Principal Technical Advisor

OverviewMicrosoft's Worldwide Sales & Solutions (WSS) organization, is accountable for commercial leadership in multiple areas. WSS drives sales through the industry, enterprise, partner, devices, customer solution areas, and co-engineering teams. WSS operates the commercial business for enterprise, small & medium enterprise and channel, and consumer. WSS defines and lands end-to-end Go To Market across all segments. Finally, WSS partners with product teams on customer feedback and technical solutions. As the WSS Leadership Team (LT) Principle Technical Advisor (TA), you'll play a strategic role working closely with the WWS LT to empower leaders with technical insight, shape technical strategy, influence technical stakeholders, and support executive-led technical engagement with customers and partners. You will demonstrate the unique combination of technical depth, familiarity with cutting-edge trends in enterprise and consumer AI, a continuous practice of learning, and concise communication that connects with the frontier agenda of our executive LT. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals. Each day, we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive.

ResponsibilitiesBrief WSS LT members (technical and non-technical) on technical topics and find / develop / customize collateral to support external engagements with customers and partners, as well as internal forums. Cutting edge consumer and enterprise AI experiences, apps, and trends Newly released and upcoming Microsoft product and research innovation Competitive releases and industry / research trends Priority product / technical topics from the WSS LT Build, showcase, and enable others to leverage demos showcasing Microsoft platform innovation with partner solutions and in industry vertical contexts Drive feedback to product teams based on learnings from demos Engage with ISE and PTS teams to ground demos in reality of customer and partner trends, and to inform customer and partner roadmaps Contribute to skill development & learning programs by helping to prioritize, scope, prototype, and review content Build and nurture a network of technical peers across Microsoft to share best practices and maximize the impact of the role Synthesize diverse inputs to develop an opinion on future tech trends and how best to position Microsoft and our customers and partners for success and relevance, and leverage the WSS LT to drive towards these outcomes You will Embody ourcultureandvalues.Skills & Abilities : Technical depth and know-how enabling credible and efficient engagement on technical topics with engineers, product managers, and technical leaders across Microsoft Active listening skills, with the ability to ask insightful questions at the right level of abstraction for the task at hand and audience in the conversation Ability to communicate concisely and effectively in oral and written form to both technical and non-technical executive audiences Presence, maturity, and experience to engage with senior leaders at Microsoft for impact Ability to engage customers and partners directly to gather feedback, demo and share technology, and ideate how they can apply our products to empower their business