Microsoft Job Recruitment 2022 (4 Positions)- Apply Now

Microsoft Recruitment- Microsoft Corporation is recruiting qualified and suitable candidates to fill the positions below. Qualified candidates should kindly apply below.Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.

At Microsoft our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

(1)Job Title: Cloud Solution Architect

Job Number: 1481700
Location: Lagos
Travel: 0-25 %
Profession: Customer Success
Employment type: Full-Time
Role type: Individual Contributor
Work site: Up to 50% work from home

Job Description

The purpose of the Customer Success Unit is to guide our customers to better deploy, adopt, and gain long-term business value from their investment in Microsoft. In turn, their successes will ensure we grow our Azure consumption. Ultimately, when customers are successful, we are successful.
Cloud Solution Architects (CSA) drive high priority customer initiatives on the Microsoft Azure Platform in collaboration with customers and the Microsoft in-field strategic accounts segment of our business.
This is a customer facing role, owning overall technical relationship between a customer and Microsoft Azure Applications Development Platform.
This is a Full time opportunity for fresh grads.

Job Roles/Responsibilities

Provides technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, installation, and maintenance of company products.
Assists the sales staff in assessing potential application of company products to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer applications/solutions.
Ensures that the product application/solution is functioning according to specifications.
Provide follow-up support to company sales staff and customer personnel by disseminating technical information on specific applications.

Qualifications and Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field
Passion for technology and customer obsessed.
Displays strong stakeholder and relationship management across senior leaders, partners, and customers.
Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills.

Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

(2)Job Title: Solution Area Specialist – Modern Work

Job Number: 1379479
Location: Lagos
Travel: 0-25 %
Profession: Sales
Employment type: Full-Time
Role type: Individual Contributor
Work site: Up to 50% work from home

Job Description

To support our customers, the Employee Experience team is looking for someone who is passionate about people as individuals, not just workers.
The Employee Experience Specialist is an accomplished and experienced solution seller with a proven record of accomplishment of Solution sales for a SaaS-based company or similar technology.
You will lead a virtual team of technical, licensing expert, engineering resources to advance the sales process and achieve/exceed solution sales and usage/consumption targets for related workloads in your accounts.
You will help customers evaluate their applications, recommend solutions that meet their requirements, remove roadblocks to deployment and drive customer satisfaction.

Job Roles/Responsibilities

Sales Execution: You will orchestrate a virtual team and assess customer needs to develop strategies that proactively build a stakeholder network to accelerate and close Modern Work opportunities.
Consultative Solution Sales: You will drive solutions sales best practices including but not limited to; discovery, building and crafting solution strategies that differentiate from the competition, challenging our customers with creative and innovative solutions.
Business Value Selling: You will foster and expand Microsoft’s relationships with Customer Business Decision. Collaborate alongside other sellers roles to identify and qualify new Modern Work opportunities, engaging with key business contacts, understanding customers’ business and technology priorities, governance, decision, and budget processes, and landing the value proposition of Microsoft Viva.
Scaling and Collaboration: You will lead the planning, orchestration, and execution of Modern Work opportunities with internal stakeholders and partners to cross-sell and up-sell.
Technical Expertise: You will lead Modern Work BDM (Business Decision Maker) and ITDM (Information Technology Decision Maker) conversations, shares best practices and key competitor knowledge across solution areas acting as a subject matter expert to inform decisions on pursuit or withdrawal.
Sales Excellence: You will lead the planning for accounts across territories, complete plans, and business analysis to pursue high-potential customers and manage Modern Work solutions across the organization.
Deliver Results and Model Microsoft Values: You will deliver results through teamwork, acts as role model for MS values including treating others with fairness and respect.

Qualifications and Requirements

B.Sc / BA Degree is required
5-7 years of cloud solutions, consulting services, or technical selling experience.

Sales Execution: Skilled in leading BDM outside of traditional ITDM conversations with high-potential customers, building pipeline and developing and presenting solutions that meet customer requirements & strategy, and leading deal execution through closure.
Employee Experience: Experience with selling CRM/ERP or similar software-as-a-service, cloud-based business applications.
Has deep understanding of all or part of the challenges and opportunities in an emerging category and can envision solutions mapped with business value to address customer persona business needs and pains.
Business Value Selling: Skilled in building economic justification of Modern Work solutions, assessing business opportunities and needs, and validating business value analysis with customers to drive intention to buy
Scaling and Collaboration: Skilled in identifying, leveraging, and coordinating a holistic, collaborative, and participative approach with internal stakeholders, including Global Partner Solutions, Telco Operators and Partners across solutions areas to scale business results.
Technical Expertise: Skilled in understanding Modern Work solutions and products, developing strategies to share best practices across subsidiaries, collaborating with Global Black Belts (GBBs) and other stakeholders on compete scenarios and providing insights on future product trends and sales blockers.
Sales Excellence: Skilled in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on business planning, leading forecast, account, and territory plan discussions to drive intentional selling in high propensity accounts.
Deliver Results and Model Microsoft Values: Skilled in identifying Customers’ operational needs and building account plans accordingly. Partnering and collaborating with internal/external stakeholders on related deliverables and work streams; Models compliance to Microsoft values and shows empathy and compassion

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

(3)Job Title: Senior Project Manager (Digital Transformation)

Job Number: 1476699
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Travel: 25-50 %
Profession: Consulting Services
Employment type: Full-Time
Role type: Individual Contributor
Work site: Up to 50% work from home

Job Description

Are you excited about creating innovative technology solutions and taking responsibility for complex, multi million dollar projects?
As organizations digitally transform their business and operating models, they look to us to provide them with the guidance and partnership that will help them achieve this change successfully and at pace.
You will have the opportunity to develop your project management skills and experience as you build relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, managing a range of projects that vary in terms of budget and size, and collaborating with teams located in multiple locations and time zones.
Working in an environment that empowers you to bring your best each day, you will grow professionally and personally as part of a team that care passionately for great customer outcomes, and who strive to improve the overall customer and partner experience.

