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Microsoft’s Enterprise Account Team Unit focuses on empowering customers on their AI journey. This team is responsible for envisioning new possibilities for our customers, delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft. As a Senior Account Executive, you will have the opportunity to drive digital technology transformation (in partnership with our customers) with a focus on AI, Copilot and Security to achieve both Microsoft and customer business outcomes. Leveraging your large, multi-functional team across the breadth of the Microsoft solutions portfolio, you will engage at executive levels and bring industry-relevant solutions to help the customer adopt and embrace digital technologies. Embracing a challenger mindset, the successful Senior Account Executive manages, orchestrates, and leads their virtual teams and closes opportunities with customers that produce transformative business outcomes. With a proven history of driving growth in market share, achieving sales targets, customer obsession, and partner collaboration, this role will give the opportunity to leverage your extensive customer network and sales experience to execute against your customer’s account plan. 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. We are currently looking for Senior Account Executives to join our teams across various business groups, for varying customer sizes, in our enterprise, regulated, and partner services organizations. By applying to this role, you will be considered for multiple opportunities within Microsoft across the United States including locations beyond where the role is posted. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home. Travel percentages will vary according to role.
Job Responsibility:
Drives Innovation and Transformation: Acts as a catalyst for change by embracing frontier firm principles—experimenting with new approaches, learning from failures, and iterating quickly to deliver breakthrough solutions for customers
Champions a Growth Mindset: Fosters a culture of curiosity and adaptability, encouraging teams and customers to explore emerging technologies and business models
Customer Advocate: Develops and oversees the execution of account plan(s) to ensure Microsoft revenue targets and customer outcomes are met
Engages with internal and external stakeholders on business planning to promote mutually beneficial customer digital transformation strategies
Orchestrates a full customer team across all areas of Microsoft to ensure we are focused on delivering customer outcomes across the customer lifecycle to build deep trust with Microsoft
Industry Relevant Trusted Seller: Proactively develops a strong understanding of the customer’s business, industry priorities to drive new business opportunities/ drive growth/net new business
Advocates on behalf of the customer internally, ensuring requests and needs of assigned accounts are being addressed
Deliver Sales Excellence: Leads and orchestrates extended virtual teams across our solution areas to consistently achieve growth in revenue & market share
Industry Knowledge: Builds and maintains a strong knowledge of customers’ industry, associated business strategy, and key industry partners and solutions
Gains deeper insights and knowledge through direct engagement in their customers’ business and operations
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of experience working in a relevant industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education) and/or driving digital transformation
OR a Master's Degree in Business Administration AND 2+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education) and/or driving digital transformation
OR equivalent experience
Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties
Nice to have:
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Technology, or related field AND 12+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education), driving digital transformation, or other relevant work experience (e.g., consulting, technology)
OR Master's Degree in Business Administration AND 8+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education), driving digital transformation, or other relevant work experience (e.g., consulting, technology)
OR equivalent experience
5+ years account management experience OR equivalent
5+ years experience making recommendations to and/or collaborating with mid-to-senior level executives
5+ years experience closing large, complex agreements/deals
Azure Certifications and/or business value selling certifications preferred