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Director, Cloud Solution Architecture (MEA HQ)

11/28/2025

Lead the design and execution of the CSU strategy for priority customer scenarios, ensuring alignment with sales, services, and ERP transformation. Coach and develop a high-performing team while driving usage and ensuring delivery excellence across the lifecycle.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

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About The Company

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

About the Role

Solution Area Execution:As the MEA Solution Area lead, design and land the CSU execution strategy for the priority customer scenarios around sales, services & ERP transformation and Low code Power platform agents. Partner and execute with the country CSU leadership, STU teams to support renewals and also drive usage People Leadership: Coach and develop a high-performing CSA team aligned to the new FY26 priorities Delivery Excellence: Ensure 90% of delivered hours align with CSU's on-strategy delivery model Pipeline Contribution: Drive CSU-created usage pipeline (Job 2) for prioritized workloads, targeting 20% of total pipeline contribution Unified Coverage: Ensure 95% coverage of proactive and enhanced services across the lifecycle Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with CSAMs, STU, and ISD to accelerate customer value and ensure seamless handovers Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field ANDexperience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience. Experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). Experience leading technical projects, teams, or functions. Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications). People management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, technical architect managers, and/or people managers.

Key Skills

Cloud Solution ArchitectureSales TransformationERP TransformationLow Code Power PlatformCoachingTeam DevelopmentDelivery ExcellencePipeline ContributionCross-Team CollaborationCustomer EngagementTechnical Project LeadershipCloud TechnologiesIT ConsultingSoftware DevelopmentTechnical CertificationsPeople Management