Chief Solutions Architect

Chief Solutions Architect / Solution Lead

Senior technical authority responsible for solution architecture, innovation, and growth enablement for federal clients.

Role Overview

• Lead the design and development of differentiated, compliant, and customer-focused technical solutions across capture, proposal, and delivery.
• Translate customer requirements and mission needs into scalable architectures and compelling technical narratives.
• Own the company’s Innovation Lab, including prototypes and proofs-of-concept.
• Lead and coordinate solution architects and technical contributors to drive technical excellence and measurable business growth.

Responsibilities

• Understand the GovCon industry and Federal RFP / proposal processes.
• Maintain deep knowledge of the company’s capabilities, solutions, and active engagements.
• Lead solution development efforts for new business pursuits and organic growth.
• Develop fully compliant and differentiated technical solutions during the capture phase.
• Identify and cultivate strategic technology partnerships; build and maintain a vendor ecosystem to accelerate growth into new accounts.
• Partner early with Growth to influence customer perspectives through solution concepts and points of view.
• Support bid/no-bid decisions by optimizing and analyzing opportunity pipeline.
• Lead proposal solution efforts:
  • Analyze RFP Statements of Work (SOWs)
  • Develop creative, cost-effective technical approaches
  • Produce RFP technical responses (architectures, diagrams, and written narratives)
• Participate in pre-RFP and customer engagement meetings to address technical questions.
• Clearly interpret and articulate customer requirements from RFPs and PWS documents.
• Lead innovation culture and practices:
  • Own the innovation pipeline (prototypes/PoCs)
  • Collaborate with Delivery teams to operationalize innovations
  • Demonstrate prototypes/PoCs to customers
  • Support product development initiatives under CREPES.AI
• Lead the matrixed solution architecture practice area model:
  • Attract, develop, retain technical talent
  • Align architectures and innovation investments to short- and long-term growth
• Monitor marketplace and technology trends to inform the technical vision.
• Author and deliver technical presentations.
• Analyze alternative technical approaches and recommend best-fit solutions.
• Provide thought leadership via conferences, speaking, interviews, and publications.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of Government Contracting (GovCon) and Federal RFP processes.
• Proven ability to lead end-to-end technical solutioning for capture and proposals.
• Strong technical leadership and ability to translate customer/mission requirements into architectures and narratives.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience building and leveraging a technology vendor partner ecosystem.
• Experience owning innovation activities (prototypes, proofs-of-concept) and enabling delivery adoption.