Enterprise Solutions Architect - Americas

ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - AMERICAS Hi, I’m John and I’m the Head of Professional Services at Ashby. One of my favorite aspects of Ashby is our operating principle of Continuous Improvement https://www.ashbyhq.com/blog/culture/ashbys-operating-principles#8---implement-continuous-improvement. Coupled with our principle of caring deeply about our customers, we often find ourselves wondering ‘what is a better way to accomplish this’. That’s why I am thrilled to be hiring our first Enterprise Solutions Architect! As a highly cross-functional member on our growing Professional Services team (within Ashby’s Customer Success organization), you’ll have the opportunity to start shaping our customers’ journeys before they kick off, ultimately upleveling the overall customer experience. ABOUT THE ROLE As an Enterprise Solutions Architect (SA), you will have responsibility for implementation and services scoping and design, as well as Statement of Work creation to capture recommendations. The SA is a member of the Professional Services (PS) organization and a close partner to the Enterprise Sales team. Broadly, the goal of this role is to ensure the success of Enterprise customers through professional services. You will work directly with prospective customers and our Solutions Engineering team during the sales cycle to understand the current state, define a clear path to success, and shape both the deal and implementation approach accordingly. You will provide continuity between what was sold and what is delivered by ensuring a comprehensive handoff from Sales to PS. This is a high-impact, highly cross-functional role focused on aligning pre-sales motions with implementation work to improve Enterprise sales win rates, accelerate time-to-value, and drive long-term customer outcomes. You will play a critical role in matching prospective customers with the approaches that best meet their needs, while helping Sales win complex deals by increasing buyer confidence and reducing perceived implementation risk. WHAT YOU’LL DO DESIGN AND CLOSE SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OPPORTUNITIES (PRE-SALES) - Act as a trusted advisor to help prospective customers understand how to successfully implement Ashby - Partner with Account Executives and Solutions Engineers to scope and design implementation approaches for complex enterprise opportunities - Translate prospective customer needs and constraints into a tailored path to go-live, including an implementation strategy, success milestones, and services offerings required to support the customer - Align customer stakeholders (including executives) on desired outcomes, timelines, and responsibilities - Create, negotiate, and execute Statements of Work (SOWs) aligned with Professional Services best practices and offerings that accurately the required scope, effort, and sequencing CREATE CONTINUITY INTO DELIVERY (POST-SALES / EARLY LIFECYCLE) - Participate in the Sales handoff to ensure effective transition of recommendations and expectations to the post-sales team - Ensure alignment between pre-sales commitments and post-sales execution by participating in kickoff calls for customers with complex or highly custom recommended approaches IMPROVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GTM MOTIONS - Identify patterns across opportunities (what works, what breaks) and use these to refine our Enterprise Sales motion in partnership with Leadership. - Refine how and when services are introduced and scoped within the sales cycle - Contribute to playbooks, frameworks, and assets that improve how we sell and deliver services WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR - 5+ years of experience in Enterprise SaaS across one or more of: Solutions Consulting, Professional Services, or Management Consulting - Strong ability to diagnose business processes and translate them into scalable technical solutions - Experience with complex, multi-stakeholder deals with meaningful implementation components - Comfort navigating collaboration with both pre-sales