Director of Solution Engineering

Role Description

Are you passionate about helping customers transform their businesses through AI, cloud modernization, application innovation, and data-driven transformation? The Cloud & AI Platforms Solution Engineering organization partners with enterprise customers to accelerate AI adoption, modernize applications and infrastructure, unlock data value, and drive business transformation on Microsoft Cloud. As the Director of Solution Engineering for the Cloud & AI Platforms team, you will lead a high-performing organization of Solution Engineering Managers and Solution Engineers responsible for:

• Winning technical decisions
• Driving customer business outcomes
• Accelerating Azure growth
• Enabling customers to become Frontier Firms through AI-powered innovation

This role combines people leadership, technical leadership, strategic business ownership, and customer engagement. You will work closely with:

• Specialist Sales
• Customer Success
• Industry Solutions
• Partners
• Product Engineering
• Business Leaders

As a manager of managers, you will be responsible for:

• Organizational performance
• Talent strategy
• Operational excellence
• Execution against business objectives
• Cultivating a culture of accountability, inclusion, learning, and customer obsession

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR
• 10+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience

Requirements

• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $155,800 - $277,200 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 $202,400 - $303,600 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here .

Company Description

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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.

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