Pre-Sales Solution Lead (Data Protection)

Location: UK - London, UK - Hatfield, UK - Milton Keynes | Job-ID: 218354 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Sales & Pre-Sales & Alliances

Life on the team

Are you a recognised technical expert in data protection, backup and cyber resilience platforms? Do you enjoy shaping complex enterprise solutions, influencing strategy, and acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders?

Within Computacenter’s Data Center & Hybrid Solution Area, we are expanding our Resilient Data Platforms capability and are looking for an exceptional Presales Solution Lead with deep experience in backup, recovery, and data protection technologies.

This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise infrastructure transformation, partnering closely with leading vendors such as Cohesity, Rubrik, Commvault and HPE, while helping some of the world’s largest organisations protect, recover and derive value from their data.

What you'll do

Leading the technical qualification, design and positioning of complex data protection and resilience opportunities spanning backup, recovery, ransomware mitigation and cyber resilience

Acting as the technical champion for one or more strategic vendor ecosystems (Cohesity, Rubrik, Commvault, HPE or adjacent platforms), helping teams articulate value and differentiate solutions

Positioning vendor technologies alongside Computacenter’s professional services, including advisory, design, migration, and transformation services

Building trusted advisor relationships with senior customer stakeholders, influencing technical strategy and long term roadmaps

Supporting the growth of the Data Center & Hybrid Solution Area, contributing directly to pipeline development and revenue outcomes

Act as an internal expert for Resilient Data Platforms, enabling sales teams through education, enablement and thought leadership

Support strategic customer workshops, roadmap discussions and executive engagements

Represent Computacenter at vendor partner boards, technical forums and industry events

What you'll need

Proven experience owning enterprise customer relationships from a technical or presales leadership perspective

Strong expertise in one or more data protection and backup platforms (Cohesity, Rubrik, Commvault, HPE or similar), or closely adjacent technologies with a strong desire to deepen capability

Experience designing compelling, outcome led solutions aligned to customer business challenges

The ability to identify and progress commercial opportunities in partnership with vendors and sales teams

Experience positioning and selling professional services alongside technology platforms

Confidence operating as a thought leader, engaging credibly with both technologists and senior decision makers

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

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