GDS Microsoft Co-Innovation Marketplace Certification Manager - Associate Director - India

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Role Title: GDS Microsoft Alliance Marketplace Certification Manager / Strategist   The opportunity Microsoft is one of EY’s most strategic ecosystem relationships, enabling clients to accelerate transformation through cloud, data, AI, automation and emerging technologies. Within this alliance, the Co-Innovation team brings together EY’s industry experience and Microsoft’s technology capabilities to shape scalable, market-relevant solutions that support client transformation, marketplace readiness and growth across global priority markets.   We are looking for a highly collaborative, commercially minded and execution-oriented Marketplace Certification Manager / Strategist to support the Microsoft Alliance Co-Innovation team globally. This role will help lead and build the marketplace solution readiness, certification and publication lifecycle, strengthen submission governance, guide readiness across priority solutions and enable disciplined execution across the global co-innovation portfolio.   The role is designed for a senior professional who can connect solution development, certification strategy and commercialization readiness. You will work closely with global alliance leadership, Microsoft stakeholders, regional teams, solution owners, architects, engineering teams, sales, marketing and GDS teams to ensure co-innovation solutions are certification-ready, marketplace-aligned and positioned for scalable activation across markets.   This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of Microsoft marketplace operations, certification governance, AI-enabled innovation, solution commercialization, stakeholder management and go-to-market execution.   Your key responsibilities   Shape global marketplace certification strategy, governance and operating rhythm

Lead and build the structured solution intake, certification and publication lifecycle process for the global Co-Innovation portfolio, providing senior-level visibility into readiness, submissions, review status, risks, dependencies, decisions and publication outcomes. Shape certification review meetings, leadership updates, business reviews and marketplace readiness forums with clear, consistent and decision-oriented materials. Maintain a structured view of marketplace certification activities across solution stages, submission status, ownership, evidence requirements, remediation actions and publication milestones. Drive execution discipline by helping stakeholders track actions, owners, timelines, dependencies and follow-through against agreed certification priorities. Identify and advance opportunities to use AI-enabled workflows, automation, reusable templates and structured data capture to accelerate intake, evidence development, certification readiness, publication preparation and reporting. Ensure certification decisions and updates are supported by accurate data, clear documentation and well-aligned next steps.

Define Microsoft marketplace readiness and certification focus

Provide strategic guidance on certification readiness for Microsoft-powered solutions across Azure, Copilot, AI Business Solutions, Cloud & AI Platforms, Security, data, automation and emerging technology priorities. Partner with solution owners, architects and technology stakeholders to capture certification requirements, readiness gaps, technical evidence, client applicability and commercialization considerations. Build senior-level visibility into marketplace-ready solution assets, including offer narratives, demos, supporting documentation, solution