Cloud Solution Architecture Manager

Microsoft • Uxbridge, ON

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About The Position

As a Manager of Cloud Solution Architects (CSAs) in Microsoft’s Customer Success organization, you will lead a team of senior technical experts who help enterprise customers design and deliver secure and scalable, AI solutions across data, application innovation, and infrastructure workloads on Azure. You’ll guide your team in driving customer success through architectural leadership, technical delivery, and innovation, accelerating adoption of services like Data, AI, App Innovation, and Infrastructure. In this role, you’ll foster a culture of learning, inclusion, and consumption excellence, while partnering across engineering, sales, and support to remove blockers, scale impact, and deliver measurable business outcomes. 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 10+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 15+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
• 8+ years experience leading technical projects, teams, or functions
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
• 8+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of senior Cloud Solution Architects (CSAs) focused on Data, AI, App Innovation, and Infrastructure, fostering a culture of inclusion, growth mindset, and technical excellence.
• Coach your team to deliver secure, scalable, and AI-ready solutions that drive measurable business value across customer engagements.
• Oversee end-to-end technical delivery, ensuring delivery excellence, resolving blockers, and enabling production-scale readiness for mission-critical workloads.
• Align team efforts with Microsoft’s Cloud and AI strategy by tracking performance metrics, accelerating growth and ensuring customer success plans are complete and accurate.
• Guide your team’s development and reuse of repeatable intellectual property (IP) to accelerate solution deployment and scale impact across engagements.
• Champion customer success by building trusted relationships, representing the voice of the customer, and influencing product improvements through strategic feedback to engineering.
• Promote your personal growth and team’s continuous learning and technical depth through certifications, skilling plans, and active participation in technical communities.
• Drive innovation and operational excellence by enabling next best actions, generating incremental pipeline, and aligning with Customer Success priorities.

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $165,000 - CAD $313,300 per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager