Solution Engineering Team Manager - Cloud and AI Platform

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The Microsoft Solution Engineering organization is a technical sales organization focused on inspiring and demonstrating the value of the Microsoft technology portfolio to our commercial customers. We evaluate our customers’ applications and business requirements, design and recommend high-impact solutions that meet their requirements, and demonstrate these solutions and their business value to win technical decisions and subsequent productive rollouts.

As a Solution Engineer manager you bring impactful industry insights and technology solutions into customer engagements and coach and influence others internally on how to do this. You will be responsible for scaling and collaboration by guiding your teams to cooperate with account teams, partners and product engineering. You will leverage your technical expertise and programmatic approaches to coach the team about Microsoft technology differentiators and competitive advantages. You will champion sales excellence in your team and be accountable for driving people management strategies.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

We embrace diversity and value your unique strengths. The following lists outlines the qualifications we are looking for:

Minimum:

• A relevant Bachelor's or Master’s degree (e.g. computer science, information technology, software engineering, or similar) or comparable work experience
• The ability to explain complex technical concepts to senior decision makers coupled with a strong business and sales mindset
• A deep passion for people management and development paired with a deep passion for technology and how it can make a positive impact on business and people
• Significant work experience in designing/implementing information technology solutions, technical sales and/or consulting
• Solid technical and business expertise on the concepts and applications of cloud computing, data and application platforms and modern software development
• A thorough understanding on the concepts, applications and current developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Experience with the Microsoft cloud portfolio
• An outcome focused “can do” attitude paired with constant, self-motivated learning and a collaborative approach
• Experience leading and working in blended, multidisciplinary teams
• Fluency in English and able to understand German language spoken by our customers, and eligible to work in Germany

Additional or Preferred

• Previous people management experience
• Experience with change management
• Existing network/experience in the German customer and/or partner IT ecosystem

Overall, you share our passion to make a difference.

As manager of the Solution Engineer Team for the Cloud and AI Platform technologies (Azure, github, Visual Studio etc.) you will be a transformative leader, responsible for driving with your team our customers' business success through deep technology expertise. You will provide strategic guidance and insights to our German enterprise customers how they can efficiently evolve their IT landscape and transform their business with modern technology using a broad set of Microsoft and partner technologies across cloud infrastructure, data, AI, application and software development tools.

You will model, coach, and care for your team, fostering a high-performance culture of excellence. Your broad technical expertise combined with your architectural oversight will establish your credibility, while your ability to lead and develop a top-tier team through robust talent management, coaching, and mentoring will drive performance. To be successful with your team you ensure a close collaboration with the wider organization and partner ecosystem including the customer-focused account sales teams, the customer success teams and the international product engineering teams.

You hold yourself and your team accountable for tangible business growth and foster a culture of continuous learning to ensure you and your team are always up to date on industry trends, Microsoft portfolio and competition.

As a technical leader you will represent Microsoft as a contributor at customers events and executive briefings. You actively leverage your network and passion for technology to make a difference for customers, partners and Microsoft.