Account Executive at Microsoft

Job Description

• The Account Executive at Microsoft leads our most valued customers into the digital age. Embracing a challenger mindset, the successful Account Executive manages, orchestrates and leads their virtual teams and closes opportunities with customers that produce transformative business outcomes.

Responsibilities
The Account Executive will be responsible for the following:

• Business Relationship Owner: Build coalition of support (IT and business) with customer. Define specific business outcomes.
• Team Mobilizer and Orchestrator: Mobilize the entire account team and direct clear opportunity ownership in strong collaboration with partners.
• Digital Transformation Leader and Operational Excellence: Lead, drive and manage opportunities for each of the 4 Digital Transformation pillars and 4 Solution Areas. Consistent, repeatable achievement of revenue and consumption targets.

Qualifications
Experiences Required: Education, Key Experiences, Skills and Knowledge:

• 5+ years of consultative selling & technical selling to or consulting with enterprise customers. Equally considered will be 3+ years of experience driving digital transformation from within the enterprise customers
• 10 years overall relevant working experience
• Digital transformation - 3 years
• Min 5 years in solution selling
• 5 years sales and account management experience
• Has managed large quota and has experience in managing cross industry accounts
• Solid knowledge of one industry required (i.e. Government, Education, Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Automotive, Telco, Media, Oil/Gas/Energy, etc.)
• Bachelor's degree or MBA preferred; or equivalent experience
• Experience to lead multi-cultural, diverse and remote teams across different disciplines
• Proven ability to understand customer needs, create and deliver customized, customer-focused pitches and solutions
• Effectively navigate through ambiguity and complexities related to client management
• Embody “we-before-me” mindset.

Benefits and Perks
Benefits / perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work:

• Industry leading healthcare
• Savings and investments
• Giving programs
• Educational resources
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Opportunities to network and connect
• Discounts on products and services
• Generous time away.