Service Solution Architect

London, England, United Kingdom

12/6/2024

Job Description

Who are we?

CSS Service Solution Architects (SSAs) are enhanced support and managed services presales subject matter experts. CSS SSAs work closely with the CSS sales teams during sales opportunities, interacting at senior levels within existing and new Oracle customers.

Using their deep experience of IT support and managed services to capture customer requirements, fully explore all potential options and build compelling service propositions.

The SSAs are key to helping Oracle’s customers to maximize their Oracle Cloud (covering both OCI and SaaS), on-premise and hybrid investment, to innovate faster and accelerate their business success.

The SSAs will be focused on service solutions for the Oracle technologies, including leading edge and complex custom requirements.

In addition to broad-based experience of IT services and technologies, each individual SSA typically has a deep expertise in specific services or technology area, and acts as the subject-matter lead in those areas within the team.

The CSS SSAs should have experience of delivering complete service commercial propositions with regard to pricing, approvals, legal and contracting.

All CSS SSAs have extremely strong customer facing presentation and interaction skills ( including active listening), are capable of engaging at senior management and C-level and articulating service and technology solutions in terms of business value and risk.

Career Level - IC4

Responsibilities

RESPONSBILITIES:

• To identify, foster and define Oracle CSS services solutions for specific customer opportunities and assist in the sale alongside the CSS sales representative
• Work with the customer, CSS management and wider Oracle account teams to:
• Understand the customer’s business and IT strategic requirements and identify large scale CSS opportunities to assist the customer achieve its strategic goals
• Gather and assess customer needs, both business and technical and translates these into CSS service solutions
• Build and lead virtual teams associated with these large scale opportunities
• Effectively communicate with customers to be able to articulate both the high level principles and detail of all service components in a proposed customer solution
• Build customer loyalty through achieving a trusted advisor relationship
• Work proactively to build and leverage an effective and extensive network across Oracle lines of business – be seen, respected and in demand across Oracle as a high value asset and an SME in service solutions
• Collaborate effectively internally and externally to ensure effective service solution design and development
• Drive compelling proposals, presentations, and other customer and internal communications and discussions during opportunities
• Drive service solution costing & pricing associated with specific opportunities and ensure that service solutions proposed are appropriately shaped to meet the commercial and contracting requirement of Oracle
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the IT services competitive marketplace
• Work with disparate groups including, but not limited to, sales, delivery, customers, risk management, business development, contracts, commercial, product management
• Work with CSS delivery throughout the sales cycle to ensure a smooth transition from sales to delivery
• Navigate Oracle internal tools and processes to effectively participate and enable CSS sales
• Transfers knowledge to other participant roles on the deal, account teams, delivery and across the CSS Service Solution Architect community
  
  

EXPERIENCE:

CSS SSAs has 10+ years of experience in relevant IT services, across a wide range of technologies and customer sectors.

A typical experience profile for successful individuals in this role would include most if not all of the following:

• 10+ years of IT services, including significant direct experience of services roles within external IT services providers
• Broad understanding of typical enterprise applications and IT infrastructures including public and on-premises cloud, including but not limited to Oracle technologies
• Experience of working in a services presales role within an IT services provider
• General experience in IT services, service operations and service management, including managed services/outsourcing
• IT project and programme management experience, including transformation, migration and solution deployment projects
• Commercial and contract management, including construction and negotiation of pricing and custom contracting for complex service offers
• Sales and complex deal negotiation
• Architecting, implementing and delivering complex service solutions for a range of mission critical IT environments
• Consulting and trusted-advisor roles within major customer organisations in relation to IT services
• Proven ability to construct and deliver compelling presentations and propositions audiences
• Driving multiple IT services bids in parallel
  
  
  

About Us

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