Overview
Do you enjoy managing on a high-performing, fast-paced sales team? Are you insatiably curious and do you lean into uncertainty, take risks, and learn quickly from your mistakes? If so, we are looking for you!
At Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C), we are leading a high-growth, AI-powered global sales team—one that is deeply connected to our partners and driven by customer success. By uniting our Small Medium Enterprise sellers and Channel sales teams, we are unlocking the largest customer opportunity, backed by the industry’s most significant investments. Leveraging the power of AI and our extensive partner ecosystem, we are redefining how businesses of all sizes adopt technology to drive growth and innovation.
SME&C is more than a sales organization—it’s a culture of innovation, opportunity, and inclusivity. Here, you’ll be part of a diverse, high-performing, and customer-obsessed team where collaboration, connection, and continuous learning fuel everything we do. If you thrive in a fast-paced, digital-first environment and are eager to make a meaningful impact, explore how SME&C can be the next step in your career. Together, we are shaping the future of business.** **
As an AI Business Solutions Sales Leader, you will take the lead in harnessing the power of AI to achieve customer leadership. Your efforts will be instrumental in executing sales strategies (via Digital Specialists, Digital Solution Engineers and Partner Solution Sales teams by leveraging various programs and offers. Additionally, you will be responsible for selling AI Workforce and AI Business Process solutions tailored for our managed customers. Furthermore, you will play a significant role in enabling AI and Digital transformation momentum for our customers, partners, and Microsoft.
To manage AI Business Solutions Managers and Partner Solution Sales team, we are looking for passionate, experienced, and leader (Manager of Managers) who will follow the model | coach | care approach to developing and winning team sales strategy that will deliver on the AI Workforce and AI Business Process goals. As a Senior STU Leader, you will lead transformational shifts to drive deployment and create business value for customers. You will provide direction/guidance on the development of solutions across solution areas and support areas. You will lead a team to develop strategies for driving and closing opportunities. You will facilitate the development of partner strategies and ensure execution. As a Senior STU Leader you will provide sales leadership and thought leadership to accelerate our customers’ digital transformation and is a great sales coach and leader, has a challenger mentality, is fluent in sales-leadership practice and contributes with vision and flawless execution of solution and technical sales across different customer scenarios developing and growing the AI Business Solutions business across the time-zone markets.
You will oversee the end-to-end business across geographical regions. You will work with the regional operating unit/sales unit to tightly align top partner coverage, and simplify and strengthen alignment on sales targets, improve coverage. You will ensure the team meets sales targets and operational standards and maintains the health of metrics within the assigned territory. You will interact with Time zone and WW leadership and senior-level stakeholders to get support for their team and the geographical regions. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, honing your solution sales and collaboration skills, and deepening your AI experti_se. _This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home .
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.
Responsibilities
- People Leader
- Sales Execution
- Business Value Selling
- Scaling and Collaboration
- Technical Expertise
- Showcase a learning mentality:
- Sales Excellence
Qualifications
Required Qualifications (RQs)_ _
- 9+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience
Preferred Qualifications (PQs)
- 12+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience
- Strategic thinking & execution. Ability to develop sales and business strategy options, while also being able to successfully execute plans and build strong relationships.
- Purposeful Planner & Executor – Delivers business impact with intentional planning, driving clarity to the team with consistent coaching rhythms, removing blockers and ensuring quarterly business budget goals are met.
- Leader: Demonstrated sales and partner management experience with executive communications, engagement and influence
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about **requesting accommodations.**