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.
The Account Executive Will Be Responsible For The Following
Customer Outcomes Manager
• Understands customer drivers and business outcomes of digital transformation and contributes to Digital/transformation with the customer; initiates conversations with customers on digital transformation for assigned accounts. Ensures line-of-business wins are captured (e.g., testimonials) for referencing.
Sales Leadership Pivoting to Industry
• Develops an understanding of the customer's industry and the needs of each assigned account and identifies opportunities to drive optimizations and new digitalization solutions/ideas based on their needs and strategies; works on behalf of the customer.
Executes on Account Plan & Goals
• Manages and executes plans for multiple accounts to ensure Microsoft targets and customer business needs are met; coordinates with extended virtual teams and holds self and the team accountable for executing on plans and meeting customer needs; outlines revenue targets to deliver on account plans; orchestrates extended team and embraces partners to scale business; ensures sales consumption and adoption goals on target.
Qualifications
Key Capabilities
Experiences Required: Education, Key Experiences, Skills and Knowledge:
• 8+ years of selling to or consulting with enterprise customers. Equally considered will be 5+ years of experience driving digital transformation from within the enterprise customers. Strong connects in entrprise customers.
• 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” and the “customer first” mindset that delivers long term success over short term returns.
• Solid knowledge of one industry required (i.e. Retail, Manufacturing, Automotive, Telco, Media, Oil/Gas/Energy, etc.). Expereince in Cloud sales.
• The ability to adapt one's behavior to different people and situations, while recognizing, acknowledging and understanding different perspectives.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, *** (including pregnancy), ****** orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work
The Account Executive Will Be Responsible For The Following
Customer Outcomes Manager
• Understands customer drivers and business outcomes of digital transformation and contributes to Digital/transformation with the customer; initiates conversations with customers on digital transformation for assigned accounts. Ensures line-of-business wins are captured (e.g., testimonials) for referencing.
Sales Leadership Pivoting to Industry
• Develops an understanding of the customer's industry and the needs of each assigned account and identifies opportunities to drive optimizations and new digitalization solutions/ideas based on their needs and strategies; works on behalf of the customer.
Executes on Account Plan & Goals
• Manages and executes plans for multiple accounts to ensure Microsoft targets and customer business needs are met; coordinates with extended virtual teams and holds self and the team accountable for executing on plans and meeting customer needs; outlines revenue targets to deliver on account plans; orchestrates extended team and embraces partners to scale business; ensures sales consumption and adoption goals on target.
Qualifications
Key Capabilities
Experiences Required: Education, Key Experiences, Skills and Knowledge:
• 8+ years of selling to or consulting with enterprise customers. Equally considered will be 5+ years of experience driving digital transformation from within the enterprise customers. Strong connects in entrprise customers.
• 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” and the “customer first” mindset that delivers long term success over short term returns.
• Solid knowledge of one industry required (i.e. Retail, Manufacturing, Automotive, Telco, Media, Oil/Gas/Energy, etc.). Expereince in Cloud sales.
• The ability to adapt one's behavior to different people and situations, while recognizing, acknowledging and understanding different perspectives.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, *** (including pregnancy), ****** orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Account Executive position is now open for candidates interested in the MIS Executive sector. This role in Gurgaon offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in MIS Executive is a plus.