AI Business Applications Enterprise Architect

Microsoft Innovation Hub empowers customers to overcome their business challenges through innovative engagements that integrate multiple areas of expertise. We drive AI transformation by leveraging evolving needs and emerging business opportunities. As the future of technologists and enterprise technical sellers, we guide customers from envisioning solutions to implementation. We deliver the Microsoft value story through immersive experiences, strengthening customer trust through deep engagements in exceptional environments. 

As an AI Business Applications Enterprise Architect working on-site in the Microsoft Innovation Hub located in Houston, TX, you’ll leverage your deep subject matter expertise in Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Dataverse to translate complex business processes into design systems that provide meaningful business value for customers. You’ll uncover the economics of your customers’ business, regulatory environment, and competitive differentiation and guide them to a solution using cutting edge AI business applications. This opportunity will allow you to work with many different customers, across many industries and enable you to utilize and hone your consultative skill set all while working on some of the most interesting customer challenges at Microsoft.    

As a AI Business Applications Enterprise Architect in the Microsoft Innovation Hub, you will merge business and technical requirements to craft comprehensive solutions, working seamlessly with various stakeholders. You will conduct discovery sessions to understand customer needs and provide strategic recommendations and best practices tailored to their specific needs. Implementing robust AI transformation solutions and optimizing the integration of various technologies and services will be key aspects of your role. Additionally, you will leverage consultancy skills to foster collaboration among technical resources and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and effective teamwork. 

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.

Deliver customer workshops: Prepare and deliver technical engagements including strategy sessions, envisioning workshops, architecture design sessions and rapid prototyping to demonstrate key capabilities, validate against identified risks and finalize technology choices. 

AI Transformation Leadership: Be the trusted voice within the business and for customers on the latest AI platform and technology trends, guiding their transformation journeys. By prioritizing AI use cases through design thinking workshops, you will lead these journeys effectively. You will be a valued contributor to Microsoft’s strategy in your area, ensuring the Hub is proactively aligned with the right customers to drive real impact. 

Strategic Vision and Planning: Own and execute a clear strategic vision for AI transformation initiatives on a set of targeted accounts, aligning with organizational goals and customer needs by collaborating and orchestrating cross-functional teams.   

Solution Design and Architecture: Develop comprehensive solution architectures based on patterns and practices that are tied to customer requirements and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure and optimized for performance. By utilizing consultation skills, you will uncover and prioritize opportunities, ensuing solutions are addressing real customer needs. 

Cross Platform Collaboration: Adopt a holistic approach to integrate capabilities across the entire cloud platform, identifying synergies and optimizing cross-platform integration. You will work with your peers and stakeholders to make the Innovation Hub the home of Cross Solution AI Transformation. 

Technical Depth: Maintain and grow expertise in creating business value on top of the business applications including sales, services and marketing and Microsoft 365 platform to support AI transformation initiatives. Stay updated with the market trends and collaborate with the technical communities. 

Technical Sales and Sales Leadership: Act as a strategic change agent within the business to shape Microsoft's programs and engineering offerings. Lead the creation of scalable, field-relevant assets through internal communities. Champion Hub engagement success by connecting technical capabilities to sales opportunities and serving as a trusted voice with sales leaders and account teams. 

This role is 100% Microsoft onsite only.