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# Managed Service Architect MSP

- **Company:** Client Server
- **Location:** Penwortham, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £100,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Office, Information Technology Outsourcing, Google Cloud, Gsuite
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5961625403

## About the Role

* Were looking for experience scoping, designing and costing IT managed services, ideally within an MSP, with a strong understanding of live service delivery.
 * You should be confident building bottom-up effort and cost models, developing pricing and protecting service margins.
 * You should have experience owning or contributing to a managed service catalogue, including designing new offerings and managing their lifecycle.
 * You should have experience reviewing, restructuring and repricing existing managed service contracts, particularly at renewal.
 * You should have pre-sales experience, including producing RFP and tender responses and presenting service designs to customers.
 * You should be familiar with cloud and workplace services, ideally Azure and Microsoft 365; Google Cloud and Workspace experience is advantageous.
 * Were looking for someone commercially minded and pragmatic, with strong communication skills and the confidence to challenge proposals that are not operationally or financially viable.

## Description

* Youll own and develop our managed service product catalogue, shaping new offerings and ensuring they are commercially viable, operationally deliverable and aligned with customer needs.
 * Youll lead the design of complex, non-standard managed services across Azure, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Google Cloud, defining service scope, operating models, SLAs and resourcing in collaboration with Pre-sales Solution Architects.
 * Youll analyse live service performance and costs to refine pricing and margins.
 * Youll lead contract renewals and identify opportunities to transition bespoke services to standard offerings.
 * Youll act as the link between sales and delivery, validate solutions with operational teams and oversee handovers into live service.
 * Youll help grow our catalogue as the business evolves and coach pre-sales and account teams to make greater use of standard service models.

Technologies:

 * Architect
 * Azure
 * Cloud
 * Microsoft 365
 * Office 365