Director - Global Vendor Solutions jobs at Microsoft in Taiwan, Taoyuan City

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 7+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
• Certification in relevant technologies or disciplines (e.g., Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture).

Solution Design and Proof

Adapts and extends architecture patterns to accommodate complex customer requirements and drive integration solutions for industry flavor. Delivers assets that can be leveraged by others in the business.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years relevant work experience (e.g., investment banking, consulting, finance, marketing, corporate strategy, sales, venture capital, legal, business development, product management, project management, software development, or related field)
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in structuring and negotiating complex strategic alliances or acquisitions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, or related field AND 12+ years relevant work experience (e.g., investment banking, consulting, finance, marketing, corporate strategy, sales, venture capital, legal, business development, product management, project management, software development, or related field)
  • OR Master's/Advanced Degree in Business, Sciences, or related field AND 10+ years relevant work experience (e.g., investment banking, consulting, finance, marketing, corporate strategy, sales, venture capital, legal, business development, product management, project management, software development, or related field)
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience in the technology industry OR in a technical role (e.g., IT, Engineering).
• Industry experience in driving Shopping or Payments Partnerships

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 28, 2025.

Partner & Customer Focus

• Leverages internal and external network to develop new strategic relationships. Develops relationships as a trusted advisor with key stakeholders. Works cross-functionally on internal strategy and works with v-teams to deliver alignment on objectives and outcomes.
• Articulates the value of Microsoft solutions, leveraging knowledge of customer and partner business priorities and/or drivers to influence decision making. Looks across opportunities to identify and address broad issues and trends.

Market Signal

• Develops processes and channels for information gathering and reporting, including synthesizing key insights and trends gathered from engagements for executive consumption.

Partnership Strategy

• Formulates partnership strategy for Shopping & Payments growth priorities with input from relevant stakeholders and creates business value propositions based on partner and company needs.
• Builds and utilizes internal & external network with a diverse set of stakeholders to identify and validate unique opportunities across business areas. Provides input into recommendations on partners.
• Positions the Microsoft value proposition versus competitors and works with stakeholders to influence the build/buy/partner decision to meet customer needs, leveraging knowledge of Microsoft and customer issues in conjunction with product/industry teams to establish a foundation for future opportunities in competitive situations through collaboration.
• Provides insight on industry and/or competitive trends and drives action based on insights.
• Drives deals to increase growth and achieve desired outcomes, anticipating potential issues. Encourages customers and partners to apply and amend a value proposition in order to create a partnership. Influences internal stakeholders and partners and promotes the value of opportunities.

Negotiation

• Represents Microsoft in key customer and partner interactions, and defines the deal structure for scalable and durable solutions to complex business opportunities.
• Leverages deep understanding of risks, rewards, and negotiation skills to manage broad engagements across all business functions.
• Provides breakthrough ideas and collaborates to close strategic or high-impact opportunities in order to scale the business (e.g., cross-company, cross-product deals).
• Provides coaching and support to less experienced colleagues as a go-to resource for negotiation.

Deal Management/Governance

• Develops plans for managing deals, including communications, and reporting with Microsoft stakeholders. Resolves blocking issues using known techniques.
• Collaborates with customers, partners, and Microsoft colleagues to develop post-deal governance and ensure design, communication, and alignment in creation and implementation of execution plans across a portfolio of deals within a particular domain.
• Ensures customers and partners are prepared for implementation.
• Captures and shares learnings to improve future pipeline and business value communication.

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Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of technology-related sales or services sales or account management experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field AND 4+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience.OR equivalent experience
• Language fluency in Japanese

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of solution sales or consulting services sales experience

• 4+ years of support solution delivery experience

• Strategic thinking & execution. Ability to develop sales and business strategy options, while also being able to successfully execute complex opportunities.

• Excellent Communicator. Strong negotiation, organizational, presentation, financial acumen, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Performer. A highly driven person who consistently exceeds goals and expectations and has the ability, characteristics, and determination to compete effectively against skilled and diverse competition.

• Collaborative. Work cohesively with members of the Microsoft sales & services field, Microsoft partners, and Microsoft corporate sales, engineering, and marketing to solve customer and partner issues, leverage best practices, & deliver results.

