About
Every year, we welcome thousands of university graduates from around the world to join Microsoft. You bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. The Technology Specialist engages with and guides customers toward technical decisions to purchase and use Microsoft technology. This role leverages sales strategy to address customer digital transformation and aligns technology to customer business needs. You will understand customer needs, collect feedback, and provide strategic input. Additionally, you will act as an orchestration point for technical resources and work to resolve blockers in order to achieve solution implementations.
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.
Work Conditions
- Up to 50% work from home
- Full-Time employment
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Qualifications
- Emirati National holding UAE Family Book
- Fluency in English
- Full Work-Authorization in UAE
- Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field (to be completed before the start date)
- 1+ year(s) work or internship experience in technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Passion for technology and customer obsession
- Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills across senior leaders, partners, and customers
- Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, and presentation skills
- Technical Certification or studies in Cybersecurity are preferred
Responsibilities
- Start Date: September 2024
- Scale Customer Engagements: Anticipate customer needs through data gathering and build credibility with customers.
- Build Strategy: Review customer interactions and raise competitive information to account teams, contributing to product strategy.
- Solution Design and Proof: Contribute to demonstrations (proof of concept sessions) of solutions based on specific Microsoft products.
- Education: Consume and leverage readiness materials to expand domain knowledge and practices expertise by communicating with customers, partners, and senior colleagues.
Benefits
- Industry leading healthcare
- Educational resources
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please read more about requesting accommodations.
