Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Solution Area Specialist Intern, you will uncover and qualify new leads while driving consumption with both new and existing customers. You will identify customer and market needs, orchestrating deals with multiple stakeholders and positioning Microsoft solutions effectively in the competitive landscape. As a Solution Area Specialist Intern, you will develop and manage pipelines for territory and forecast resource needs and meet with customers on site to deepen relationships and solution development.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

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.

Responsibilities

• Positions Microsoft solutions in competitive landscape through research and collaboration utilizing industry experience to differentiate Microsoft solutions.

• Reaches out to peers and senior team members within the subsidiary to gain technical knowledge in a solution area.

• Learns how Microsoft's 3-cloud-platform can enable digital transformation areas. Supports team members on digital transformation opportunities in an assigned area by applying established processes and activities.

• Identifies market and customer needs and collaborates with internal teams to devise solutions to meet those needs.

• Develops and manages pipeline for territory and forecasts resource needs.

• Meets with customers on site to deepen relationships and solution development.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, or related field.

• Must have at least one semester/term of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

Other Requirements:

• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.

• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under U.S. export control regulations, potentially under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations.  As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.

• Cloud Screening: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

The base pay range for this internship is USD $4,280 - $7,730 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $5,740 - $8,440 per month.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 17, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .