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  • Posted: Sep 11, 2017
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    At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our custo...
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    Opportunity Manager

    Job description

    What Joining The Microsoft Team Means

    The Opportunity Manager drives complex and high-value deals in selected customer accounts in the Corporate Premier segment. The Opportunity Manager partners with Microsoft Field Account Executives (AEs) to identify large/strategic deals in the territory and then in conjunction with Microsoft qualified partners, drives the opportunities to closure. Also, Opportunity Managers can support WWIS Account Executives and their accounts to drive strategic, complex deals to close

    The Opportunity Manager drives complex and high-value deals in selected customer accounts in the Corporate Premier segment. The Opportunity Manager partners with Microsoft Field Account Executives (AEs) to identify large/strategic deals in the territory and then in conjunction with Microsoft qualified partners, drives the opportunities to closure. Also, Opportunity Managers can support WWIS Account Executives and their accounts to drive strategic, complex deals to close.

    Responsibilities

    The Impact You’ll Be Making

    • Strategic Opportunity Sales Plan of ‘must-win’ deals: Actively participate in the territory planning process with the virtual sales and partner teams to prioritize accounts by revenue and products.
    • Secure strategic wins for Microsoft: Maximize up-sell and cross-sell opportunities collaborating with Partner resources to present Microsoft’s Cloud value propositions that align to customer’s business objectives and IT initiatives
    • Healthy balanced and predictable pipeline and forecast: Continually assess the pipeline for any deal that will not produce the high-yield result anticipated. Set up and manage a regular rhythm for pipeline reviews with key members of the sales team. Prepare and deliver accurate forecast and pipeline reports. Strategic Opportunity Sales Plan of ‘must-win’ deals.
    • Contritbute to the development of Microsoft’s World Class Sales Organization: Be committed to learning the customer’s business and your professional growth. Develop a working knowledge of Microsoft’s transformation and leverage all training resources.

    Readiness

    • Familiarize yourself with your Role Success Guide
    • Complete your required trainings monthly, including Industry Drumbeat (FY18 H1) & Business School Series training (FY18 H2)

    Job Description Opportunity Manager

    FY18 Job Description for Opportunity Manager Microsoft Confidential

    • Understand V-Team roles & responsibilities 4. Read the Digital Transformation (DT) Playbook to understand how to start conversations with customers around the
    • 4 DT pillars
    • Get Challenger Conversation certified
    • Improve technical selling for depth solution scenarios
    • Take 100-300 technical training
    • Understand Microsoft Selling Process (MSP)
    • Sales Planning
    • Learn the customer’s business
    • Actively participate in the WW Territory Planning process with the virtual sales and partner teams to prioritize strategic opportunities by revenue and products
    • Plan the entire customer journey to the cloud by leading a well orchestrated team approach to benefit the customer
    • Build and continually evolve customer plans
    • Get familiar with sales plays, including global Offers and Content to assist planning for customer conversations
    • Sales Execution
    • Create a Strategic Opportunity Sales Plan of ‘must-win’ deals
    • Build a strong, trusted advisor relationship with customers aligned to strategic deals
    • With TCM, ensure opportunities have a partner attached & support partner-led co-sell activities
    • Maximize up-sell and cross-sell opportunities collaborating with Partner resources to present Microsoft’s Cloud value propositions
    • Assess the pipeline continually for any deal that will not produce the high-yield result anticipated
    • Ensure CRM is up to date per opportunity management standards & review MSX Insights
    • Management
    • Be accountable to secure strategic wins, aligned to commercial priorities 2. Manage key opportunities orchestrated with AE and TCM
    • Orchestrate the required resources (STU, LSS, partner, P-seller) to accelerate and close the opportunity
    • Leverage new OCP resources to engage with Partners (Build With, Sell With)

    Qualifications

    Experiences Required:

    Education, Key Experiences, Skills And Knowledge

    • Demonstrated ability to consistently exceed quota by driving deals within a Partner ecosystem.
    • Expertise in solution selling techniques and selling cloud-based solutions.
    • Strong knowledge of the 3 Microsoft Cloud Solutions and their value proposition and differentiation.
    • Experience in building strong, collaborative customer relationships with line-of-business and technical roles.
    • Ability to navigate a customer through sales negotiations and technical presentations in person and remotely.
    • Solid knowledge of the business, customers, partners, Microsoft strategy and how they work together.
    • Able to qualify sales opportunities and position partners in the overall sales process.
    • Demonstrated business communication skills in the local language.
    • Passion for technology as an enabler for a company’s growth.
    • Complex sales training (e.g., Miller Hyman, Spin, Michael Bosworth, Challenger, Holden, Krauthammer, etc.), extensive presentation skills, effective marketing tactics, negotiation, financial analysis, Line of Business applications sales experience, business process consulting or automation, CRM, Employee Performance Management (systems and processes).
    • Bachelor degree: Required (Computer Science, similar information technology-related discipline or Business Administration);
    • MBA desired.

    At 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, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

    Method of Application

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