Roaa Internship Program, Saudi Arabia – Public Sector Track Internship at Microsoft for Saudi Undergraduates and Graduates

Microsoft is offering Roaa Internship Program, Saudi Arabia – Public Sector Track in Riyadh (Up to 50% work from home). 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.

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.

• Saudi National.
• Student in final academic year or a recent graduate within 6 months of graduation date.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or relevant.
• Passionate about a career in Technology.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Seeks 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 and customer facing skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.

About Microsoft:

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.

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