Are you a Presales Solution Lead with deep expertise in Private Cloud technologies? Do you enjoy shaping strategy, influencing customers at senior levels, and turning complex infrastructure challenges into compelling, value-led solutions? If you are a technical thought leader with strong commercial awareness and a passion for helping enterprise organisations modernise their data centres, Computacenter offers an exciting opportunity within our growing Data Center & Hybrid Solution Area. The Data Center & Hybrid business within Computacenter helps customers design, deploy and operate world-class infrastructure to support their applications, data and business outcomes. As part of our ambition to become Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, we are expanding our Private Cloud capability and are looking for an exceptional Presales Solution Lead to play a pivotal role in that journey. Computacenter is one of only two partners accredited by VMware to deliver services on their behalf. This role focuses on identifying, shaping and proposing Private Cloud solutions for customers embarking on significant infrastructure and cloud transformation programmes.
What you’ll do
* Lead the technical engagement on complex Private Cloud and data centre transformation opportunities
* Qualify customer requirements and shape end-to-end solutions based on VMware technologies and Computacenter services
* Act as the principal technical champion for the VMware ecosystem within Computacenter
* Build long-term, trusted relationships with senior technical and business stakeholders
* Support pipeline growth and contribute directly to sales success for the Data Center & Hybrid Solution Area
* Scope, define and enable services engagements, including the draw down of VMware services via customer entitlements
* Influence the evolution of vendor propositions and Private Cloud strategy in collaboration with Group Development and the Office of the CTO
* Represent Computacenter at VMware partner boards, forums and industry events, acting as a technical escalation point where required
* Collaborate across Professional Services, Managed Services, Solution Leaders and Architects to deliver integrated customer outcomes
* Provide market, proposition and competitive insight from VMware to support sales and solution positioning
* Feed real-world customer challenges back into solution development to ensure offerings remain relevant and compelling
* Work with marketing teams to translate technical propositions into clear, customer-facing messaging
* Support the development of sales enablement materials, training and internal education related to Private Cloud and VMware
Qualifications
* Proven experience owning customer relationships from a technical or presales standpoint
* Deep technical expertise and strong relationships within the VMware ecosystem
* Experience designing innovative customer solutions aligned to vendor platforms
* Commercial awareness and the ability to identify and develop revenue opportunities
* Experience positioning and selling professional services alongside technology solutions
* Demonstrable experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 5/9)
* Active involvement in the VMware community (e.g., VMUG, vExpert, or similar)
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