Roaa Internship Program, Saudi Arabia – Technology Specialist Track

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the
planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset,
a theme of inspiring excellence and encouraging teams and leaders to bring
their best each day. We believe we should each find meaning in our work and we
ensure employees have the freedom and the reach to help make a difference in
the world.
Microsoft, through the Saudization Program 'Roaa', is committed to supporting
and accelerating Saudi employability through internships, on-the-job
trainings, direct hiring and digital skilling program opportunities.

Roaa' offers a comprehensive nine-month training program that offers globally
recognized Microsoft technical and professional certifications, and on-the-job
training to include mentoring, coaching, job shadowing and real-life scenario
assignments. Roaa' targets top Saudi students with preference to candidates
with a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) background.
We are looking for Saudi candidates that have the following qualities:
* Team Player: driving digital transformation with our customers is a team sport. We need teammates who can stay focused on our customers' satisfaction while operating in a highly-collaborative and global organization.
* Growth Mindset: your life is truly about learning-it-all. You approach every new piece of information, knowledge, and competency with curiosity. Ultimately, you're open to the ideas of others, where the success of others does not diminish your own.
* Customer Obsessed: you learn about your customers and their businesses with a beginner's mind and then bring solutions that meet their needs.
* Diverse & Inclusive: You don't just value differences, you seek them out and invite them in.

Responsibilities

The ‎9 months program begins August, ‎2023 of which two weeks will be
onboarding, and the remaining duration will be for on-the-job training:
Onboarding & Skilling:
* Onboarding and introduction to Microsoft's mission, culture, strategy & structure.
* Technical skilling to obtain globally recognized MS Fundamentals.
* Professional and soft skilling courses & internationally recognized certifications in project management, change management, effective interpersonal skills, creativity and innovation, time management, alongside a set of other professional skills required by the job market.
On-the-job training:
* Join a specific department in Microsoft for on-the-job shadowing and training.
* Mentorship and coaching sessions.
* Support Microsoft teams in digital transformation projects.
* Advanced technology training courses include AI, Machine Learning & Cloud Computing.
* Work with the team to accelerate Customer value, digital transformation and production level consumption that are relevant to their industry, aligning to their business outcomes and driving Customer satisfaction.
* Work across Microsoft technology teams to bring any specialist resources to support customer projects.
* Acquire good technology skills (broadly) and especially on Microsoft platform and applications to be able to articulate Microsoft solution value.
* Participate in Microsoft Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

Qualifications

• Saudi National.


• Student in final academic year or a recent graduate within ‎6 months of graduation date.


• Bachelor 's degree in STEM majors with a preference in Computer Science (minor in Business Administration (is a plus).


• AI, Data Science, Machine Learning & Cloud Computing, Application Development (is a plus).


• Passionate about a career in Technology.


• Excellent English communication skills.


• Seek opportunities to learn new methods, procedures or techniques.


• Preferably residing in or willing to relocate to Riyadh.


• Ability to understand the relationship between technology and business.
  Soft Skills:


• Interpersonal skills, communication, cross-culture collaboration, customer facing skills.


• Problem solving skills.


• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will
  receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color,
  family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic
  information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or
  mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race,
  religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other
  characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
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