Additional responsibilities of the Solution Architect include:
- Developing the technical solution component for RFP responses and customer facing documents where non-standard or partner-based technical offerings are required
- Working with the business development team to develop and maintain relationships with industry partners needed to create and deliver customer specific solutions within the business unit
- Developing, configuring, testing, and maintaining small systems for demonstrational purposes
- Technical support of tradeshows and industry technical events, including speaking events
Thesalary range for this position is $106,000 - $153.000. The actual base salary offer will dependon a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and otherrelevant factors.
YOU MUST HAVE
- Mastery of executive level presentation skills of complex and technical material
- Verbal communications skills with a high degree of comprehension, appropriate interaction and knowledge retention
- Ability to effectively train or teach technical material to customers and co-workers
- Ability to effectively manage technical communications to the customer in support of the capture and/or deployment strategy
- Effective written communication and reading comprehension of technical material
- Management and maintenance of demonstration systems
- Ability to conduct negotiations around available and desired technical capabilities
WE VALUE
- Outgoing personality with a high degree of appropriate social interaction
- Multi-tasking capability in a highly fluid environment
- Social skills to be a team player and work well with individuals or small groups on short projects or extended efforts
- Technical problem-solving skills with both product capabilities and customer business, functional, and technical requirements
- Effective time management and ability to self-manage tasks
- Advanced skills in MS PowerPoint and effective presentation development
- Working knowledge of project management process in a technical environment
- Ability to gain and maintain a current technical knowledge of the utility industry and issues
- Working knowledge of electric, gas, and water utility industry and operations
- Background and/or knowledge of product management and development
- Advanced skills in MS Word, Excel, and SharePointSignificant travel within the continental US.
- Ability to travel for periods up to one week.
- Valid driver’s license and be able to rent a car.
Additional Information - JOB ID: HRD249878
- Category: Sales Excellence and Support
- Location: Houston,Texas,United States
- Exempt