Senior Solution Area Specialist Cloud & AI Platform (incl. SAP)

Job description

Are you passionate about AI and eager to transform the IT landscape?

Join our dynamic **Cloud & AI Platforms** team with a special focus on engaging with customers running **SAP** and helping them on their journey to the cloud and beyond.

As trusted advisors, we help customers modernize their infrastructure, optimize operations, and drive innovation with Cloud & AI's cutting-edge AI capabilities.

Whether it's migrating and modernizing estates to be AI-ready, accelerating innovation with AI agents and platforms, empowering development teams with AI, or unifying and modernizing data estates, we help customers build technology solutions to achieve their business needs.





In this role, you'll be at the forefront of AI growth and disruption, guiding customers through their AI journey and helping them achieve their strategic goals.

You'll ensure customers can fully harness the transformative potential of AI to stay ahead of the competition.

If you're ready to make a significant impact and drive AI transformation, we invite you to join us and be part of this exciting journey!



In your special role you will also support customers modernise their use of SAP and unlock the full value of Microsoft’s cloud driving innovation with AI, analytics, and automation in **SAP landscapes** .

You will work directly with technical and business stakeholders to design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient architectures that support AI workloads and SAP as a business-critical application.

You bring expertise in SAP especially an understanding of the various solutions and had knowledge of SAP migrations, ideally to the cloud, including RISE.

Beyond migration, you lead customers through modernization and exploration, advising them on how the broader suite of Microsoft capabilities can help drive an intelligent enterprise powered by AI.

 



We are leading a high-growth, AI-powered sales team — one that is deeply connected to our partners and driven by customer success.

We are unlocking the largest customer opportunity, backed by the industry’s most significant investments.

Leveraging the power of AI and our extensive partner ecosystem, we are redefining how our largest customers adopt technology to drive growth and innovation.



In the Cloud & AI platforms organization, you’ll be part of a diverse, high-performing, and customer-obsessed team where collaboration, connection, and continuous learning fuel everything we do.



If you thrive in a fast-paced, environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact, explore how the Cloud & AI platforms team can be the next step in your career.

Together, we are shaping the future of business.



As a Cloud & AI Solution Area Specialist you will be a solution sales leader within our Cloud & AI Platforms organization working with our most important and largest enterprise customers across a V-team of account executives, technical, partner and consulting resources.



**This opportunity will allow you to:**



+ Accelerate your career growth by leading high-impact Cloud and AI Solution Plays across diverse industries and engaging in strategic customer conversations.



+ Hone your technical and consultative selling skills through deep engagements with customers and partners, while building confidence in solution design and execution.



+ Develop deep business acumen by aligning cloud strategies with customer transformation goals and success metrics, and byparticipatingin immersive learning experiences.



+ Strengthen your leadership and influence by collaborating across teams, contributing to a culture of innovation, and sharing best practices.



+ Build future-ready capabilities through certifications, hands-on workshops, and continuous learning in cloud and AI technologies.



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.



**Responsibilities**



+ Lead Customer Engagements: Act as the Cloud & AI sales lead, guiding customers through cloud transformation across infrastructure, data, and AI platforms.

Address business and technical needs with demos, whiteboarding, and solution storytelling.

+ Own and Convert Pipeline: Manage forecast and pipeline rigorously from early-stage to close.

Use tools like Industry Account Plans (IAP), Landing Experience Plans (LXP), and checklists to execute territory planning and strategies and drive revenue.

+ Orchestrate Across Teams: Partner with Account Executives, Solution Engineers, Cloud Solution Architects, and partners to co-sell, validate solutions, and ensure successful deployment through the Cloud & AI Marketplace.

+ Accelerate Decisions: Engage decision-makers with clear business cases using Cloud & AI Pricing Calculator, ROI, and TCO tools.

Scope proofs of concept and lead customers from commitment to consumption.

+ Inspire and Influence: Bring technical fluency and inclusive leadership to virtual teams.

Solve challenges with expertise in virtualization, cloud-native tech, data modernization, SAP and AI.



**Qualifications**



**Required Qualifications**



+ Several years of solid experience in technology-related sales or account management experience

+ Several years of solution or services sales experience in the field of Azure, SAP, Data, Application and Infrastructure

+ Proven experience in SAP solutions and infrastructure, including migration of workloads

+ Experience designing or selling solutions involving hybrid networking, secure connectivity, or network performance optimisation in enterprise environments



**Additional Qualifications**



+ Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field advantageous.



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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .

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