Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Solution Area Specialist Intern, you will uncover and qualify new leads while driving consumption with both new and existing customers. You will identify customer and market needs, orchestrating deals with multiple stakeholders and positioning Microsoft solutions effectively in the competitive landscape. As a Solution Area Specialist Intern, you will develop and manage pipelines for territory and forecast resource needs and meet with customers on site to deepen relationships and solution development.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

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

Start date: December 2024

Type of Employment: Internship

Location: Espoo, Finland

• Positions Microsoft solutions in competitive landscape through research and collaboration utilizing industry expertise to differentiate Microsoft solutions.

• Reaches out to peers and senior team members within the subsidiary to gain technical knowledge in a solution area.

• Learns how Microsoft's 3-cloud-platform can enable digital transformation areas. Supports team members on digital transformation opportunities in an assigned area by applying established processes and activities.

• Identifies market and customer needs and collaborates with internal teams to devise solutions to meet those needs.

• Develops and manages pipeline for territory and forecasts resource needs.

• Meets with customers on site to deepen relationships and solution development

Qualifications

Minimum Qulifications

• Currently pursuing complete a Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field (OR must be recent graduates or recently graduated)

• Legally authorized to work in Finland (Legally authorized = Has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit)

• Fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for technology and customer obsessed

• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentationskills

• Strong balance of both business and technical skills

• Exceptional negotiation, customer service, and interpersonal skills 

• Technical consulting, technical consultative selling, product development, or related technical/sales experience is a plus

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other 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, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .