Frontier Industry Advisor - Capital Markets

Are you passionate about transforming Capital Markets for the Frontier AI era? The industry is undergoing a profound shift as firms rethink how they generate insight, advise clients, manage risk, comply with evolving regulations, modernize market infrastructure, and operate across increasingly complex global markets. Investment banks, asset managers, wealth managers, exchanges, clearing and settlement organizations, data providers, and market infrastructure firms are moving from experimentation to enterprise-scale AI transformation—reshaping research, trading, investment decisioning, client engagement, portfolio construction, risk and compliance, surveillance, regulatory reporting, post-trade operations, digital assets, tokenization, and private markets workflows. By applying trustworthy, secure, scalable AI, Microsoft is helping Capital Markets institutions reimagine their businesses from outcomes inward—using breakthrough technologies to improve decision speed, strengthen resilience, unlock productivity, deepen client trust, and create new sources of growth. Microsoft’s Frontier Industry Advisory team is at the center of this transformation, working directly with Capital Markets leaders to rewrite the playbook for industry value creation while staying grounded in business strategy, regulatory expectations, and customer outcomes. As a Frontier Industry Advisor – Capital Markets on the Americas Capital Markets Industry team, you will help Microsoft’s most strategic Capital Markets customers define and execute AI-led transformation agendas. This role is responsible for originating industry-led business opportunities and executive conversations that connect measurable business outcomes to Microsoft cloud, data, AI, security, productivity, business applications, and partner capabilities. You will serve as the Capital Markets industry subject matter expert, engaging senior business decision makers to identify, generate, and nurture transformational opportunities across the front, middle, and back office. You will work deeply with select customers to help them move beyond isolated pilots toward governed, scalable AI adoption that delivers enterprise outcomes such as faster research and investment decisioning, improved advisor and trader productivity, reduced operational friction, stronger risk and compliance controls, more efficient post-trade processing, enhanced client experiences, resilient market infrastructure, and new digital asset and tokenization capabilities. You will also help develop Microsoft’s Capital Markets frontier practice through thought leadership, targeted customer engagements, partner orchestration, and strategic planning with Microsoft account teams and industry leadership.   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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Serve as the capital markets industry subject matter expert for digital and AI transformation, account planning, and partner business planning. Engage business leaders, global systems integrators, ISVs, solution partners, and Microsoft account teams to align Microsoft capabilities with customers' strategic priorities. Bring a multi-year industry perspective on digital and AI transformation. Provide thought leadership on global industry trends and ecosystem opportunities, influence key decision makers, and help accelerate adoption of Microsoft technologies through long-term strategic planning and execution. Lead multi-horizon planning and develop