Solution Area Specialists - Azure
Microsoft
This role leads strategic engagement with senior customer stakeholders to identify, qualify, and accelerate high-value sales opportunities. It drives market and whitespace analysis using AI-powered intelligence and predictive analytics to align sales strategies with complex customer priorities and future market needs. The role also leads cross-organizational collaboration and partnerships to deliver secure, AI- and cloud-driven transformations, while overseeing sales pipeline management, forecasting accuracy, and long-term customer success within the assigned region.
Responsibilities
- Leads discussions with senior stakeholders and decision makers for high-value customers to identify, qualify, and accelerate sales opportunities.
- Leads collaborations with others on whitespace analysis and leverages expertise to identify and capitalize on business opportunities and market gaps within the assigned market domain, utilizing AI-driven market intelligence tools to assess trends and insights.
- Synthesizes evaluation of the solution area(s) and market to strategically align sales plays with complex customer priorities and outcomes, incorporating AI-driven predictive analytics to forecast future market needs.
- Leads partnerships with others cross-organizationally and guides the development of solutions to enable AI- and cloud-driven transformations for existing and new customers within the region, emphasizing the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies and cloud services.
- Leads sales pipeline reviews with internal senior stakeholders to drive forecasting accuracy and meeting sales targets, ensuring the use of AI-powered analytics and forecasting tools to enhance precision.
- Leads the sales strategy tailored to each customer's security priorities, showcasing Microsoft's dedication to secure, AI-powered transformation and addressing their specific needs within the customer success plan, fostering long-term partnerships through AI-driven insights.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field
- 6+ years experience in solution or services sales experience.
- Master's Degree in Business Administration (i.e., MBA), Information Technology, Information Security, or related field with 8+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 12+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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