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Azure Platform Services Offering Lead
- Posted 18 May 2022
- LocationSingapore
- Job type Permanent
- Reference43758
Company's Benefits
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Flexible Working Arrangements
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Equal Pay Initiatives
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Mentorship Program
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Leadership Development Program
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Paid Parental Leave
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Return to Work Policy
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Coaching Program
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Raise Numbers Of Women In Leadership
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Internal Women's Networking Group
Job Description
Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital, cloud and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem. Every day, our 56,000 professionals in 26 countries make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees and their customers.
We have been recognized as Microsoft’s Global SI Partner of the Year more than any other company. With the most Microsoft certifications (60,000+) and 18 (out of 18) Gold-level Microsoft competencies, we are uniquely positioned to help businesses grow and solve their toughest challenges.
We are a people first company, committed to providing an inclusive workplace where employees feel comfortable being their authentic selves. As a responsible business, we are building a sustainable world and helping young people from underrepresented communities fulfil their potential.
Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation.
About the role:
Solution Areas are what we want to be known for in the market; they are the areas on which our clients most frequently seek our guidance during their digital transformation journey. Within our Solution Areas, we have core Offerings, which are the solutions we deliver to our clients. By specializing in and formalizing these select Offerings, we can deepen our relationships with our clients across their entire business and compete in new areas, helping us to grow our market share.
As a, Region Offering Lead, you will be responsible for the overall strategy, performance and growth of the Microsoft Azure Platform Services Offering in your assigned geography. You’ll partner closely with both the Regional and the Area Solution Leads to implement a strategy for offering identification and investments. In the role, you’ll focus on driving the offering every day; serving as the “face” of the offering internally and externally in your Region, support offering sales through delivery, including capability and capacity, and regional relationships with offering alliance partners, Microsoft and Accenture. Our Azure Platform Services provide a holistic set of capabilities for assessing, designing, building, securing and operating intelligent IT environments that take full advantage of the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform.
To be successful and be considered for this role, it is mandatory to demonstrate supremacy in assessing and moving workloads to public cloud environments addressing complex networking, security and critical workload aspects. Experience of having sold and delivered hybrid cloud and intelligent cloud use cases is a benefit. Greater experience on Microsoft Azure cloud is preferred for early success in this role.
Day-to-day, you will:
Collaborate with and educate account and sales team to drive Azure cloud offerings to target clients, including all stages of the deal pursuit, review and approval
Support quality and client delivery issues for Azure cloud infrastructure solutions in your Region
Manage budget against assigned Area/Region metrics; provide forecasting and sales pipeline analysis for driving the Azure platform consulting and managed services.
Effectively position offering and cross-offering offerings within the Regional sales channel
Develop strong, effective relationships with Accenture at the offering level
Support direct selling teams from creating solutions through consultative presentations, Azure cloud assessments and demos along with proposal and closing deals with the Azure platform.
About you
You revel in success, with a leadership track record in developing and growing long term, high value client relationships. You’re adept at communications, especially with influencing and negotiation capabilities that help you establish and grow solutions with key clients. Internally, you enjoy advising leadership teams in the development, production, and promotion of solution offerings to grow a technology services line of business. You will come with a strong experience in hybrid and public cloud technologies particularly Azure.
In addition, your professional skillset likely includes:
Experience with sales principles and practices, including business development, marketing, and complex channel management particularly in Cloud technologies consulting and management
Ability to effectively team with peers in a large, matrixed organizations, including significant experience with off-shore teams and delivery
Experience delivering solutions for client organizations through complex solutions / projects with heavy client interaction in complex cloud migrations and optimizing hybrid cloud solutions
Strong consulting / project-based background, including assessing and managing the opportunity and risk associated with large scale, complex cloud environments.
You likely possess a Bachelor's degree in Business or technology-related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. An advanced degree or MBA is strongly preferred, particularly technical (IT, engineering, or related). You likely have about 12-15 years of relevant technology business leadership experience, including solution sales, creation, delivery and business management, particularly within a consultancy.
What we offer you
Come for the distinctive experiences you have helping forward-thinking corporations, non-profits, and governments push the boundaries of digital innovation. Stay for the limitless learning opportunities that encourage you to master Microsoft and pursue big ideas. Enjoy ambitious growth for yourself as part of Avanade’s people-first culture with benefits like employee stock purchasing, flexible work arrangements, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and competitive pay.