Sales Excellence - 12-month Parental Leave Cover

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Sales Excellence

This role is focused on Sales Excellence and Operations, translating Microsoft's Commercial Strategy into local execution. A key part of the role involves identifying and scaling opportunities to embed AI-driven insights and automation into sales processes to improve decision-making and operational efficiency. The role requires experience in sales, sales operations, data utilization, stakeholder management, and project management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Empower leaders to prioritize strategic pipeline management that strengthens revenue reliability, fuels sustainable growth, and enhances forecasting accuracy and engage field teams with intention and precision to maintain high standards of pipeline hygiene and discipline
  2. Orchestrate a coordinated MCEM rhythm of business that aligns segments, solution areas, and roles with key partners for seamless execution and accountability and equip sales managers to operationalize core sales principles and strategy guiding quarterly activations around pipeline, top of funnel, and usage, while harnessing using IAP, MSXI 2.0, MCEM
  3. Support the landing of emerging updates sales strategies, processes, and objectives to drive sustainable growth and improved sales performance and drive efficiencies.
  4. Support execution of always on planning activities in partnership with segment, accounts and operational leadership, driving account planning, with enhanced SEL guidance and enabled motion
  5. Orchestrate across CSU roles (CSAMs, CSA Managers, Program Managers) and partner with Area SE&O, Finance, and GTM teams to ensure integrated planning and execution.

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years experience with active participation in sales, sales operations/management, account management, program management, business development, marketing, consulting, or a related field OR equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience using data to drive business outcomes or inform business decisions.
  • 5+ years of experience managing relationships with stakeholders, clients, and/or customers
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
  • 5+ years managing projects, including planning, managing timelines, and tracking progress, and/or change management experience

What the JD emphasized

  • AI transformation journey
  • embedding AI-driven insights and automation into sales processes
  • predictive, data-informed decision-making
  • operational efficiency