IT Service Management - Presales Solution Architect
Unisys
Job Summary
This role is for an IT Service Management - Presales Solution Architect within Global Delivery Services (GDS) at Unisys. GDS provides service management and transformation capabilities for Unisys Business Units, delivering scalable solutions to clients globally. The role involves designing and delivering multi-year managed services, mapping client needs to GDS offerings, producing cost inputs and architecture artifacts, and collaborating with various teams. The architect will engage stakeholders, articulate solution value, analyze current states, and drive innovation by translating GDS capabilities into client outcomes.
Must Have
- Lead or contribute to the design of multi-year, commercially viable managed services.
- Map client needs to standardize GDS offerings and coordinate full solution development.
- Produce cost inputs, architecture artefacts, and service design deliverables.
- Collaborate with platform delivery, sales, and finance to ensure validation and sign-off.
- Deliver presales presentations and articulate solution value clearly and credibly.
- Analyse current states, uncover transformation levers, and shape business-aligned roadmaps.
- Translate GDS capabilities into client outcomes and business impact.
- Identify gaps, risks, and differentiators during solution shaping.
- ITIL 4 Foundation certification.
- 6–10 years’ experience in service management and presales.
- Experience engaging C-level stakeholders (current focus internal, evolving outward).
- Familiarity with managed services design, costing, and delivery in an MSP environment.
- Experience with productised and standardised solution models.
- Strong commercial awareness.
- Excellent communication skills.
Job Description
What success looks like in this role:
About GDS at Unisys:
Global Delivery Services (GDS) provides the service management and transformation capabilities that wrap around and enable Unisys Business Units to deliver consistent, scalable, and outcome-led solutions to clients across the globe.
Why Join GDS?
You’ll join a growing global team focused on shaping modern, value-driven service delivery. This role offers real-world exposure to managed services, commercial modelling, and productized, standardized solutions, along with structured enablement in solutioning, presales, and value articulation.
We support your development through hands-on deal experience, team collaboration, and opportunities to grow your influence across Unisys and beyond.
Your Impact
Design & Deliver Solutions
- Lead or contribute to the design of multi-year, commercially viable managed services
- Map client needs to standardize GDS offerings and coordinate full solution development
- Produce cost inputs, architecture artefacts, and service design deliverables
- Collaborate with platform delivery, sales, and finance to ensure validation and sign-off
Engage & Influence Stakeholders
- Experience engaging C-level stakeholders, though current focus is on internal stakeholder alignment — with external influence growing
- Deliver presales presentations and articulate solution value clearly and credibly
- Analyse current states, uncover transformation levers, and shape business-aligned roadmaps
Demonstrate Value & Drive Innovation
- Translate GDS capabilities into client outcomes and business impact
- Identify gaps, risks, and differentiators during solution shaping
- Share customer insights to inform offering development and improve solution relevance
Learn, Grow & Contribute
- Build fluency across GDS services (e.g. ITSM, SIAM, MIM, OCM, T&T, PMO)
- Contribute to team development through reviews, artefacts, and process improvements
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You will be successful in this role if you have:
What We’re Looking For
- ITIL 4 Foundation certification (required)
- 6–10 years’ experience in service management AND presales
- Experience engaging C-level stakeholders, with current focus on internal engagements that are evolving outward
- Familiarity with managed services design, costing, and delivery in an MSP environment, including the use of productised and standardised solution models
- Strong commercial awareness and excellent communication skills
What Success Looks Like
✅ Delivery of validated, high-quality solution inputs
✅ Clear articulation of value in presales conversations
✅ Trusted contributor across internal and customer-facing engagements
✅ Demonstrated growth in technical, commercial, and consultative capability
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