マイクロソフトは、地球上のすべての個人と組織がより多くのことを達成できるようにすることを使命としています。

マイクロソフト インダストリー ソリューションズ (IS) は、世界中で13,000 人を超える戦略的セールス担当者、業界エキスパート、エリート エンジニア、世界クラスのアーキテクト、コンサルタント、デリバリーエキスパートからなるグローバル組織であり、世界で最も影響力のある顧客のために、エンパワーメントというマイクロソフトの使命と最先端のテクノロジを実現するために協力しています。

私たちは、自動車、モビリティ、交通業界のイノベーションを牽引する情熱あふれるPrincipal/Srソリューションアーキテクトを求めています。

マイクロソフトのワールドワイドのグローバルチームの一員として、モビリティ業界のお客様のデジタルトランスフォーメーションを加速させ、持続可能な未来を創造するというエキサイティングなミッションを担って頂きます。

この役割では、自動運転、コネクテッドカー、ソフトウェア・デファインド・ビークル（SDV）などの最先端技術を駆使し、業界をリードするソリューションを創出します。日本国内のお客様と緊密な関係を築き、お客様のビジネス戦略と技術的要件を理解し、そのビジネスニーズに合わせてカスタマイズされたクラウドアーキテクチャ設計と戦略的アドバイスを提供するとともに、複雑な要件を満足するクラウド設計開発を推進して頂きます。プリセールスからコンサルティング、そしてデリバリーに至るまで、あなたの専門知識やリーダーシップを活用して、お客様のデジタルトランスフォーメーションを成功に導く革新的なミッションを担って頂きます。

勤務地は日本で日本のお客様を担当していただきます。　チームメンバーとしての円滑なコミュニケーションと最新技術を習得するために、ビジネスレベルの英語スキル（Speaking, Listening, Reading）が求められます。しかし、完璧な流暢さは必須ではなく、業務遂行に必要な情報の理解と効果的な意思疎通が可能なレベルの英語スキルがあれば、要件を満たしております。

その他の要件は以下をご覧ください。　

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and organization on the planet achieve more. Microsoft Industry Solutions (IS) is a global organization of over 13,000 strategic sellers, industry experts, elite engineers, and world-class architects, consultants, and delivery experts who work together to bring Microsoft’s mission of empowerment – and cutting-edge technology - to life for the world’s most influential customers. We are on the front lines of innovation, working side-by-side with customers to drive value across the entirety of their digital transformation journey. 

The Industry Solutions Mobility Service Line accelerates the digital transformation of automotive companies from traditional vehicles manufacturers into Sustainable Mobility Services & Solutions companies. The traditional OEMs are challenged by 1-The fast customers’ needs evolution for connected, autonomous, electric, shareable, and sustainable vehicles while 2-Being disrupted by new emerging companies born into the cloud and with organizations and operating model coming from the software industry. This Mobility Service Line will enable OEMs to leverage the technology investments from Microsoft (connected; autonomous; software driven vehicles platforms) to deliver to their customers a differentiated experience at the right cost and at the right time.

We are looking for  Solution Architects with automotive, mobility and transportation industry expertise  to help identify, lead, and manage a set of complex industry focused solution opportunities. The Solution Architect will be part of the WW Mobility Solutions Team within Industry Solutions.

This will require forming anchoring relationships through customer engagement with both multiple internal and external partners. This role is also critical in driving the discovery, ideation, and solution architecture with laser focus on customer business outcomes from deploying the Microsoft platforms and solutions This role will support the Microsoft sales team pursuits, scoping proposals, and ensuring delivery on groundbreaking engagements. The mission is to work with Microsoft’s largest Enterprise clients to help them accelerate towards their business goals, take advantage of Digital Business Transformation, improve the business value from their Microsoft technology investments, and unleash innovation for their organization, their employees, and customers.

Responsibilities

Understanding Customer/Partner Technical Environment

• Gathers customer/partner insights from a broad range of stakeholders as well as the main business sponsor to shape and form both the definition and ongoing execution of projects. Anticipates industry trends (customer industry verticals, information technology [IT] industry). Leverages insights to influence long-term technology strategy and influences others to focus and adapt business models, plans, and solutions to key insights.

