Cloud & AI Sales Specialist - Telco

Cloud & AI Sales Specialist - Telco | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsCloud & AI Sales Specialist - TelcoCanada, Ontario, Greater TorontoApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200041827Date postedJul 10, 2026Work site2 days / week in-officeTravel25-50%ProfessionSalesDisciplineSolution Area SpecialistsRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewAre you passionate about driving cloud transformation across telecommunications? Join our dynamic team as a Cloud & AI Solution Specialist, where you will play a pivotal role in accelerating Microsoft Azure adoption across key enterprise customers. You will collaborate with a high-performing team of Solution Engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful cloud solutions that address complex customer needs. As a Cloud & AI Specialist, you are a business leader with deep technical and business knowledge within our enterprise sales organization, working with our most important customers in Central Canada. A core competency of the role is to advance the engagement process to achieve/exceed quarterly Azure consumption targets across Infrastructure, Data, and AI platforms in your assigned accounts. You possess executive presence, you are able to engage with decision makers to drive AI transformation, and have an insatiable interest for learning how Azure cloud services can deliver digital transformation. You will lead a virtual team of sales, technical, and services resources to help customers realize transformation through cloud computing.  You will identify projects, build a compelling business case, and drive the consumption project to production. You will build and maintain relationships with customers, influence long-term strategic direction and act as a trusted advisor driving engagement at the CXO level with business and technology decision makers. You will help customers evaluate their cloud strategy, determine approaches to application and data migration and modernization, and recommend solutions that meet their requirements. You will remove roadblocks to deployment and drive customer satisfaction. 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.ResponsibilitiesSales Execution Brings impactful industry insights into customer engagements and closes deals with customers. Acts as a thought leader across solution areas to advise customers across business functions on digital transformation. Leads virtual transformational shifts to drive deployment and create business value for customers. May lead partner integration into account/territory planning and customer engagements. Provides thought leadership. Orchestrates with team members on conducting personal campaigns to discover new opportunities and generate new leads. Leads conversations with strategic/high-potential customers (e.g., high budget, global account, highly competitive) along with account teams or partners. Facilitates the account team unit (ATU) and/or Specialist Team Unit (STU) to build pipeline in collaboration with partners and services. Guides others on social selling. Applies Microsoft's sales process to determine the quality of the opportunity and whether to proceed and educate the customers on how to best address their needs. Scaling and Collaboration Leads the planning and execution on opportunities with resources and partners to cross-sell and up-sell. Identifies, leverages,...