Job Roles/Responsibilities

Engaging with senior internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Chief Executive-level executives) as a peer, providing subject matter expertise
Managing projects and delivery performance, focusing on customer satisfaction, tangible outcomes and high quality.
Managing multiple programs and projects end-to-end using the appropriate project management framework and methodology.
Participating in the pre-sales process and being able to articulate the business value proposition associated with the project or change
Guiding cross-team and third-party partnerships – influencing without authority and using the power of diverse teams.
Applying project management standards, compliance and best practices to ensure successful delivery of projects on scope, on schedule and on budget.
Being on top of any commercial aspects of your project or program, driving financial integrity.
Mentoring other team members as you share your knowledge and experience.
Researching and proactively sharing intellectual property (IP) and providing recommendations for improving how we operate.

Qualifications and Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in relevant subject or equivalent work experience.
Proven experience managing mid- to large-scale technology programs or projects, preferably at international scale
Core project management skills, including financial management, planning, scheduling, reporting, resource management, senior stakeholder communications, and risk management
Professional presentation skills with experience of regularly presenting a variety of different audiences including those at a C-suite level.
PMP Certification or equivalent project management experience.
Experience managing technology related projects in either: infrastructure, cloud, security, Office365, or Productivity solution implementations is essential.
A background in the Telecommunications industry (Desirable)
This role will include some national and international travel from time-to-time in line with customer needs.

Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

(4)Job Title: Community Engagement Lead

Job Number: 1448515
Location: Nigeria
Travel: 0-25 %
Profession: Legal & Corporate Affairs
Employment type: Full-Time
Role type: People Manager
Work site: Up to 50% work from home

Job Description

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, high ambition, a drive for results, and ensuring our organization is a place where everyone can bring their full and authentic self, where all voices are heard, and where we do our best work as a result. In doing so, we drive inclusive economic opportunity and impact the lives of millions of people around the world. You can help us achieve our mission!
Microsoft Philanthropies helps bring the company’s mission to life by empowering communities and nonprofits to realize the potential of technology. We seek to create systemic change by investing in three strategic pillars: digital skills, digital transformation and community engagement.
We are looking for a seasoned Corporate Social Responsibility or Philanthropies professional who will manage the local implementation of Microsoft Philanthropies programs in MEA, reporting to the GM and International Community Engagement Lead.
This leader will lead the team that executes the programmatic work for many Microsoft Philanthropies initiatives in the Middle East and Africa region, including our Skills for Jobs program, which provides skills training to those excluded from technology opportunities, employee engagement activities, and disaster response efforts.
We will be flexible to hire this role across the Middle East Africa (MEA) region with a focus on South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt or Dubai.

Job Roles/Responsibilities

People Leadership. Lead a team of philanthropy professionals across MEA to develop a strategy for their area and implement programs to drive impact for underserved populations in their countries.
Develop relationships with global subsidiary peers to leverage best practices and drive global integration. Nurture a sense of community across the region, share learnings and identify and review opportunities to scale local programs regionally and globally.
Develop relationships and influence with the leadership teams across MEA and worldwide teams. Cultivate relationships with the MEA business leadership team to gain support for Philanthropies initiatives in the region and maximize the company’s social and business impact. Work effectively with corporate stakeholders to provide feedback to improve the strategy and local impact.
Drive excellence in execution of programmatic “Skills for Jobs” initiatives in MEA – ensure that investments in the region contribute to closing the skills gap and enhancing employability for underserved communities. This involves co-designing and executing skills programs with nonprofit partners, governments, and other stakeholders to address complex local, regional, national, and global community and civic engagement needs in alignment with Microsoft’s corporate social responsibility standards.
Actively create opportunities for partnership, collaboration, and engagement with external partners, including nonprofits, IGOs, governments and others in the private sector – develops and influence partnerships to advance Skills for Jobs in MEA. Represents Microsoft externally and helps serve as spokesperson for Microsoft Philanthropies across the region.
Employee Giving – land employee giving campaigns in the region and local markets, supporting the execution of the global campaigns.
Disaster Response – Represent Microsoft Philanthropies in assessing regional disaster response; work closely with the affected country/area to support the specific plan and execution.

Qualifications and Requirements

10+ years of experience project managing social impact initiatives, ideally for multi-year projects spanning large geographic regions in a CSR, Government Affairs or Nonprofit leadership role, preferably on workforce related issues.
Experience partnering with nonprofits, IGOs, governments and others in the private sector.
Experience living or working in MEA is highly preferred.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Please Note

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.
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