Life on the team

 

At Computacenter, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture that emphasises diversity, inclusivity, and collaboration. We are committed to building supportive and rewarding relationships, celebrating success, and treating everyone with respect. Our focus is on putting customers first, keeping our promises, and considering long-term sustainability in all our decisions.

 

We are looking for a Service Architect to join our Customer Service Design function.

 

The Customer Service Design (CSD) team architects all of Computacenter’s Managed Services Customer opportunities, delivering market-leading service solutions across our core capabilities within Lifecycle, Workplace, and Enterprise.

 

Our Service Architecture group is aligned with our portfolio and provides detailed service design and commercial constructs to meet customer needs. The dynamic team is located across India, UK and Europe and brings a wealth of experience and a wide range of skills.

 

As part of the Service Architecture team, you will be key in growing Computacenter’s Managed Services business and driving continual improvement in how we design brilliant services for our customers that enable them to change the world.

 

 

What you will do

 

End to end accountable to develop creative solutions for complex, large scale, high risk managed services tenders in the workplace/lifecycle area that inspire your customers and colleagues.

Provide advisory role within specialist area to peer group and customers and can assess and understand customer requirements, issues and opportunities

Design the required infrastructure / technology/tools, operational requirements (such as skill levels, headcounts, locations) and operational processes for the Future Mode of Operations (FMO)

Independently manage solutions within your services and follow prescribed processes to create a coherent solution design.

Represent Computacenter in customer proposal presentations and contract negotiations, maintaining close contact with them.

Negotiate with various stakeholders to achieve a commercially viable proposition in line with customer requirements

 

What you will need

 

15-20 years of overall experience with IT and minimum 12 years of experience with workplace/lifecycle managed services environment

Track record of successfully designing fully complaint solutions and contracting complex transformational IT Outsourcing Services

Experience with integrating service points and tech boxes into holistic service design and automated processes (zero-touch installation).

Demonstratable experience building client relationships and partnerships, as well as knowledge of relevant industry standards (e.g. ITIL, PMI/Prince2).

In addition to an important level of personal responsibility, you follow prescribed processes and convince our customers as a collaborator in proposal presentations and contract negotiations.

Mature knowledge of service processes, as well as calculation of complex offers in the field of managed service.

Good knowledge of strategy, tactical behaviour and optimal conditions for IT services and market prices

Understand the customers business, industry, organisation structure and change processes.

 

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over seventy countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organisations, driving digital transformation, and enabling people and their businesses.

 

Learning and development

Our people are our strength which is why we offer leadership training, coaching, mentoring, professional development, and international opportunities. Whichever direction you choose to go in – whether it is a well-trodden path or a completely new part of the business – we will support you. Our managers champion their people, powering their personal development and helping them to reach their full potential.

 

You belong

We passionately believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate our differences because we know a diverse workforce with different experiences and perspectives helps us win together. And to do that, you need to feel comfortable to bring your whole self to work – and you can only do that when you feel supported, valued, and have a sense of belonging which is what we strive to achieve.

Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and our values, and that you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from people with a disability – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability and meet the essential requirements for the job.