Solution Sales Advisor - Microsoft Frontier Company
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£54,900
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SOC 2133 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 38% sure that is the right code. Microsoft is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 2133 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers) · 38% match
- Likely 3556 (Sales accounts and business development managers) · 29% match
- Possible 3552 (Business sales executives) · 17% match
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| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Most likely code | £38,400 Clears | £43,900 Clears | £49,400 Clears | £54,900 Clears |
3556 Sales accounts and business development managers Also possible | £38,600 Clears | £55,200 Clears | £55,200 Clears | £55,200 Clears |
3552 Business sales executives Also possible | £33,400 Clears | £41,700 Clears | £41,700 Clears | £41,700 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Overview
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organisation to achieve more. As part of Microsoft Frontier Company, the Strategic Technical Lead helps our key strategic customers reinvent priority business processes with AI. The role combines industry insight, enterprise-scale engineering, change leadership and Microsoft's Intelligence + Trust platform to create differentiated outcomes that customers can own, operate and continuously improve.
This sales-aligned technical leadership role combines executive engagement, transformation strategy, architecture, commercial accountability and end-to-end deal orchestration. The Strategic Technical Lead acts as the trusted technical advisor and deal lead for Microsoft's largest strategic partnerships, shaping the opportunity from qualification and outside-in point of view through solution design, commercial commitment, execution planning and transition to the field.
This role brings well-rounded technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, applications, data, security and AI, with the knowledge to help shape enterprise-scale architectures and bring in specialists when needed. The Strategic Technical Lead connects customer priorities to a clear transformation roadmap, a realistic and optimised consumption plan, the right commercial approach, and a practical path to production and value realisation.
They demonstrate the Microsoft Frontier Company way of working by using Copilot, agents and agentic workflows in daily work. They apply these to research, discovery, solution shaping, consumption planning and decision-making, and help customers redesign work for effective collaboration between people and agents, with security, governance and observability built in from the start.
Responsibilities
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organisation to achieve more. As part of Microsoft Frontier Company, the Strategic Technical Lead helps our key strategic customers reinvent priority business processes with AI. The role combines industry insight, enterprise-scale engineering, change leadership and Microsoft's Intelligence + Trust platform to create differentiated outcomes that customers can own, operate and continuously improve.
This sales-aligned technical leadership role combines executive engagement, transformation strategy, architecture, commercial accountability and end-to-end deal orchestration. The Strategic Technical Lead acts as the trusted technical advisor and deal lead for Microsoft's largest strategic partnerships, shaping the opportunity from qualification and outside-in point of view through solution design, commercial commitment, execution planning and transition to the field.
This role brings well-rounded technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, applications, data, security and AI, with the knowledge to help shape enterprise-scale architectures and bring in specialists when needed. The Strategic Technical Lead connects customer priorities to a clear transformation roadmap, a realistic and optimised consumption plan, the right commercial approach, and a practical path to production and value realisation.
They demonstrate the Microsoft Frontier Company way of working by using Copilot, agents and agentic workflows in daily work. They apply these to research, discovery, solution shaping, consumption planning and decision-making, and help customers redesign work for effective collaboration between people and agents, with security, governance and observability built in from the start.
Responsibilities
- Build trusted relationships with customer business and technical executives, gain sponsorship for priority outcomes, and lead strategic Cloud and AI opportunities from qualification and origination through commercial commitment, execution readiness, transition and early value realisation.
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Knowledge and skills:
- Experience leading consultative technical pursuits and enterprise transformation programmes from qualification and strategy through architecture, commercial commitment, execution planning and transition.
- Ability to translate customer priorities and emerging technology into a measurable value case, a clear and optimised consumption plan, realistic growth and adoption forecasts, and a commercial approach that aligns workloads, services, capacity, investments and milestones.
- Experience building trusted relationships with business and technical executives, aligning stakeholders across customer and Microsoft organisations, working through differing views and ambiguity, and reaching decisions on multifaceted transformation choices.
- Sound judgement, structured problem-solving and executive communication, with the ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations, set decision and delivery cadences, manage risks and dependencies, and follow through across a distributed virtual team.
- Understanding of enterprise and public-sector transformation, industry value chains, product and platform business models, and the organisational change needed to move AI from experimentation into scaled operations.
- Experience in enterprise AI transformation, including data foundations, machine learning, foundation models, agentic systems, AI application development, evaluation, observability, governance, security, Responsible AI and redesigning priority business processes for collaboration between people and agents.
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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.
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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.
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Where this offer sits in the market
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~187k in sampleSOC 2133
- Middle half £45,136–79,976
- Median £60,216
- Going rate £54,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,400–49,400
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.