[Hiring] Frontier Industry Advisor @Microsoft

Role Description

As a Frontier Industry Advisor for Retail & Consumer Goods in the Americas, you will partner with some of Microsoft's most strategic retail and consumer goods customers to help them navigate industry disruption, accelerate AI transformation and unlock new opportunities for growth. You will engage senior business and technology leaders to understand their priorities, shape strategic conversations and identify opportunities where Microsoft can deliver meaningful business value.

• Leverage substantial retail and consumer goods industry expertise and market insight to help strategic customers accelerate AI transformation.
• Originate and develop industry-led opportunities across assigned customers, connecting business challenges to Microsoft's AI, Copilot, Security and Cloud solutions.
• Build trusted relationships with C-suite and senior business decision-makers to shape strategic agendas and influence investment priorities.
• Act as an industry thought leader, bringing external market perspectives, emerging trends and customer insights.
• Partner closely with account teams, solution specialists and strategic partners to orchestrate customer engagements.
• Drive operational and commercial excellence through disciplined opportunity management and effective prioritization.
• Act as the industry front door to Forward Deployed Engineering, originating and qualifying engagements.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 3+ years customer-facing experience in relevant fields.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 5+ years customer-facing experience in relevant fields.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years proven people management and/or leadership experience.
• 5+ years proven people management and/or leadership and orchestration experience.
• Track record of shaping and closing large, multi-year transformation deals with C-suite stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of AI, data, cloud and security as applied to retail and consumer goods.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 5+ years customer-facing experience in relevant fields.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 7+ years customer-facing experience in relevant fields.
• OR equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Industry Advisory IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $107,600 - $187,500 per year.
• Different pay range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, is USD $145,600 - $205,600 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.