Microsoft Senior Director Partner Solution Architect – Global Systems Integrators 

United States 

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As theDirector Partner Solution Architect – Global Systems Integrators(GSI), you will be a transformative leader, responsible for driving our partners' success. Leading the GSI Partner Solution Architecture (PSA) Organization, you will provideacross solutions and partner ecosystem willategies, coaching, and mentoring will drive performance excellence.

deep technical guidance, this roleThis role is in the United States and

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degreein Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND10+years experiencein cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ yearspeople management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, technical architect managers, and/or people managers.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 15+years experiencein cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • ORMaster's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+years experiencein cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience.

• 10+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, technical architect managers, and/or people managers.

• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).

• 10+years experience

• 10+years experienceworking in a customer-facing role (e.g.,internaland/or external).

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Findbenefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 30, 2024.

• identifyingtrends, driving transformative delivery for customers/partners. Ensures a seamless customer experience, shares best practices, and defines conditions of success. Enhances customer health and support coverage,anticipatesunmet needs, and executes improvementstrategies. Orchestrates transformative delivery forstrategic customers, shares best practices, and championsstr

• anticipatingtrends and gathering technical insights to develop adaptivestrategies. Leverages customer insights to influence relationships and align architectural models.Representsthe customer voice to internal teams,mentorspeers, and removes blockers. Ensures team alignment with Microsoft operations. Developsstrategic insights from feedback, drives advocacy, and shares success stories. Communicates industr

• Actively listens and acts as a catalyst to create and sustain constructive tension and trust with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders by respectfully challenging their decisions and/or areas where they might do more. Builds on network and industry experience to connect customers/partners with ideas, people, and resources to support their success. Drives team to execute customer/partner engagementsleveragingthe challenger mindset.

• demonstratingsolution value through design collaboration. Provides real-time coaching, aligning with customer success plans. Builds global peer relationships, supports customer skilling, and contributes to One Microsoftstr

• leveragingproduct knowledge and influencing scalable solutions. Coaches on solution design, driving customer usage and cloud consumption. Facilitates complex engagements,leveragesinsights for growth, and influences partners forstrategic opportunities.

• stry trends, and competitor architectures. Ensures teamdemonstrates

• maintainsaccurate

• strategies to circumvent technical issues and unmet customer needs.Identifiespatterns inblockers, devises preventativestrategies, and coaches on best practices for escalations.

Technical Leadership

• sentations and engagements.

• teams on building andmodifyingintellectual properties (IPs) based on domainexpertise.Identifiesand addresses organizational gaps, drives improvements to IP and processes, and leads development of frameworks and methodologies. Partners with IP management to improvestr

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