Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Manager - Microsoft : Job Details

We are looking to hire a Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect ManagerMicrosoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission. Microsoft aspires to help our customers achieve their own digital transformation, leveraging the power of Microsoft Cloud solutions and support offerings. To this end, Microsoft invests in a dedicated Customer Success team that will help Microsoft customers successfully realize their business outcomes. The Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Manager will manage and lead a team of Cloud Solution Architects with expertise across Data and AI, which support a region for a specific set of customers within the Northeast Region. In this position you will have the opportunity to lead the innovative and thought leading Data and AI conversation with some of the most fast paced and tech savvy companies in the world, while enabling and leading the career development and growth of your team of Cloud Solution Architects (CSAs), and most importantly lead a high energy, collaborative and inclusive culture. All of this while being part of one of the most dynamic and innovative segments in the tech market today. You will need to demonstrate your expertise in leading Data and AI technical customer front facing teams, expertise in the Data and AI space, as well as driving a positive, inclusive and high energy culture.Required/Minimum QualificationsBachelor'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 consultingOR equivalent experience3+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers.Additional or Preferred QualificationsBachelor'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 consultingOR 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 consultingOR equivalent experience6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).6+ years experience leading technical projects, teams, or functionsTechnical 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 managersCloud Solution Architecture M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $248,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $162,000 - $268,900 per year.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.Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.The Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Manager will manage and lead a team of Cloud Solution Architects with expertise across Data and AI, which support a region for a specific set of customers within the Northeast Region. In this position you will have the opportunity to lead the innovative and thought leading Data and AI conversation with some of the most fast paced and tech savvy companies in the world, while enabling and leading the career development and growth of your team of Cloud Solution Architects (CSAs), and most importantly lead a high energy, collaborative and inclusive culture. All of this while being part of one of the most dynamic and innovative segments in the tech market today. You will need to demonstrate your expertise in leading Data and AI technical customer front facing teams, expertise in the Data and AI space, as well as driving a positive, inclusive and high energy culture.The Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Manageris a leader within our Customer Success Unit (CSU) organization. Data & AI is one of the fastest growing businesses inside the Azure platform, addressing the increasing customer demand for extracting value and insights to enable businesses to digitally transform. In this role, you will lead the technical strategy and execution of Microsoft's Data & AI Services to deliver customer consumption and success. The Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Manager is a Technical cloud leader with domain knowledge and experience in guiding customers across data estate migration, modernization, and transformation.  The combination of this expertise and experience best enables our  technical leaders to capture the opportunity and technical capabilities of Microsoft's Data & AI Services to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.  We are looking for a multi-faceted leader to lead and manage a team of Cloud Solution Architects (CSAs) aligned to the Data & AI business. As a manager, you will be accountable for the Data & AI business, and play a key role in developing the alignment and partnership with internal stakeholders (engineering and product leadership teams), and customer/partner stakeholders, inclusive of Business Development Managers and Technical Decision Makers (Chief Data Officer, Chief Analytics Officer, etc).  You will lead the Data & AI technical strategy and approach across the segments and customers in your region to drive growth of Azure Data Services.  Key responsibilities include:   The Data & AI Cloud Solution Architect Managerwill 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 In addition, you drive adherence to Microsoft standards and recommended practices by setting expectations for the team around methodology and governance to ensure that the team identifies, communicates, and minimizes business and technical risks. You provide the team with a holistic perspective of customer/partner challenges, industry trends, and competitor architectures to allow team members to engage with customers/partners, demonstrate Microsoft's value, and develop counter strategy. You accelerate innovation by coaching teams on building and/or modifying intellectual properties (IPs) rooted in domain expertise and/or industry acumen. Finally, you model how to engage constructively and transparently with the technical and/or business community locally and globally.OtherEmbody our culture and valuesEmployment typeFull-TimeWork siteUp to 100% work from homeRole typePeople ManagerDisciplineCloud Solution ArchitectureProfessionCustomer Success