Microsoft Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Manager 

United States, New York, New York 

969210207

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience
• 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
• 6+ years experience leading technical projects, teams, or functions
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
• 5+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 23th, 2024.

Key responsibilities include:

• The Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Manager will directly manage a team of Data and AI CSAs covering Enterprise customers in their respective territory.

• Be a technical thought leader and build trust with key technical decision makers and influencers across customers and partners. Provide clarity on enterprise wide data estate migration, modernization, transformation with respect to enterprise data architecture. Be comfortable addressing topics like information security, data governance, and compliance.

• Experienced at building and maintaining relationships with delivery leaders from top Azure Data Global System Integrators and Partners.

• Possess exceptional cross-team collaboration and communication skills. Be effective at partnering with all required Microsoft stakeholders in the subsidiary to drive role clarity, account coverage, project assignment and effective cross-team collaboration

• Hire, on-board, and develop Data & AI CSAs. Be able to set a clear bar for excellence and build a high performing team that will be diverse and inclusive.

• Coach and enable teams to accelerate Azure Data & AI projects from architecture, pilot, to production, including guidance on architectural design, technical recommendations, blocker escalations and technical resource orchestration

• Develop connections with product and engineering leaders to facilitate thought leadership with customers, and act as voice of the customer and advocate for product related feedback

• Ensure your team delivers high quality production deployments that are resilient and successful

• Drive operational excellence, including timely consumption engagement management and high-quality reporting and insights

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