• Growth Mindset. Ability to overcome and work around problems that are inevitable in rapidly growing businesses – positive approach to problem solving, learning, and development.

• Sales Execution
• Acts as a thought leader across solution areas to advise customers across business functions on digital transformation, drive robust deployment and create business value for customers by identifying and facilitating the removal of blockers to consumption by partnering with internal and external stakeholders
• Scaling & Collaboration
• Drives the sales orchestration to proactively ensure deal closure by identifying and aligning internal stakeholders as well as leveraging and expanding relationships with account team.
• Technical Expertise
• Lead BDM and ITDM conversations, while leveraging and sharing competitor knowledge across solution areas as a subject matter expert to inform decisions on pursuit or withdrawal.
• Sales Excellence
• Manages the end-to-end sales and delivery success of the assigned territory; conducts forecasting for accounts and develops a portfolio and territory plan to drive intentional selling aligned with strategic priorities aimed at maintaining levels of client satisfaction.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years people-management experience.
• Experiencehandling large data sets to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, from behavioral and interaction data to uncover important factors that can influence outcomes.
• Experience with one or more AI/ML algorithms and frameworks and their application to solve various business problems. Examples include causal inference, resampling techniques, mixed effects models, clustering, classification, significance tests, time-series modeling/forecasting, etc.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 15+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR equivalent experience.
• 7+ years people-management experience.

• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and Azure AI Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Experience with Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) practices: containerization, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring
• Experience with multi-agent frameworks like AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, and Langchain
• Experience in debugging, security, and data protection principles

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 25, 2025.

• Demonstrate a commitment to Microsoft’s data security and privacy standards as the top priority in all analytics, reports, and solutions we develop.
• Lead large, complex projects to deliver accurate, accessible, secure and repeatable data products aligned to business and organizational needs and priorities that enhance our ability to inform marketing efforts, increase effectiveness of our approaches and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrate leadership in business and data landscape, visualizations, experimentation, and analysis to effectively communicate and support data driven decision making.
• Foster a team that embraces and lives Microsoft’s Culture and Values.
• Design and implement repeatable and scalable statistical and Machine Learning (ML) based frameworks to identify changes in behavior, business performance and other outcomes to help us make predictions and recommendations, set forecasts, identify anomalous activities, and understand outcome trajectory.
• Partner with Data Services on technical requirements to ensure adherence to security and compliance guidelines and enable data availability, data quality and integrity for data science, analytics and wider business self-service usage.
• Establish processes for the development of experimental methodologies, statistics, optimization, and probability theory for general purpose software and statistical packages. Leverages results from modeling and analyses to influence business and/or product strategy and leadership across teams.
• Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. Model: Live our culture. Embody our values. Practice our leadership principles. Coach: Define team objectives and outcomes. Enable success across boundaries. Help the team adapt and learn. Care: Attract and retain great people. Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations. Invest in the growth of others.
• Embody our and

• Proven experience in technology-related sales, business development, or account management experience OR
  A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field combined with proven experience of technology-related sales or account management experience OR
  A Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Technology, or related field combined with proven experince of technology-related sales or account management experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience bridging technical depth with customer engagement, ideally having worked in both technical (solution engineering, architecting, development) and sales/business roles within Financial Services.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS or Google Cloud a plus) and cross-solution integration across AI, Data, and Application Innovation.
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale AI solutions, data platforms, application modernization strategies, and security best practices.
• Track record of driving adoption and consumption of technology solutions in enterprise accounts.
  

