Cloud Principal Architect - Application Innovation

Who We Are At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people—Kyndryls—that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive. The Role Role Overview: We are seeking a Cloud Principal Architect – Application Innovation to lead strategic cloud transformation initiatives for enterprise customers, with a strong focus on application modernization . This is a senior, customer-facing leadership role requiring deep expertise across pre-sales, solutioning, architecture, and delivery oversight . The ideal candidate combines strong business and consultative skills with hands-on technical depth across cloud landing zone design, reusable module development, DevOps, cloud migration, and modernization . This individual will engage with executive and technical stakeholders, shape complex transformation programs, define target-state architectures, support sales pursuits, and provide architectural leadership through delivery. This role is best suited for a senior practitioner who can bridge strategy, sales, architecture, and execution while driving measurable business outcomes for customers. Key Responsibilities Pre-Sales and Customer Engagement Partner with sales, account teams, and customer stakeholders to shape cloud and application modernization opportunities. Lead discovery workshops, architecture assessments, and solution discussions with business and technical audiences. Translate customer goals, pain points, and business priorities into compelling transformation roadmaps and solution proposals. Support RFPs, RFIs, bids, proposals, effort estimation, statements of work, and execu...