At our core, Microsoft is a Productivity and Platform Company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.  We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more. Part of our Digital Work strategy is Microsoft Cloud for Business. The Business SaaS (Software as a Service) is core to Microsoft’s Cloud strategy. We have seen a great adoption of our business apps cloud services in all sectors of the market.   

Microsoft Dynamics is a suite of easy-to-learn and easy-to-use business solutions tailored to any market, designed for any business size, and dedicated to growing business through happy customers. Microsoft Dynamics offers a full range of software focused on delivering business insights that matter to customers. From applications for Sales, Services, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Human Resources and Project Operations to development platform, business intelligence and reporting.

As a Dynamics 365 Solution Architect in the Microsoft Dynamics division you will work with enterprise customers, ISVs, and Partners to conceive, design, and implement Dynamics 365 applications. You will partner with senior business and technology leaders at Microsoft and with our customers to help them pick the best technical architecture to solve their business needs.

You are comfortable having conversations at different levels: with a business leader about how technology can enable reaching their goals or pursue new opportunities, with a CIO about technology costs and benefits, with an architect about building applications out of services, application security models, role-based access control, or messaging patterns, with an IT Professional about application monitoring and continuous deployment, and with a developer about the code. The individual in this position requires the ability to work well with Microsoft R&D, the field, and partners and to understand the varying perspectives and processes across these groups. This role requires an individual with strong hands-on experience with technology and skills in communication, negotiation, and project management to enable the success of critical projects.

In this role, you will also work closely with Program Managers in their feature areas to ensure that customer requirements are thoroughly understood and reflected in future product releases. Additional responsibilities associated with this position are helping design the product to overcome and eliminate challenges Enterprise organizations face and to provide our customers and Partners with deeper guidance on how best utilize the Dynamics 365 cloud services and leverage other Microsoft Services from Azure and Office.

Responsibilities

• Providing thought-leadership and architectural guidance/reviews on strategic Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Human Resources and Project Operations implementations
• Representing R&D in complex deals by providing Dynamics 365 technical consultation
• Assisting the core 365 R&D team to develop the right scenarios and features which address Enterprise needs
• Supporting Dynamics 365 Solution ISVs and Partners
• Managing Enterprise customer implementation success and managing risks and issues
• Building AX POCs and solutions

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a consultant or Technical Program Manager with a track record of designing and implementing Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management, Commerce, Human Resources and Project Operations projects.   Strong skills in SCM / Commerce are advantageous. 

As a Solution Architect, you will have:

• A strong background in program management and/or consultancy with a track record of successfully architecting and deploying Dynamics 365 solutions
• Understanding of end-to-end business applications implementation lifecycle
• A strong understanding of technical architecture of Dynamics 365 F&O
• The ability to analyze ambiguous technical and customer situations and to determine appropriate solutions, as necessary
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate customer requirements and pain points to executives and to a feature crew
• The ability to create and maintain healthy working relationships with Microsoft and Partners
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• The ability to work both independently and in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• A strong technical understanding and 6+ years of hands-on experience in a Microsoft development environment (SQL, WSS, HTML, XML, .NET, JavaScript, AJAX) and the ability to comprehend and communicate systems architecture
• The ability to transition communication style effectively for different audiences ranging from developers to CIOs and other technical decision makers

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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