Industry Solutions Director - TMT

As a senior leader within the organisation this role is accountable for shaping and delivering Endavas solution strategy and excellence across assigned industry verticals. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring our solutions are not only strategically differentiated and commercially viable but also tightly aligned with evolving client needs and vertical growth plans.

You will act as a senior solution director and trusted business partner during major client pursuitsworking hands-on with both internal teams and external stakeholders to co-create compelling deliverable solutions. Your leadership will ensure end-to-end solution integrity balancing innovation with feasibility and commercial outcomes.

This role also champions the repeatability and reusability of successful solution patterns helping to scale our impact across markets and drive consistent value delivery. You will contribute strategic direction on capability development and service innovation ensuring Endava remains future-ready and competitive.

Collaboration is key and youll work in close partnership with Sales Delivery Practices and Capability leaders to align go-to-market efforts and pursuit strategies. Building strong trust-based relationships with senior clients is central to the role enabling you to act as a strategic advisor reframing complex challenges and driving meaningful transformation.
 

Critical Success Factors

Solution Strategy & Capability
Defining and evolving strategic offerings services and reusable IP

Define 35 go-to-market solutions per year in line with vertical strategy
Partner with Practices and Alliances to build future-ready capabilities based on client trends
Maintain a clear backlog of market-informed solution gaps and opportunities
Contribute to annual vertical planning and refresh solution themes quarterly

Pre-sales & Pursuit Leadership
Leading solutioning in major pursuits and ensuring quality feasibility and commercial value

Lead solution shaping on 5 strategic pursuits per year
Coach pursuit teams to build compelling win-ready solutions
Ensure all proposals are technically robust margin-aligned and deliverable
Drive reuse of IP across proposals to accelerate speed and consistency

Client Engagement & Advisory
Acting as a strategic advisor and fostering senior relationships

Engage directly with C-level clients during shaping and advisory phases
Reframe client challenges into solution-led opportunity roadmaps
Represent Endava in early-stage advisory discovery or ideation conversations
Secure 2 strategic client references or testimonials based on solution work

Innovation & Market Relevance
Embedding future-facing thinking AI and emerging tech into Endavas solution landscape

Embed AI/automation and emerging tech into 100% of solution designs where relevant
Identify and scale at least 1 market-making or cross-industry solution annually
Monitor competitive trends and translate insights into differentiated solution plays
Run bi-annual solution innovation sprints in collaboration with Practices
 

Internal Alignment & Influence
Aligning across Delivery Sales Practices and vertical leadership

Actively participate in pursuit reviews strategic account growth meetings win/loss analysis and deal assurance
Provide feedback to Practices and Service Lines on capability maturity and gaps
Create and maintain alignment artefacts (e.g. solution catalogues design patterns)
Act as a thought leader in cross-functional solution excellence forums

Qualifications :

Educational Background

Bachelors degree in a technical business or related field. Postgraduate qualifications (e.g. MSc MBA) or equivalent experience preferred.

Previous Experience

• 1215 years in solution & enterprise architecture consulting delivery or commercial leadership roles.
• Proven success in shaping and selling large strategic and complex solutions.
• Extensive experience in pre-sales proposals and client engagement in a consulting or services context.
• Track record of working across sectors with the ability to tailor and scale offerings.
• Strong background in working with cross-functional teams across sales delivery and capability.
• Hands-on leadership during strategic deals and contract structuring.
• Prior experience coaching teams on solution excellence pricing and storytelling.
• Prior experience in end-2-end product and platform (aaS) build (architect build support & run)

Prior Knowledge and Skills

• Strategic thinking that blends innovation feasibility and commercial outcomes.
• Advanced pre-sales solutioning capability across both technology and business dimensions.
• Strong technical credibility particularly in digital platforms AI automation and cloud.
• Effective communicator with excellent influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience leading advisory or early discovery conversations with senior clients.
• Familiarity with delivery models and service-based commercial constructs.
• Skilled at identifying repeatable patterns and scaling offerings across clients.
• Deep understanding of industry challenges and how to position Endava as a trusted partner.
• Champion of solution excellence culture reusable IP and pursuit discipline.
• Resilient pragmatic and hands-on when neededable to both shape strategy and execute in the detail.

Additional Information :

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance: Competitive salary package share plan company performance bonuses value-based recognition awards referral bonus;   
• Career Development: Career coaching global career opportunities non-linear career paths internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects rotations internal tech communities training certifications coaching online learning platforms subscriptions pass-it-on sessions workshops conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities hobby clubs and interest groups inclusion and diversity programmes events and celebrations.

At Endava were committed to creating an open inclusive and respectful environment where everyone feels safe valued and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds experiences and perspectivesbecause we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit skills qualifications and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process please let us know.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time