Overview
With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.
The CSA Global Delivery team is looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), specializing in Viva Glint, who is passionate about driving our customers’ AI transformation journey with Viva Glint, broader Viva Apps, and M365 Copilot. This is a customer-facing role that serves as a strategic trusted advisor and technical and business subject matter expert, accelerating AI adoption and change management by creating business value and ROI. This Cloud Solution Architect supports all aspects of the customer lifecycle from onboarding to value reviews for a strategic portfolio of Viva customers. This position requires a strong attention to detail and follow-through. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of Viva Glint delivery experience, understands the HR and/or employee engagement space, has a passion for technology, is obsessed with helping customers succeed, and loves working in a fast-paced environment.
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
• Be a trusted advisor and drive business value through AI Transformation: Influence business and HR leaders through strategic advisory focused on employee experience and people success. 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 Viva Glint (including broader Viva Apps), SharePoint, 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. Lead ROI discussions and advise on AI-enabled business transformation. • 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 Viva Glint (including broader Viva Apps), SharePoint, M365 Copilot, business value realization, and adoption and change management. Build and maintain technical readiness aligned to CSA Global Delivery priorities and initiatives.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 4+ years' experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting o OR equivalent experience
Additional Required Qualifications:
• 3+ years of Viva Glint Delivery experience • Proven experience in HR and/or employee engagement space • Willingness to learn new features and functionality of all Viva applications and M365 Copilot. • Strong understanding of data governance and security practices for all Viva applications and M365 Copilot. • Language Proficiency (fluent) in both Japanese and English
Additional Preferred Qualifications: • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting o OR Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting o OR equivalent experience • 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). • 4+ years experience working on technical projects. • Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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