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Senior Digital Solution Area Specialist-Cloud & AI
United States, Georgia, Atlanta
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Job description
Company and benefits
Job number
200046140
Date posted
Sep 10, 2026
Work site
3 days / week in-office
Travel
Less than 25%
Profession
Digital Sales and Solutions
Discipline
Digital Solution Area Specialists
Role type
Individual Contributor
Employment type
Full-Time
Overview
Are you passionate about AI and eager to transform the IT landscape? Join our dynamic Cloud & AI team as we lead the charge in AI transformation! 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!
At Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C), we are leading a high-growth, AI-powered global sales team—one that is deeply connected to our partners and driven by customer success. By uniting our Small Medium Business, Corporate, Strategy, and Partner teams, 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 businesses of all sizes adopt technology to drive growth and innovation.
SME&C is more than a sales organization—it’s a culture of innovation, opportunity, and inclusivity. Here, 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, digital-first environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact, explore how SME&C can be the next step in your career. Together, we are shaping the future of business.
As a Senior Digital Solution Area Specialist-Cloud & AI you will be a solution sales leader within our mid-market sales organization working with our most important customers. You will collaborate with a team of technical, partner, and consulting resources to advance the sales process and exceed quarterly Cloud & AI revenue targets in your assigned accounts.
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 by participating in 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 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, and AI.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field AND 5+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience OR 6+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
Experience in technology related Sales/Solution Sales in a reputable software company
A track record of meeting and exceeding revenue targets
Experience engaging with mid-market or corporate customers, including managing multiple stakeholders and navigating moderately complex sales cycles.
Working knowledge of Cloud Platform: Understanding of Microsoft Cloud & AI infrastructure, data, and AI application platforms, with the ability to articulate technical solutions to business and IT stakeholders.
Experience selling business solutions to global customers with a focus on Cloud Native, AI, or Data platform and analytics
4+ years solution or services sales experience.
Experience partnering with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and technology-forward customers to drive digital transformation, solution adoption, and business growth
Digital Solution Area Specialists IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $40.96 - $80.96 per hour. 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 $60.96 - $86.11 per hour.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Minimum requirements
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Business Administration, or related field plus 5+ years in technology sales/account management, or 6+ years without a degree
- Experience in technology solution sales with a proven record of meeting revenue targets
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Cloud & AI platforms and ability to engage mid-market or corporate customers in complex sales cycles
This listing was parsed by AI and may not be complete. Check the official posting on Microsoft's site for the most accurate information.