Sales Manager, US Education

Microsoft’s Education Account Team focuses on empowering customers on their AI journey.  This team is responsible for envisioning new possibilities for our customers, delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft.  

As a Sales Manager on the US Education team, you will drive Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation propelling both Microsoft and our clients towards achieving business outcomes. You will lead a team of sellers to execute Go to Market strategy for Education. Leveraging your large, multi-functional team across the breadth of the Microsoft product portfolio, engage at the most senior levels of your customer and deliver industry-relevant solutions to help the customer adopt and embrace business transformation. With a proven history of driving growth in market share, achieving sales targets, customer obsession, and partner collaboration, this role will leverage your extensive customer network and sales experience to execute against an account plan.

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

• Understands drivers of Digital & Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation relevant to their customers and partners across business units and advises customers to optimally leverage transformation solutions across solution areas. Consults with customers and internal/external Partners to ensure successful value realization in delivery of solutions to customers. Drives and coaches team to orchestrate across units and Partners to accelerate and leverage innovative transformation opportunities. Educates internal partners on industry trends and solutions. Supports efforts to expand relationships across customers' lines of business that enable innovative solutions, deliver business value, and create market growth. Supports team opportunities to leverage industry experts within MS to identify and execute on transformation opportunities.

• Applies industry and market expertise, proactively leading team(s) towards identifying solutions to drive new opportunities and strategies in alignment with customers needs. Demonstrates industry-specific capabilities and expertise to represent Microsoft as a thought leader who can articulate connections between Microsoft solutions to relevant business contexts (e.g., speaking at external events). Serves as a subject matter expert in relevant local trade, regulatory, and policy environments (e.g., opening doors and removing barriers for sales teams, partners, and customers) across geographic areas. Coaches others to tailor customer engagement for specific industries with relevant customer references and shares best practices with teams. Identifies and creates customer references for repeatable areas of success in select or strategic industries to develop a competitive advantage and to articulate ability to deliver customer value to achieve outcomes. Shares feedback from experience and expertise in industry to support the development of programs that scale and accelerate successful engagements.

• Leads the development and implementation of go-to-market for maximizing revenue, consumption, and growth across solution areas. Ensures area/territory plans leverage market-specific insights to highlight solutions that solve additional business and technology challenges. Provides guidance on customer planning execution ensuring short- and long-term strategies are acted upon and directs teams utilize available programs to drive growth. Facilitates the sharing of best practices, digital assets, and digital insights, and leverages them across Microsoft's segments for cloud solutions that accelerate new customer relationships and opportunities.

• Builds and maintains a broad executive network inclusive of partners. Supports the development of an ecosystem of customer and external partners and identifies where there is a need for partners to act in Microsoft's market to accelerate consumption and/or growth. Supports and influences engagements between partners and executives on long-term business planning, the development of strategic partnerships, and influencing customer needs and outcomes. Directs and influences teams to maintain relationships with an ongoing long-term focus that looks past quarterly and annual targets. Creates a rhythm of business (RoB) with customers and partners that enables continuo