Job Description

For decades, organizations have invested in technology to incrementally innovate and become more profitable. In the Digital Era, organizations use technology to transform how they interact with customers, what they sell, how their employees work and make decisions, and how they optimize their businesses.

Digital transformation is not a choice. It is an imperative that is forcing organizations to shift to offering higher-value experiences. In the Digital Era, at least some of an organization's core offerings are software-based, bringing the digital and physical worlds together.

In the Digital Era, organizations that transform, succeed. Digital transformation requires a cultural shift, and Microsoft Digital Advisors get organizations started on their digital journey. They help organizations as they reimagine and transform customer engagements, employee experiences, business models and operations. Digital Advisors bring their expertise, as well as Microsoft resources, experience and innovation, to empower organizations to reach their digital aspirations. Partnering with organizations, Digital Advisors drive a program of change to build the digital business.

* Discover Opportunities to Create and Capture Value - You recruit and assemble ONE team that is represented by Microsoft and our customer. The goal is to build a team with diverse perspective and seek to understand and uncover unmet needs and opportunities.
* Imagine the Art of The Possible - You will guide your team to reframe the problem and co-create new innovative solutions that will address your customers reframed problem statement.
* Create Clarity and Enable the Digital Journey- Using your prototyping mindset, you and your team will design and iterate micro experiments to ensure your solution is relevant to the stakeholders who will rely on it. You will craft a roadmap, define the business value, assess digital maturity and ultimately help your customer bring the new innovative solution to market.

Microsoft Digital Advisors are in constant interaction with the Account Team dedicated to their customer, and work closely with other Architects, Consultants, and Subject Matter Experts to advance strategic initiatives and contribute to optimize our value proposition. They are seen as leaders and partners and they do not wait to be asked but rather they pave the way. While we are looking for experienced professionals, we are also interested in attracting and developing individuals who are passionate about innovation, design and changing the world. If you believe that you have strengths in some of the areas below but not all, and you are passionate about innovation, please submit your application and include a personal statement outlining why you believe you would be a great fit for this role using examples of what you have done in some of the skill areas below.

Typical Characteristics and Traits

Our Digital Advisors share a common set of characteristics that drive innovation and value for our customers:

* Executive presence and business insight, including CXO level discussions
* Ability to generate trust, build alliances across the organization, and orchestrate interdisciplinary teams to the benefit of customers
* Situational awareness to adapt and solve challenges from a business and technology perspective
* Ability to balance strategy with pragmatic operational delivery
* Empathy, curiosity, desire to constantly improve, acquire new skills and drive for results
* Ability to conceptualize, launch and plan the delivery of digital-enabled business change projects
* Leadership qualities and ability to coordinate physical and virtual resources and initiatives
* Executive-level interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation skills, good listener, ability to provide a trusted voice at the decision-making table and be an advocate of Microsoft vision and value proposition
* Zeal for business, technology, market trends, including knowledge of Digital technology (3D printing, VR, sensors) current and emerging.
* Recognized ideator and innovator with strong storytelling abilities to inspire growth mindset for the teams and the customers.

The scope of responsibility for this role requires a solid understanding of both business and technology strategy, and a principled approach to broad digital transformational challenges.
Requirements for this high-visibility, high-impact role include:

* Design, Computer Science, Social Science or Business degree, and/or equivalent experience
* Experience working in a business, design or innovation function for a minimum of 5 years is preferred.
* Design Thinking, Business Model Innovation, and bringing products to market
* Desired but not required: Define and create compelling user experiences through storyboards, mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and specifications
* Consistent record of delivering business value at an executive level, bringing the benefits of technology to transform their business
* Understanding of current Microsoft offerings across cloud and IoT
* Travel is an integral expectation of this position as the needs of our customers and our business demand. Furthermore, this is a consulting role so the individual should be comfortable and familiar with delivering professional services.
* Role Location: Remote (Any major US City)

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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