The Director of GDS Strategic Solutions will lead a team of solution architects to create competitive and scalable solutions for client opportunities. Responsibilities include overseeing solution design, collaborating with stakeholders, providing leadership in bid management, and ensuring alignment with market trends and client needs.
What success looks like in this role:
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of solution architects to design innovative, scalable, and competitive solutions for new client opportunities, expansions, and renewals.
- Drive the strategic solutioning process by working closely with bid teams, operations, and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with client needs and business goals.
- Oversee the development of technical and operational solution designs that differentiate the organization in competitive bids and proposals.
- Ensure consistency, efficiency, and excellence in solution architecture by establishing best practices, frameworks, and reusable assets for deal execution.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to refine solution strategies, ensuring they align with evolving market trends, client expectations, and business capabilities.
- Provide thought leadership and strategic guidance on complex deals, shaping the organization’s approach to growth and retention through innovative, client-focused solutions.
- Monitor and assess solution performance post-implementation, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and future enhancements.
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You will be successful in this role if you have:
- 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, bid management, or strategic solutioning within a complex enterprise environment.
- Proven leadership experience in managing and developing high-performing teams in solution design and architecture.
- Strong expertise in responding to RFPs, RFIs, and competitive bids, with a track record of developing winning solutions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across multiple levels of an organization.
- Deep understanding of business operations, technology, and industry trends to align solutions with client needs and market demands.
- Experience working in a cross-functional environment, supporting bid teams and operational leaders in a solutioning capacity.
- BA/BS degree OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Depth of leadership experience
Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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Top Skills
Bid Management
Business Operations
Rfis
Rfps
Solution Architecture
Solution Design
Stakeholder Management
Strategic Solutioning
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