Data and AI Customer Solutions Architect selling cloud, analytics, and AI solutions at Softchoice, an IT solutions provider. Leading executive sales cycles, partner co-selling, and AI adoption strategies.
Responsibilities
Own the executive sales cycle from discovery to close
Map customer business problems to offers
Orchestrate virtual teams including pre-sales architects, delivery teams, and partners
Shape proposals and statements of work and negotiate to signature
Build business cases focused on productivity, cost to serve, compliance, and risk
Define success metrics and adoption plans for measurable impact
Facilitate C-level conversations about AI and align customers on specific AI initiatives
Partner with Microsoft and other hyperscalers to unlock workshops, AMMP/MDF, and proof-of-concept funding
Maintain accurate Salesforce records and weekly funnel cadence
Use Sales Operations dashboards to maintain pipeline discipline
Evangelize governance, identity, Purview, DLP, and center-of-excellence patterns
Architect and deliver AI strategies, workplace AI, intelligent agents, and data platform solutions
Guide senior executives on AI roadmaps, business cases, ROI, and adoption
Lead account executives, solution architects, and technical experts to deliver tailored AI solutions
Facilitate boardroom-level discussions and influence strategic decision-making
Requirements
5 to 10 or more years of demonstrated success in solutions sales focused on data platforms, analytics, or artificial intelligence
Proven track record selling multi-workload programs and professional services
Proficiency with Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI, M365 Copilot, and Copilot Studio/Agents
Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, data analytics services, Amazon Q patterns, and related guardrails
Experience with Google Cloud Vertex AI, Dialogflow/CCAI, and BigQuery analytics patterns
Awareness of Databricks and Snowflake lakehouse patterns
Familiarity with Power BI, Looker, or QuickSight
Ability to translate executive-level objectives into an AI roadmap and adoption plan
Ability to connect agents, data, and governance to business outcomes
Proven capability leading virtual pursuit teams and coordinating partner co-selling and funding efforts
Familiarity with agentic patterns including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), tool use, and orchestration
Understanding of how agentic patterns intersect with line-of-business applications and data estates
Willingness and ability to travel frequently within a designated Sales District, up to 25% of the time
Criminal record check, education verification, and reference checks before starting
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