As a Solution Engineer in our Microsoft Innovation Hub, you don’t just join a team - you will be part of a group of people leading AI transformation for Italy’s most influential companies.

You will have the opportunity to grow your technical leadership skills and build your capability as a trusted advisor as you lead deep technical engagements and high‑impact discovery workshops, guiding customers from vision to implementation. Your mix of commerciality and consulting skills will be key as you align teams and ensure delivery lands, on time and with measurable outcomes.

In this role, you merge business and technical requirements to craft end‑to‑end solutions across cloud, data, and A, running discovery sessions that uncover what really matters, translating that into strategic recommendations, and designing robust, scalable integrations across Microsoft technologies and services.

Find out more about our culture and values, and the environment you will be working in.

• Regular interactions with stakeholders internal and external is a fundamental part of this role, and some of the other key responsibilities include:
• Delivering customer engagements: 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 AI solutions that will include services like AI Foundry or Fabric Data platform. Develop skills in AI management and security, real-time intelligence, and application architecture to support AI transformation initiatives. Stay updated with the market trends and collaborate within 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.

Your communication skills and ability to make technical concepts understandable will allow you make significant impact in this role. Some of the other knowledge, skills and experience you will demonstrate include:

• Hands‑on experience designing and implementing AI or Data & AI solution architectures, including the ability to build and deploy AI‑based prototypes or MVPs
• Delivery of customer-facing consulting engagements such as design-thinking workshops, discovery sessions, or use‑case prioritisation activities
• Experience as an Enterprise Architect, designing and implementing large-scale, complex solutions that align with business goals and technical requirements.
• Proven experience in a consultancy role, providing expert guidance and strategic recommendations to customers
• Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field OR equivalent experience.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.