Microsoft Strategic Account Technology Strategist 

United Kingdom, England, London 

874508775

This role will be joining the growing Vodafone account team that are leading the joint partnership engagement. As an Account Technology Strategist (ATS), you will be responsible for setting the technical vision and roadmap that will put technology at the centre of the partnership. You will need to use your technical acumen, industry knowledge and commercial understanding to enable Vodafone to do business in new disruptive ways through the adoption of Microsoft Cloud solutions; with an additional focus on adopting and capitalising on the opportunity AI presents.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a passion for driving business transformation through technology with a focus on AI
• Can translate technology into a benefit-led business conversation
• Have a real passion and belief in how GenAI can have a positive impact on organisations
• Can think creatively on how technology trends can translate into superpowers for orgs
• Can see the ‘big picture,’ and can comfortably engage the C-Suite – beyond just IT- on their business goals, and interpret these into capabilities and outcomes with technology peers
• Can articulate complex problems and solutions in a clear and logical manner
• Have experience of working with a globally distributed customer and colleague base, with an engagement style that seeks to understand and embrace geographical and cultural differences
• Embrace diversity and inclusivity in all that you do, and create environments for others to be successful
• Advocate growth mindset, turning challenges into opportunities

Common attributes we typically look for can include:

• Expertise in digital transformation roles & GenAI experience in the P12M
• Strong technical foundation, well versed in coaching a customer through a technical envisioning conversation (Business and Technical)
• Ability to connect the technical capabilities necessary to achieve the customer business outcome
• Change Leadership Skills - Fully achieving the business impact customers demand requires the sustained usage of our solutions and cloud services. This can only be achieved by helping the customer fully integrate our cloud services into the workflows and processes of their business
• Put the customer central to the approach
• Ability to work with senior Business and Technical Decision Makers to define clear outcomes for success and understand business processes
• Possess solution and enterprise architecture knowledge that allows you to connect solutions to the business outcomes a customer requires balanced with a resourceful mindset to challenge the status quo
• Preferred background in delivering large scale cloud transformation programs across a multi-geo customer & working across the business (not just with the IT org)
• Technical sales experience & Leadership skills that drive business outcomes through mobilising a team
• Experience working in a global team (+25% of travel)

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