New 
Director, AI Advisor - Startups
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Oct 28, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft for Startups adopts a comprehensive approach to fostering success, partnering with venture capitalists and accelerators to identify and support the most promising startups. By working closely with startup leaders, we empower them to leverage Microsoft's extensive resources and global B2B market reach. As a Director, AI Advisor - Startups, your role will involve collaborating with early-stage startups backed by our strategic partners, helping them build and innovate more efficiently using Microsoft's AI technology stack. Acting as a technical advisor and hands-on architect, you will enable these startups to accelerate their product development and go-to-market strategies by harnessing Azure AI technologies and tools. In addition to these responsibilities, the individual in this role will partner internally with Microsoft product, engineering, and advocacy teams to amplify the voice of startups. This collaboration will influence the creation of content and shape product roadmaps, ensuring that the Microsoft ecosystem evolves to meet the dynamic and fast-paced needs of startups navigating their growth trajectories.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.
ResponsibilitiesAI Solution Architecture: Design and deliver AI-powered solutions using Azure AI services (e.g., AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Speech, Cognitive Services and Responsible AI).Startup Engagement: Collaborate with startup founders and engineering teams to understand their product vision and translate it into scalable cloud-native AI architectures.Technical Enablement: Lead workshops, design sessions, and build proofs-of-concept (PoC) to demonstrate the value of AI and cloud services in startup scenarios.Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Microsoft for Startups technical enablement and go-to-market teams and Microsoft product and engineering to align startup needs with Microsoft's AI and cloud strategy.Startup Advocacy: Represent Microsoft for Startups at regional startup events. Develop and present relevant technical and industry related content and present to large and small audiences.Guide and support early-stage founders in Azure ML Ops (e.g. Data Estate Architecture, ML Compute Platforms, Azure ML, Model Training and Fine-tuning, Reinforcement Learning.Represent customer needs internally and advocate for technical blockers resolution and resource orchestration. Partner with relevant product teams to drive innovations that benefit the AI startup ecosystem.Leverages development opportunities (e.g., mentorships, role-based resources, trainings, internal events such as Build) to learn new technologies and startup ecosystem trends and share learnings internally and externally.Shares ideas, insights, and technical input with team members using a working knowledge of specific Microsoft products and programs. | |