Pre Sales Data Architect
- England
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collaborate with Sales and Data Offering Leads to understand client needs, shape associated strategies, craft tailored data solution narratives, and contribute technical insight to client conversations.
- Provide subject matter expertise during early-stage discussions, workshops, and discovery engagements.
- Participate in qualification, shaping, and scoping of new opportunities.
- Proposal Writing & Solution Design
- Own and contribute to the technical and solution-oriented components of proposals, RFP responses, and client presentations.
- Ensure that proposed data solutions are fit-for-purpose, aligned to relevant strategies and best practices, and clearly communicated.
- Support the creation and refinement of reusable templates, boilerplate content, and accelerators.
- Collaboration with Delivery Teams
- Act as a liaison between pre-sales and delivery to ensure smooth handover of solution context, risks, assumptions, and customer expectations.
- Participate in early-stage delivery activities (e.g., onboarding, kick-off, or workshops) to support continuity and establish trust with the client.
- Maintain visibility on engagements to provide on-going ad-hoc support where necessary.
- Knowledge Management & Continuous Improvement
- Capture lessons learned from pre-sales efforts and delivery outcomes to refine approaches and improve future engagements.
- Contribute to the evolution of the Data Practice by maintaining knowledge and promoting awareness of emerging tools, platforms, and methods in the data space.
- Share knowledge across the organisation through internal communities, collateral, and training support.
- Strategic Mindset
- Contribute to the shaping of Version 1's Data go-to-market strategy by identifying opportunities for growth across technologies, sectors, and partnerships.
- Support the Data Sales Specialist and Data Lead in recognising emerging vendors and strategic plays that align with client needs and Version 1 capabilities.
- Working knowledge of modern data architectures, vendor data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP), and data disciplines (e.g., engineering, data lakes, data warehousing, analytics, data science, machine learning and governance).
- Experience shaping or delivering data solutions in a consultancy, pre-sales, or technical advisory role.
- Knowledge and experience of one or more of the following key data technologies; Azure Fabric, SQL Server, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS Amazon Sagemaker, Oracle or equivalents.
- Proposal & Communication Expertise
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to articulate complex concepts to technical and business audiences.
- Experience of contributing to high-quality proposals and solution narratives in response to client needs.
- Client-Facing Collaboration
- Comfortable interacting directly with clients and internal stakeholders at various levels.
- Ability to understand, interpret, and translate customer requirements into viable solutions and impactful content.
- Teamwork & Handover Agility
- Proven ability to work collaboratively across sales, pre-sales, and delivery teams.
- Skilled at documenting, transferring, and maintaining continuity of solution knowledge across phases of the client journey.
- Initiative & Adaptability
- Self-starter who thrives in a dynamic environment and proactively seeks opportunities to add value.
- Able to juggle multiple priorities, work under pressure, and manage ambiguity in a fast-paced setting.
- Strong Networking
- Skilled in building and maintaining professional relationships with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration and open up new opportunities through proactive engagement within partner ecosystems and industry networks.
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people's individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards & 'Call-Out' platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.