As a Solution Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of technical sales professionals focused on helping customers achieve their business and technology goals through Microsoft solutions.
This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, customer engagement, and partner collaboration. You will empower your team to build trusted advisor relationships, drive technical wins, deliver exceptional customer experiences, and accelerate customer adoption of Microsoft technologies. You will also work across Microsoft and partner ecosystems to develop strategic plans, enable technical readiness, and ensure consistent execution across customer engagements.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Solution Engineering team, fostering technical excellence and customer impact.
- Build relationships with customer technical decision-makers and guide teams to deliver successful customer engagements and technical wins.
- Develop and execute technical sales strategies that align customer business objectives with Microsoft solutions.
- Collaborate with Microsoft teams and partners to drive solution adoption, customer success, and business growth.
- Oversee solution design, demonstrations, proof of concepts, and technical engagements to help customers achieve their transformation goals.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field and 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; OR
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; OR
- 7+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; OR
- Equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or related experience.
- 6+ years of experience with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure, architecture design, migrations, or technology management.
- 3+ years of people management experience, including leading virtual teams.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field and 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
- 7+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
- Equivalent experience
- 8+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, technology delivery, or related experience
- 6+ years of experience with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises infrastructure, architecture design, migrations, or technology management
- 3+ years of people management experience, including leading virtual teams
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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