SENIOR SOLUTION OWNER

Position Description.
Challenge yourself and change lives, unlocking complex system solutions as part of a highly motivated and supportive team.
Our Solution Owners are trusted to work closely with a wide range of clients on exciting projects with real-world purpose and impact.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine.
We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner, not just an employee.
We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant.
Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts.
We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Your future duties and responsibilities.
As a Senior Solution Owner you will lead large multi million pound bids and be responsible for delivering a highly attractive proposal to prospective or existing clients, supporting the Opportunity Pursuit Lead.
You will lead a team of subject matter experts ranging from IT Service Management, Cloud and Hosting and Networks, where you will own the solution end to end, ensuring bid plans are adhered to.
This will involve leading CGI internal presentations and sign-off as well as ensuring pricing and costs are competitive to the prospective client and aligned and approved by CGI stakeholders.
• Act as a leader of the Services Team developing a coherent set of service solutions contributing specialist technical knowledge and experience • Work with the CGI team to define innovative and successful service solutions • Set and manage stakeholder expectations across all delivery lines • Assess current and emergent technology, giving advice on price and performance.
• Manage relationships with 3rd party service providers • Align the solution with the business and customer goals, identifying benefits and risk mitigation approaches associated with the service elements of the proposed solution • Ensure service risks are identified, assessed and managed; in particular non-functional requirements, including availability, scalability and performance • Coordinate plans and actions with project manager, including other specialists • Own collated service delivery estimates and costs from teams and 3rd party service providers for all the services • Lead the assessment of proposed solutions against Service Level Agreements Required qualifications to be successful in this role.
We're looking for a range of the following skills and experiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication on proposals • Previous experience of presenting solutions to senior clients • Ability to provide independent review of infrastructure and service designs to ensure that the requirements and constraints are met • Identify, assess and mitigate technical and non-technical issues and risks • Own and the generation of authoritative cost estimates for large-scale and complex projects • Service Management • ITIL • Proven track record in leading the development of solutions on a large project, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external/internal customers • TOGAF aware • Leading the service workstream for bids delivering complex technical solutions to time, budget and client satisfaction • Mentoring and coaching of junior team members and others, sharing knowledge and expertise Skills.
Finance Infrastructure architecture Solutions Architecture What you can expect from us.
Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging.
Here, you’ll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life.
That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees.
We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.
Your work creates value.
You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last.
You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.