Country:United StatesCities:Los Angeles, San Diego, SeattleArea of expertise:Business LeadershipJob DescriptionTitle: Data & AI Solution Area LeadIntroduction: Solving large Data-related business challenges or driving creative AI-based solutions are what we are known for in the market; they are the areas on which our clients most frequently seek our guidance during their digital transformation. By specializing in and formalizing these select Offerings, we can deepen our relationships with our clients across their entire portfolio, expanding into new areas, helping us to grow our market share and the clients' positive outcomes.
This role focuses specifically on building Microsoft Data & AI ecosystem go-to-market, pre-sales alignment, and some client delivery oversight. In summary, this role is all about that!Come join us: As a Data & AI Solutions Business Lead, you will lead sales/presales go-to-market activities of the Data & AI practice. You'll team closely with both the Regional Data & AI Lead and Data & AI Practice Leads to implement a strategy for joint go-to-market opportunities - with core focus on Microsoft Azure, Azure based data solutions and Artificial Intelligence.
In this key role, you get to focus on driving the Data & AI offering every day; serving as the "face" of that offering internally and externally, support sales and key relationships with the practice alliance partners, and of course working closely with Microsoft. You get to define and manage full-spectrum, cross-offering solutions delivery for our clients. You will partner with the staffing and Regional Capability Leads on resourcing and skill needs to maintain effective business operations and project outcomes for your defined territory, engaging our Global Delivery Network (Offshore capabilities) as needed.
What you'll do: Collaborate with and educate the territory account and sales teams to drive Data & AI solutions to target clients, including all stages of the deal pursuit, review and approval. If you're looking for an impactful, client-facing role, it doesn't get better than this! Positioning offering and cross-offerings with local partners, primarily Microsoft and Databricks, as you develop strong beneficial relationships and ensure Azure data solutions are considered as part of proposed solutions with clients. You are passionate about all the aspects of Analytics, Generative AI, Data-driven decision making systems and about supporting direct selling teams, from origination and crafting solutions through proposal.
There will be regional business travel as needed.Skills and experiences: Your successful leadership track record of developing and growing long term, high value client relationships makes you a stand out with Customer Satisfaction and happy clients. Your honed communication, influencing and negotiating capabilities have helped you establish and grow solutions with key clients.
You enjoy advising leadership teams in the development, production and promotion of your solution offerings to grow a technology services line of business. Your core solution sales skills include Azure, Synapse, OpenAI Services, GenAI, Databricks, ADLS, ADF, and the whole host of Microsoft data solution landscape. You are a leader in the data ecosystem in the market Vendor management or relationship experience (Microsoft preferred)About you: Your successful leadership track record of developing and growing long term, high value client relationships makes you a stand out with Customer Satisfaction and happy clients.
Your honed communication, influencing and negotiating capabilities have helped you establish and grow solutions with key clients. You enjoy advising leadership teams in the development, production and promotion of your solution offerings to grow a technology services line of business. Your core solution sales skills include Azure, Synapse, OpenAI Services, GenAI, Databricks, ADLS, ADF, and the whole host of Microsoft data solution landscape.
You are a leader in the data ecosystem in the market Vendor management or relationship experience (Microsoft preferred) A bit of Strategy & Roadmaps in your background would make us super happy and make you even more successful in this key leadership Go-to-market sales roleEnjoy your career Some of the best things about working at Avanade : Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications) Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you Find out more about some of our benefits here.A great place to work As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you'll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities.
You'll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It's all here, so take a closer look! We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees.
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? Location - Starting Salary RangeCalifornia: $210,000 - $245,000Washington: $210,000 - $245,000Apply nowAbout AvanadeAvanade is the leading provider of innovative digital, cloud and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. Every day, our 59,000 professionals in 26 countries make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers. We have been recognized as Microsoft's Global SI Partner of the Year more than any other company.
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