Are you an authority in Managed Services and ITSM solutions? Do you thrive in a leadership role, crafting technical strategies and driving business growth? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Sopra Steria's Strategic Digital Solutions (SDS) sector is looking for a Managed Services Technical Sales Lead to drive the expansion of our Managed Services (MS) business. This senior role offers the opportunity to shape the technical direction of our practice, build a pre-sales capability, and influence strategic decisions across the Digital Platform Services business unit (DPS).

You’ll collaborate with senior leadership, sales teams, and technical experts to create unique MS propositions, develop commercial models, and engage with clients to showcase our innovative solutions. This is a key leadership role with significant potential for career growth.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing:

Developing Managed Services propositions in collaboration with Business Unit leadership and technical teams.Creating commercial models to support MS delivery, working closely with sales and commercial teams.Engaging in sales activities, partnering with Business Development and account leads to grow strategic accounts.Leading client workshops and presentations, demonstrating the value of our MS solutions and capabilities.Driving strategic partnerships to allow innovation, investment, and business growth.Fostering a professional services culture, where teams deliver specialist solutions and drive customer success.Leading risk, compliance, and quality assurance to make sure successful solution delivery.Providing leadership and mentorship, supporting the career growth of employees and managers.

What you’ll bring:

Proven experience in technical pre-sales, collaborator management, and technology deployments.Shown experience in Solution Architecture, designing and deploying IT-managed services.Strong IT Operations background in system administration, networking, and cloud management.Expertise in Managed Services, SLA management, ITSM (ServiceNow), and service delivery frameworks.Ability to develop and pitch MS solutions aligned to client strategies.Expertise in Cloud infrastructure, cloud migrations, and modern cloud-native application design.Strong leadership, communication, and client engagement skills.

It would be great if you had:

Knowledge of Open Source software.Experience working within the Private sector.

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: UK Wide
Security Clearance Level: SC
Internal Recruiter: Michael
Salary: £80,000 - £90,000
Benefits: 10% Bonus , £6,600 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical , life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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