• Works with customer/partner stakeholders (e.g., Enterprise Architects, Security Team, Development Team, Operations Team) and business sponsor to socialize both the business solution and the project approach to determine if changes are needed to the business solution. Where the cost of change is accepted by the customer, shares this feedback with the project team and the broader account team to make the necessary adjustments using mechanisms such as updating the solution approach and projected costs in presales and change requests in delivery. Uses broad patterns of feedback to develop strategic and actionable insights and presents a compelling business case to program managers that influences product roadmaps and decision making. Contributes to Microsoft-centric operations and cadences to align with customer feedback.

• Uses evidence-based approach to represent the customer/partner as a customer advocate and share insights with Product Engineering teams and the business with a view to improving Microsoft technologies, products, services, and offerings such that they can better meet customer/partner needs across territories. Mentors peers on best practices around internal resources usage.

Architecture Design and Deployment

• Leverages a structured approach to architecture projects using existing methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Iterative) that make use of existing reference architecture and established architectural styles and design patterns. Proposes and develops new solutions to scale across multiple customers/partners. Builds and maintains an architecture description document, an architecture decisions log, and a requirements/constraints traceability matrix to ensure the rationale for the business solution's Architecture is known and understood.

• Defines and documents the architecture through an architecture description document, an architecture decisions log, and a requirements/constraints traceability matrix to communicate the value proposition of the business solution along with the project approach. Leads complex cost-based and technology-based discussions to explain the architecture in terms of its build, deployment, and ongoing operational use to determine customer appetite for the business solution. Uses a business-value approach that values return on investment (ROI) and customer costs-savings over technical ease of execution.

• Collaborates with theProject Manager to jointly drive project/technical governance of the design, build, and deployment into use of proof of concepts (POCs) and pilots, using enterprise architecture processes and ensuring quality control through peer review. Provides end-to-end governance, oversight, and thought leadership within assigned account. Works with customers to understand and demonstrate business value (e.g., release of revenue, cost savings) that the business solution realizes.

• Works with the business sponsor and customer/partner stakeholders (e.g., Business users, Enterprise Architects, Security Team, Operations Team) to gather, ratify, and help enhance requirements and constraints across multiple, large projects. Manages and resolves highly complex ambiguity in the requirements and constraints and documents assumptions and implications where it cannot be resolved. Maintains the requirements/constraints traceability matrix to prove that solution components have a rationale/justification for inclusion in the architecture of the business solution. Drives development and execution of test plans to prove that each requirement/constraint has been implemented as expected by the customer. Where there are defects, works in close collaboration with the Project Manager and customer to redress or accept and document the status of the test results.

• Leads collaboration with the Account Team and/or Bid Team and Client Delivery Partner to understand the business solution/problem. Drives agreement, based on the customer’s priorities, requirements/constraints, approach, principles, concepts, and expectations. Builds and documents a realistically costed, highly advanced/complex solution approach with traceability of requirements, constraints, decisions, and tradeoffs that balances risk, technical credibility, and technical innovation to meet customer need, predominantly based on existing solution offerings and/or reference architecture. Jointly leads the implementation in close partnership with the Project Manager. Leads oversight and governance and establishment of quality practices and standards to realize the business solution for large projects. Provides thought leadership and uses a cohesive build methodology with an agreed release schedule and timeline so the solution can be transitioned to live operations, leveraging solution expertise. Ensures communication of and adherence to the pre-sales value proposition. Works with the Project Manager to highlight where assumptions have proven false. Uses change requests to modify the solution/project approach when needed. As needed, collaborates with Subject Matter Experts to receive specialized advice that can help define the solution and project approach and increase the time to value for the customer.

• Anticipates and identifies scenarios that could slow or impede pre-sales/delivery. Leads and orchestrates the broader Microsoft team to address technical blockers and work with account/project team to resolve non-technical issues. Reports significant problems to Microsoft management and resolves complex escalations when needed. Plans a way forward in complex and ambiguous situations with an innovative approach and durable design. Develops and executes a strategy to circumvent and prevent complex or escalated scenarios. Delegates and leverages specialist skills of others to drive technical alignment across internal/external teams, leveraging deep knowledge of resources. Coordinates disparate approaches into a single plan of action for highly complex scenarios.

• Works in close collaboration with the Project Manager and Account Team to anticipate, identify, categorize, and communicate business and technical risks. Defines risk mitigation activities that are foundational to the project plan. Defines risk contingency plans for invocation should the risk occur. Outlines methodology and governance principles and practices for the broader organization that allows others to minimize risks. 

