Solution Specialist: Cloud and AI Platforms

Multiple Locations, United Kingdom

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Date posted

Sep 15, 2025

Job number

1877719

Work site

2 days / week in-office

Travel

25-50 %

Role type

Profession

Digital Sales and Solutions

Digital Solution Area Specialists

Employment type

Full-Time

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 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 sol tial 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 Cloud & AI Digital Solution Area Specialist 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 growthby leading high-impact Cloud and AI Solution Plays across diverse industries and engaging in strategic customer conversations.
• Hone your technical and consultative selling skillsthrough deep engagements with customers and partners, while building confidence in solution design and execution.
• Develop deep business acumenby aligning cloud strategies with customer transformation goals and success metrics, and by participating in immersive learning experiences.
• Strengthen your leadership and influenceby collaborating across teams, contributing to a culture of innovation, and sharing best practices.
• Build future-ready capabilitiesthrough 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.

• Experience in technology related Sales/Solution Sales in a 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.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field and technology-related sales or account management experience
• 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
• Solution or services sales experience.

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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Industry leading healthcare

Educational resources

Discounts on products and services

Savings and investments

Maternity and paternity leave

Generous time away

Giving programs

Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations .