Pre-Sales Solutions Architect - Artificial Intelligence

Job Title: Pre-Sales Solutions Architect – Artificial Intelligence

Location: Hybrid (Bedminster, NJ or Chicago, IL)

Job Type: Full-Time

About SDG Group

SDG Group is a global consulting firm specialized in Data & AI. We have practices across Business Analytics, Data Management, Advanced and Predictive Analytics, and Business Insights. We are committed to unlocking organizations’ potential by offering in-depth analytics expertise that empowers our clients to become successful data-driven enterprises. Our mission is to help clients define, design, and implement transformative AI technologies to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. We partner with leading technology companies and collaborate with SDG offices globally to drive innovative solutions that enable some of the world’s largest companies to improve decision-making processes and performance based on data.

Our Artificial Intelligence Practice is the engine of this transformation. SDG boasts a robust AI capability of experts, including Industry & Business Domain experts, Business Scientists, AI Architects & Engineers, AI R&D, and AI Compliance & Governance Experts. With proven experience across 70+ clients and 100+ use cases, we deliver AI solutions tailored to diverse industries. Our unique IP includes over 50 technology accelerators, frameworks, and tools to fast-track AI implementation. Through SDG iLabs, we drive innovation by experimenting with emerging AI trends, leveraging our strong alliances with major AI hyperscalers like Microsoft, Google, and AWS to remain a globally recognized leader in data and AI services.

Position Overview

This strategic technical role bridges the gap between our sales team and our AI Experts (AI Architecture & Data Science teams). As a Pre-Sales Solutions Architect, you will combine deep technical expertise in enterprise AI platforms and cloud architecture with excellent client-facing skills. Your main focus will be on helping potential clients understand, envision, and adopt the right AI solutions to fit their unique business needs, acting as their trusted technical advisor throughout the sales process.

Crucially, you will act as the translator between technical AI architecture and executive strategy — taking complex platform and solution concepts and turning them into compelling commercial value propositions for a C-suite audience. This is a client-facing role that requires periodic travel and on-site presence.

Key Responsibilities

• Client & Opportunity Engagement: Partner with clients and internal account teams to uncover AI priorities, business challenges, and strategic goals. Qualify opportunities, build trusted relationships with technical and executive stakeholders, and translate client needs into clearly defined AI use cases and solution approaches that demonstrate tangible business value.

• Solution Architecture & Design: Design and present enterprise AI solution architectures tailored to client needs — spanning AI platform selection, cloud infrastructure, and GenAI/agentic application patterns. Develop reference architectures, solution designs and methodologies that give clients a realistic and credible path from concept to production, ensuring designs prioritize governance, scalability, and integration with the broader data ecosystem.

• Sales Support & Deal Execution: Own the technical workstream of the AI sales cycle from initial discovery through to close. Prepare and deliver compelling technical and commercial proposals with a strong focus on ROI and business impact, respond to RFPs, lead solution demos, and serve as the primary AI technical point of reference — ensuring tight alignment between client needs and SDG’s capabilities.

• Portfolio & Business Development: Develop a strong command of SDG’s AI portfolio — including AI platform partnerships, GenAI accelerators, and industry-specific use cases — and apply that know