Federal Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) Manager - ABS

The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources - including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment - Civilian, Defense, or I ntelligence community.

Microsoft Federal, an operating unit within 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 Federal Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) Manager for the AI Business Solutions (ABS) Team, you will lead a team of people who enable customers to achieve their outcomes, based on their investments in Microsoft technology. Leveraging your business and technical expertise , you will coach the team to ensure customers get value from their MS investments such as M365 Enterprise solutions and Unified support investments. As a CSA Manager, your role is pivotal in driving the success of the AI Business Solutions Customer Success Unit (CSU). You as a people manager, will deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching and caring . This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home .

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.

Responsibilities:

• 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 to deliver an end-to-end Copilot journey across Chat, M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform, ensuring alignment with AI Business Solutions' goals

• 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 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 Implementatio n : Use all available engagement opportunities to drive Unified EDE/DE involvement and ensure customers experience a smooth transition throughout their journey.
• Account Targeting: Focus on high-growth accounts with targeted efforts and Unified Enhance Solutions. Prioritize impactful accounts aligned with business goals.
• Other:
  • Embody our culture and values

Qualifications:

Required/minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+years experiencein cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting ORequivalent experience
• 3+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

• Clearance Verification : This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check : This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance .

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).

• 6+ years experience leading technical projects, teams, or functions

• 5+ years of people leadership experience s

Cloud Solution Architecture M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 28, 2025.

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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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