Solutions Director

Job Description

Solutions Director

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Job Summary

Role Summary

We are seeking a seasoned leader to build and drive the Hybrid Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE). This role owns the development of differentiated offerings, accelerators, and reusable assets/IP that strengthen our hybrid cloud, IT resiliency, and IT transformation portfolio. The CoE Leader partners with sales, delivery, and technology alliances to shape go-to-market propositions, enable pursuit teams, and establish the CoE as the engine of innovation and thought leadership for hybrid cloud services.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Offering Development: Define, build, and launch differentiated hybrid cloud offerings spanning advisory, migration, modernization, resiliency, and managed services; own the offering roadmap, business case, and pricing constructs; refresh offerings in line with market and analyst trends.
• Accelerators: Conceptualize and industrialize accelerators, reference architectures, automation frameworks, and tooling that reduce delivery effort, cost, and risk; drive measurable adoption across engagements.
• Asset & IP Development: Establish the asset/IP lifecycle - ideation, build, hardening, and commercialization; protect and monetize IP; create reusable solution blueprints, playbooks, and estimation models for pursuit and delivery teams.
• CoE Leadership: Build and mentor a high-performing team of architects and SMEs; define CoE strategy, KPIs, and operating model; support large deal pursuits with solutioning, PoCs, and client workshops; represent the practice with analysts, partners (hyperscalers, OEMs), and at industry forums.

Skill Requirements

• IT Resiliency: Deep expertise in resiliency architecture, disaster recovery, cyber recovery, business continuity, and site reliability practices across hybrid environments.
• Hybrid Cloud: Strong command of hybrid/multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, OpenShift), cloud migration and modernization patterns, FinOps, and cloud operations.
• IT Transformation: Proven track record leading large-scale IT transformation programs - data center exit, infrastructure modernization, platform engineering, and operating model change.
• 15+ years in IT services/consulting with 5+ years leading a practice, CoE, or offering function; strong commercial acumen with experience shaping large deals.
• Excellent stakeholder management, executive communication, and thought-leadership skills; relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure architect-level) preferred.

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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, youll supercharge your potential. Youll find your career. And youll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.