Senior Specialist Manager - Cloud & AI Platform - UK&I New

Overview

Step into a role where your ideas spark innovation and your impact is felt every day. As a UK and Ireland Cloud and AI Platform Specialist Manager, based in Dublin, you will lead a high-performing team serving commercial and public sector organizations across the UK and Ireland. You will guide your team to help customers achieve more through Microsoft's Cloud & AI platforms, with a focus on key workloads such as Databases, Fabric, Foundry, and GitHub.

In this role, you will lead your team to grow the overall Azure business while deepening adoption of strategic workloads across the SME&C Corporate segment. You will work as part of the extended leadership team for one of the largest Azure businesses in the region, helping customers in a highly developed market accelerate their journey to becoming frontier organizations. You will use your technical, commercial, and leadership expertise to shape strategy, remove blockers, and inspire your team to deliver effective, sustainable growth.

At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth‑mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress, people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Responsibilities

Lead and coach a team of specialists to develop and execute strategies that drive and close opportunities for Microsoft cloud and artificial intelligence solutions, ensuring comprehensive alignment with account teams and predictable deal closure.

Guide the team in building and managing a healthy pipeline across the UK and Ireland Corporate segment, leveraging stakeholders and partners to identify new opportunities and expand customer relationships.

Act as a thought leader in digital transformation, helping your team connect Microsoft solutions to customer business impact and advising customers on how cloud and AI platforms can address their strategic priorities.

Build and transform new markets by leveraging technical and industry expertise, partners, and resources; lead the team to explore emerging opportunities and optimize the solution portfolio to facilitate customer innovation.

Oversee end-to-end business performance across the territory, ensuring sales targets, operational standards, and certification expectations are met while fostering a culture of learning, inclusion, and growth.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a relevant discipline, AND advanced experience in technology-related sales or customer relationship management; OR highly developed experience in technology-related sales or customer relationship management.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Business Administration (e.g., MBA), Information Technology, or a relevant discipline, AND advanced experience in technology-related sales or customer relationship management; OR Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or a relevant discipline, AND highly developed experience in technology-related sales or customer relationship management; OR highly developed experience in technology-related sales or customer relationship management.

Advanced experience in solution or services sales.

Demonstrated experience in team leadership and supporting the development of others.

Extensive people management experience.

Digital Solution Area Specialists M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Ireland is € 83,900.00 - € 145,800.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/ireland-corporate-pay.html

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

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.