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You’re as comfortable in the boardroom as you are in a whiteboard session with architects. You shape complex deals, craft executive-ready narratives, and lead multidisciplinary teams to turn agentic AI concepts into secure, production-ready solutions on the Microsoft stack. You thrive at the intersection of client value, technical depth, and storytelling.\nCome join us\nAs a Microsoft-specialized Agentic AI Senior Manager in AMBG, you will lead origination and pre-sales solutioning for high-impact opportunities, steer C-suite conversations, and provide technical leadership across the Microsoft AI platform. You’ll create compelling visions and roadmaps, architect solution approaches (from POV to pilot to scaled deployment), and orchestrate cross-functional teams from Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft to win and deliver transformative outcomes.\nWhat you´ll do\nDeal Shaping & Pre Sales Solutioning\n\nOwn end-to-end pursuit leadership for agentic AI opportunities: discovery, value hypothesis, solution blueprint, estimation, risk/RAI posture, and commercial constructs; partner closely with AMBG sellers and Microsoft field teams.\n\nTranslate business strategies into technical architectures using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Dynamics 365 Copilots, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry (Azure AI Studio), Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, Azure ML, and Microsoft Fabric.\n\nBuild defendable, scalable proposals and SOWs; align solution scope, staffing model, and delivery approach to client outcomes and risk profile.\n\nC-level Storytelling & Executive Advisory\n\nCraft crisp, board-level narratives that connect industry problems to agentic AI outcomes; use data-backed storytelling to secure executive sponsorship and funding. (Aligned to Senior Manager executive communication expectations.)\n\nFacilitate exec workshops to shape transformation agendas, operating models, value cases, and governance for Copilots and autonomous agents.\n\nTechnical Leadership & Architecture\n\nDefine reference architectures and patterns for agentic workflows (planning, reasoning, tools, memory), orchestration, retrieval (RAG), evaluation, guardrails, and observability on Azure.\n\nGuide teams building POCs and accelerators with Copilot Studio (low-code) and Azure AI Foundry (pro-code), including Prompt Flow-based evals, content safety, and end-to-end MLOps/GenAIOps.\n\nEnsure secure-by-design solutions across identity, data, Responsible AI, compliance, and lifecycle governance for enterprise deployment.\n\nDelivery Readiness & Scale\n\nCreate phased roadmaps (POV → pilot → scaled rollout), acceptance criteria, KPIs, and value tracking to realize outcomes post-sale.\n\nCoach and upskill cross-functional teams (strategy, industry, data/AI, Modern Work, Security) to deliver repeatable outcomes and reuse accelerators.\n\nEcosystem Orchestration\n\nOperate as one with Accenture, Avanade, and Microsoft-co-innovating, co-selling, and co-delivering; align to Microsoft programs and co-funding where appropriate.\n\nTravel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 05% to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.\n.\nSkills & Experience\nMinimum of 10 years in consulting/technology, including 5+ years leading pre-sales solutioning or architecture for cloud/data/AI programs, ideally on Microsoft. \nMinimum of 10 years of experience and ability to craft solution options, estimates, delivery models, and risk mitigations; collaborate with deal teams on pricing, T&Cs, and governance. \nMinimum of 3 years of hands-on architecture or supervision experience with Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Agent Service, Azure ML, Prompt Flow/evaluations, and Microsoft Fabric; fluency in when to use Copilot Studio vs. pro-code approaches. \nMinimum of 10 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across strategy, industry, data/AI engineering, and change management; strong coaching and “lead-from-the-front” ethos \nBachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience) \nAbout you\nProfessional Skills\nPractical knowledge of Responsible AI, identity, security, data governance, and deployment guardrails for enterprise AI. \nStrong, C-level communication and consulting skills and ability to engage business and technology stakeholders. \nAbility to lead large, multidisciplinary technical teams. \nStructured, value-driven, problem-solving mindset. \nPreferred Qualifications\nYou’ve led end-to-end agentic AI business process transformations. \nYou’ve shipped Copilot Studio solutions and Azure AI Foundry agents in regulated industries (FS, H&PS), including content safety, evals, and monitoring. \nYou bring industry POVs (e.g., Fabric-enabled data modernization → agentic workflows → function transformation) and can connect them to measurable business KPIs. \nExperience with Master Data Management (MDM) solutions, particularly Profisee, is considered a strong asset.\nInternal candidates - please review these additinnal details:\n· Review this application criteria.\n· You must already possess the appropriate visas and/or work permits required to live and work in the country the job is based. Do not apply until you have confirmed these authorizations are in place, or the job description states that international applicants will be considered.\n· If you apply and are selected for a job at a higher level, it will be offered at your current level. You will be considered for promotion at the next eligible promotion period, except where subject to local law or contractual obligations*.\n*ICEG, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, and Germany: Promotions will be handled in accordance with local labor laws and works council agreements, where applicable).\nCompensation at Avanade varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Avanade provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.\nWe anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/21/2026.\nAvanade offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.\nSee more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Avanade\nInformation on benefits is here.\nCalifornia - $176,800 - $217,550\nCleveland - $164,000 - $194,750\nColorado - $164,000 - $194,750\nDistrict of Columbia - $183,200 - $217,550\nIllinois - $176,800 - $209,950\nMaryland - $183,200 - $217,550\nMaine - $164,000 - $194,750\nMassachusetts - $183,200 - $217,550\nMinnesota - $176,800 - $209,950\nNew York / New Jersey - $194,400 - $230,850\nVirginia - $164,000 - $194,750\nWashington - $183,200 - $217,550\n.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6984,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"associate","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T19:35:33Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":55,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.609,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":13,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":217550,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/avanade-data-and-ai-architect-senior-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/avanade-data-and-ai-architect-senior-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T16:17:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":21677,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":712684},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=712684"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Favanade-data-and-ai-architect-senior-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Favanade-data-and-ai-architect-senior-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Favanade-data-and-ai-architect-senior-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/avanade-data-and-ai-architect-senior-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Favanade-data-and-ai-architect-senior-manager"}]}