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We are looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), specializing in AI solutions, who is passionate about driving our customers’ AI transformation journey with Copilot Chat, Agents, and M365 Copilot, able to work and influence CXOs. This is a customer-facing role that serves as a strategic trusted advisor and technical subject matter expert, accelerating AI adoption and change management by creating business value and ROI.
This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home.
Are you looking to join a team where you help customers use the latest Copilot solutions, where you receive cutting edge training and where you’re empowered to make a difference? Can you learn to drive the highest technical quality and put the customer at the center of everything you do? Do you want to use best-in-class productivity technologies and tools to collaborate anywhere and in the most efficient way? If so, the position is for you! We need enthusiastic people to provide technical leadership to our enterprise customers. We need you to assist them on their digital transformation journey and ensure they leverage the power of M365 Copilot, Copilot chat and agents by getting the right tangible business value and the ROI.
Responsibilities
Be a trusted advisor and drive business value through AI Transformation: Create business value by translating customer challenges into actionable solutions aligned to high ROI customer outcomes. Ensure a seamless, connected experience that fosters satisfaction, loyalty, and long-term value.
Drive Customer Success: Lead architectural design, engaging with business and technical decision makers to drive intent and enable sustained usage of Copilot Chat, Agents, and M365 Copilot, securing long-term customer success and renewal.
Leverage Agentic AI: Use Copilot prompt engineering and Agent-building expertise to drive AI at scale.
Explore growth opportunities: Partner with technical and sales teams to identify opportunities and develop tailored solutions to drive expansion and business value realization.
Accelerate Customer AI Transformation Journey: Engage in relevant communities to share expertise, contribute to IP creation, prioritize IP re-use, and learn from others to help accelerate your customer’s AI transformation journey.
Embrace a growth mindset: Act as the voice of the customer by proactively sharing insights, feedback, and success stories to inform internal strategy and execution.
Learn-it-all: Demonstrate a self-learner mindset through continuous, self-directed learning in areas such as Copilot Chat, Agents, M365 Copilot, business value realization, and adoption and change management. Build and maintain technical readiness aligned to Customer Success Unit (CSU) priorities and corporate initiatives.
Be the focal point of contact between Microsoft and customer/partner in driving M365 Copilot adoption, drive end-user adoption of Copilot (per BU).
Deliver Microsoft services for Copilot through Unified support contract
Demonstrate Copilot M365 insights to showcase trends and business impact
Advisory on Adoption and Change Management Plan (identify exec sponsorship, end-user targeting, content and activities)
Enable and demonstrate M365 Copilot insights and dashboard to understand usage trends and business impact
Training sessions, use-cases and support specific for CxO
Extensibility Scenarios: envisioning, design session and scoping for pilot, PoC or handover for implementation
Feedback loop to Microsoft Product Group and Marketing team
Support unblocking technical issues: work with product group, provide feedback and product insights
Support Customer Success Club and MW events by delivering sessions and acting as a subject matter expert
Qualifications
Passion for new innovative technology and drive customer transformation
Strong project management skills
Ability to work with different cultures and customers
Ability to communicate with a variety of different audiences especially CxOs and strong presentation skills
Demonstrate effective balance between business with excellent adoption and change management skills and technical acumen on Copilot and agents
Ability to lead and motivate technical communities and be public speaker
Ability to effectively recognize and adapt to change and in constant learning mode
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Fluent in English, French and/or German, Dutch, any third language is appreciated
No relocation is possible
Relevant experience working in a customer-facing role and with Customer Success teams
Relevant experience in systems development, network operations, software support, IT consulting
Proven track record in successfully planning, deploying, operating, and optimizing M365 solutions
Analytical problem solving
Proven track record of building relationships with senior IT and business decision makers
Ability to explain complex topics to both technical and business decision makers
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and fluency in French and English
Change Management, transformation, trusted advisory, and customer focus skills to influence on Consumption/Adoption M365 Customers
Journey Mapping: be the M365 Copilot subject matter expert with ability to design customer solutions, lead presentations, demonstrations, and design thinking workshops with both BDMs and ITDMs
Relationship Building: proven track record of building deep relationships with BDM and senior IT executives in large or highly strategic accounts
Experience in managing various stakeholder relationships, leading value proposition conversations to get consensus on solution/projects
Technical skills in large scale Microsoft 365, M365 Security and compliance, Copilot for M365, Copilot chat, Agents creation and governance, Copilot Studio, M365 Apps, Teams deployment, SharePoint Online & Search indexing
Technical certification in Cloud (e.g., Microsoft 365 Certified, AI, …)
Additional Information
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, 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.
Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Full-time
Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Industries Software Development
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