Practice Development

• Generates new and/or improvements to existing intellectual property like Reference Architectures. Collaborates with Mobility Engineering, Industry Team, ISE and Marketing to develop and publish new Reference Architectures. Anticipates and addresses organization- and industry-wide gaps, patterns, and needs to drive changes. Identifies which ideas should be culled, with consideration for scale across customers. Drives the re-use of intellectual property and recommends practices in both pre-sales and delivery. Leads and contributes to internal/external communities.

Trusted Advisor

• Develops a deep network of internal/external relationships with senior-level decision makers at high-impact customers/partners to build influence in addressing problems/blockers and facilitatingadditional views on the matter of interest. Acts as an advisor to external stakeholders. Provides direction to facilitate relationships between others. Stays up to date on Microsoft’s technologies, products, and services in order to communicate Microsoft's mission, strategy, and capabilities. Provides guidance to others in doing so.

• Uses evidence-based arguments that articulate complex concepts in a simple manner to respectfully challenge Microsoft and customers/partners when a decision or course of action will not produce optimal results. Leverages strategic expertise to encourage alternative approaches where applicable. Leverages network and industry experience to connect customers/partners with ideas, people, and resources to support their success. Serves as the "technical conscience" to challenge the status quo and unrealistic expectations. Proactively resolves conflicts and seeks resolution to balance the overall outcome. Drives consensus where possible and leads decisions to resolve conflict when needed.

• Leads the adoption of Microsoft solutions technologies based on insight to all major customer/partner projects, understanding of competitor solutions, and understanding of how customer business value can be driven through Microsoft's offerings. Differentiates Microsoft's solutions in complex and/or high-risk customer/partner conversations to influence the industry-wide direction for specific architecture(s).

Thought Leadership

• Leads the direction that internal team members and stakeholders take with customers by sharing ideas, insight, and strategic, technical input across boundaries, and actively pursues opportunities that grow impact and capabilities of the broader organization. Provides thought leadership by sharing deep insight and driving critical decisions that impact Microsoft and the industry.

• Initiates and drives external architect community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, Webcasts, blogs, hackathons). Acts a mentor to junior colleagues by educating them on technical and non-technical concepts and sharing best practices. Serves as an industry-leading expert and drives recognition for Microsoft solutions through presentations and engagements with external audiences and publishing white papers around key technical topics and/or architecture design templates.

Other

• Embody our  culture  and  values

• Role Location: Japan

• This position may require up to 50% travel

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years’ experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years’ experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain OR equivalent experience. 

• 5+ years experience working with/for an automotive, mobility or transportation company as a business or solution architect

• Deep understanding of mobility customer’s lifecycles, processes, and challenges

• In-Vehicle domain knowledge and programming experience

• Fluent in Japanese and Business level English languages skills – speaking, writing and reading

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years’ experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years’ experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or technology domain OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years’ experiencein the automotive industry, in a Lines of Business such as autonomous driving, connected vehicle and software defined vehicles.

• 6+ years technical sales experience.

• 6+ years project management experience.

• Technical or Professional Certification in Domain (e.g., Security).

• 10+ years’ experience in business systems architecture, consulting, and/or technology solutions within the automotive, mobility or transportation industries

• Define / lead repeatable ideation steps with customers to explore art of the possible through industry specific, cross industry business solutions/patterns and technology components, and demonstrating techniques such as Design Thinking and Inclusive Design

• Lead customer ideation workshops with Business and Technical Decision Maker (BDM and TDM) audiences to build, accelerate adoption of the Microsoft Platform and Services pipeline

• Build unique and differentiated agile proposals focused on customer impact

• Quick study on competitive threats and building approaches that win

• Extensive experience within related advisory services, management/technology consulting

• Experience in identifying and successfully executing on digital disruptions including quantified business outcomes

• Consistent track record of delivering business value from IT at an executive level, bringing the benefits of technology to solve business issues while also leading costs, risk, and resources

• Ability to understand the needs of nontechnical customers, to conceptualize, launch and deliver technology enabled business change projects

• Leadership qualities and ability to coordinate physical and virtual resources and initiatives

• Executive level social, verbal, written and presentation skills, good listener, ability to provide a trusted voice at the decision-making table and be an advocate of Microsoft’s vision and value proposition

• Solid understanding of Microsoft’s offerings and experience with the implementation/adoption of key solutions and services such as Azure, Cloud, Platform & Productivity, Business Analytics, Devices & Mobility

• Specialty skills including but not limited to - Enterprise Architecture, IT Portfolio Lifecycle Optimization, Organizational Design and Change Management, IT Governance, etc.

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