Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) Manager - AI Business Solutions

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.  

As a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) Manager- - AI Business Solutions, you will lead a team dedicated to helping customers realize the full value of their investments in Microsoft technologies. By leveraging your business and technical expertise, you will coach and empower your team to drive outcomes through solutions such as Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Unified Support.

Your role is pivotal to the success of the AI Business Solutions Customer Success Unit (CSU), where you will guide your team in delivering impact across customer engagements. As a people manager, you will model, coach, and care—fostering a culture of accountability and growth.

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.

• Customer Engagement: Enhance customer engagement by improving account coverage ratios, increasing technical capacity for Copilot and Agents, and ensuring every customer interaction delivers value and drives usage.
• Strategic Leadership: Lead your team in driving an end-to-end Copilot journey—across Chat, M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform—while also delivering cloud-based endpoint management and virtualization solutions. Ensure all efforts are aligned with the strategic goals of AI Business Solutions.
• Team Development: Emphasize skilling and training through programs like Tech Boost, Tech Excel, and Tech Connect. Foster a culture of continuous learning and development within your team to ensure they are equipped with the necessary skills to succeed.
• Operational Excellence: Focus on operational excellence by aligning technical paths to metrics, ensuring accurate milestone creation based on users and monthly active users, and implementing rigorous execution to drive usage excellence across the portfolio.
• Performance Measurement: Measure success through key metrics such as MAU, PRU or Consumed Revenue, Revenue Impact, and Enhanced Solutions Revenue. Ensure that your team is aligned with these metrics and continuously track progress to maximize impact on revenue.
• Unified Model Implementation: Use all available engagement opportunities to drive Unified EDE/DE involvement and ensure customers experience a smooth transition throughout their journey.

Required (RQs)

• Bachelor's 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 
  • OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ 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 

• • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience

• 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). 
• 6+ years experience leading technical projects, teams, or functions
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
• 5+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers and/or technical architect managers

Cloud Solution Architecture M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $128,000 - CAD $222,400 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft est un employeur offrant l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour l’emploi, sans égard à l’âge, à l’ascendance, à la citoyenneté, à la couleur, aux congés médicaux ou familiaux, à l’identité ou à l’expression de genre, aux renseignements génétiques, à l’état d’immigration, à l’état matrimonial, à l’état de santé, à l’origine nationale, à un éventuel handicap physique ou mental, à l’affiliation politique, au statut de vétéran protégé ou au statut militaire, à la race, à l’ethnie, à la religion, au sexe (y compris la grossesse), à l’orientation sexuelle ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois, ordonnances et règlements locaux applicables. Si vous avez besoin d’aide avec des accommodements religieux et/ou d’un accommodement raisonnable en raison d’un handicap pendant le processus de candidature, apprenez-en plus sur la demande d’accommodement.

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