodesk solutions, with a strong and growing emphasis on cloud-based offerings., Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 5-15 Solution Architects across EMEA, with primary concentration in the UK, France, Germany, and Spain
- Build a high-performing, collaborative, and client-focused pre-sales culture across geographies
- Drive capability development in solution design, storytelling, client communication, and value articulation
Pre-Sales Excellence & Sales Partnership
- Own the end-to-end pre-sales engagement model for Services in EMEA
- Act as a senior technical and solution authority in strategic and complex opportunities
- Partner closely with Graitec Account Managers to support opportunity qualification, solution strategy, and deal execution
- Ensure consistent, high-quality scoping, technical approaches, and proposals across the region
Portfolio & Industry Expertise
- Oversee pre-sales support for services ranging from training and support to large-scale, multi-country implementation programs
- Ensure strong alignment with Graitec's solutions portfolio and Autodesk's evolving roadmap, particularly cloud and platform-based offerings
- Apply deep understanding of the AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction) industry and its extended manufacturing value chain
Continuous Improvement & Operational Effectiveness
- Continuously improve pre-sales performance and efficiency, with a focus on:
- Increased win rates
- Stronger client impact and engagement quality
- More differentiated, outcome-oriented service proposals
- Evolve pre-sales processes to enable seamless execution, scalability, and sales satisfaction
- Define and track relevant KPIs to measure performance, quality, and business impact
Stakeholder Alignment
- Report to the VP EMEA Services and collaborate closely with the Head of Solution Architecture - North America to ensure global alignment and best-practice sharing
Requirements
Do you have experience in Solution architecture?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Proven experience leading pre-sales or solution architecture teams within a services or solutions organization
- Strong background as a senior consultant, solution architect, or pre-sales leader in complex, enterprise environments
- Demonstrated experience working across multiple EMEA markets, ideally including the UK, France, Germany, and Spain
- Understanding of the AEC industry and related manufacturing ecosystems
- Hands-on experience with Autodesk solutions, with strong familiarity with cloud-based and platform offerings is a plus
- Strong sales acumen and credibility in client-facing, executive-level engagements
- Track record of driving continuous improvement, process maturity, and skills development in expert teams, * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Master's degree (MBA, Engineering, Technology, or related discipline) is strongly preferred
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, consulting, or technical pre-sales roles, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership capacity
- Proven experience leading and developing distributed, multi-country teams (ideally across EMEA)
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including exposure to revenue forecasting, margin management, and services profitability
- Demonstrated ability to align technical strategy with business objectives and sales performance targets
- Experience defining and implementing governance models, pre-sales frameworks, and solution qualification standards
- Track record of driving continuous improvement, operational maturity, and organizational transformation
- Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels - setting vision while remaining close to execution
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and C-level decision-makers
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Delivery, Product, and Executive Leadership teams
- Experience mentoring senior consultants/architects and building capability development programs
- Willingness and ability to travel across EMEA as required