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The Cloud Solution Architect provides technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, installation and maintenance of company products. Assists the sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer applications/solutions
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Responsibilities
Account Technology Strategist:
Account Technologist provides technology guidance to clients and orchestrates the interaction between clients and Microsoft resources to drive new opportunities, demand generation, digital transformation, and the mapping of industry/business scenarios to Microsoft solutions. Drives conversations with clients to present the strategic value of Microsoft solutions and acts as a trusted technology advisor both internally and externally with technical and/or business decision-makers.
Responsibilities:
- Generates business insights based on data received from the customer and internal teams (e.g., community and ecosystem, account team), and from knowledge of the capability of Microsoft products, to provide input into planning processes.
- Assists in the creation of fundamental, technical roadmaps, outlining the digital transformation journey and core wins, with help from others. Builds technical engagement or enablement plan, captures baseline, and drives envisioning.
- Applies an understanding of the customer's business objectives and scenarios in conjunction with industry priority scenarios (IPS) or Microsoft solution areas to map through the sales plays.
- Responds to opportunities presented by the customer, creates demand, and reports isolated problems or issues that the customer is experiencing.
- Provides support to help drive account planning for budgeting, quota attainment, consumption goals, and customer consumption gaps to inform quarterly and fiscal objectives. Coordinates account teams and conducts forecasting and tracking of the business, as instructed.
- Execute tasks related to the technical portion of the account plans.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Students with knowledge in System engineering, Information technology, administration, business, or related.
Preferred Qualifications
- Passion for technology and customer obsessed.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills.
- Strong balance of both business and technical skills.
- Knowledge of negotiation, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
- Technical consulting, technical consultative selling, product development, or related technical/sales experience is a plus.
- English Language Proficiency basic or intermediate.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.