• Lead Strategic Customer Conversations: Engage executives, business leaders, and technical teams to understand their priorities and challenges, mapping them to Microsoft’s Cloud & AI solutions to deliver differentiated value.
• Accelerate AI and Cloud Adoption: Drive adoption of Azure services across AI, Data, and Application Innovation, activating solution plays such as“Modernize Applications,” “Empower AI Transformation,”and“Unlock Data Value at Scale.”
• Orchestrate Solution Delivery: Partner with Cloud Solution Architects, Specialists, and Partners to deliver demos, design sessions, and proof-of-value engagements that showcase Azure’s impact.
• Champion Secure and Responsible AI: Guide customers in implementing secure, compliant, and responsible AI practices, leveraging Microsoft tools like Azure AI, Azure Machine Learning, and Microsoft Responsible AI guidelines.
• Enable Data-Driven Decision Making: Help customers modernize their data estates, integrate advanced analytics, and deploy AI models to optimize decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Drive Business Outcomes with Application Innovation: Support customers in building and modernizing applications using Azure Kubernetes Service, serverless computing, and low-code/no-code capabilities.
• Pipeline & Opportunity Management: Identify and qualify opportunities, progressing them through the sales cycle by leveraging AI-driven insights and collaborating with partners for co-selling motions.
• Ensure Ongoing Customer Success: Monitor and guide adoption post-deployment, ensuring customers realize the full value of their Azure investments while driving renewals and expansion.
• Continuous Learning & Thought Leadership: Stay ahead of industry trends, competitive insights, and Microsoft innovations. Share best practices and mentor peers to raise overall team capability.

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Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business consulting, sales, sales operations, information technology (IT), account management, business development, marketing, IT field sales, or a related field
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience in in Near Term Strategy (2 years out), Management Consulting, Sales, or Finance.
• Understanding of the channel partner ecosystem and business models (distribution, telecommunications (telcos), solution service providers, managed service providers, hosters, etc)

• 10+ years relevant sales experience with Information Technology products/services.
• 4+years experiencemanaging others.
• Ability to lead strategic initiatives, on a project like basis, including and informing field and core stakeholders, track and resolve problems, understand Rhythm of the Business (ROB) insights and produce data driven actions with the field and partners
• Ability to connect strategy with partners to broader growth initiatives like AI adoption, cloud migration, or security
• Ability to work cross cultures, cross organizations and navigate the ecosystem to drive strategic initiatives activation

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 20, 2025.

• Reach Frequency Yield (RFY)End-to-End Ownership – Driving Reach, Frequency, Yield across Partners:This role takes full ownership of the RFY model execution in SMB through our channel.Youwill embed RFY, insights, targets and reporting into all relevant rhythm
• Work with each Area/Operating Unit (OU) to setclear RFY objectivesfor distributors.Ensure theseobjectivesappear in partnerjoint businessplans, Go To Market(GTM) plansand tracking mechanisms are available to measure performance.
• Lead amonthly RFY business review cadencewith regional channel and SMB Leads. In these reviews,analyzeRFY dashboards (Reach/Freq/Yield by distributor, by telecommunications (telco),work with the Operating Units to understandbusiness insights,surfacewhat’sworking or not, and drive follow-up actions.Ensure RFY is includedin established rhythms like Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) and Analyst Relations (IARs) with the right level of insights and reporting views.
• Act as the“RFY Champion”in all forums – landing the concept that RFY is “how we execute throughchannelin SMB”.Youwillproviderole-based guidance so that Partner Development Managers (PDMs), Product Marketing Managers (PMMs), Partner Solution Sales (PSS) andSMB Saleseachknowtheir part in improving RFY.
• Measure & Communicate Impact:Youwill track RFY metrics rigorously and connect them to business outcomes. This will influence further targeted execution with the regions to improve RFY and CSP growth.Drive monthly communication on RFY progress.
• Collaboration:Work closely with the landing and activation lead for RFY to ensure every role in the field is aware,knowledgeableand executing on RFY levers.Advise onfield practices that have potential to scale WW.
• InformRFYstrategy forthe followingfiscal year and connect it with our key execution levers by and cross solution area
• Beyond RFY:explore and define growth opportunitiesand planswith our partner ecosystem for SMB in telco, Managed Service Provider (MSP), Small Service Provider (SSP) space

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Required/minimum qualifications

• AND 3+ years experience in project management, operations, or engineering
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Project Management, Supply Chain, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in project management, operations, or engineering
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in program management, project management, or business analysis.
• 3+ years of experience with D365 platform and knowledge of D365modules: Customer Insights and Field Services
• 3+ years experience with Agilemethodology,Azure DevOps, UAT testing, and PBI reporting.

Technical Solution Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $123,500 - $206,400 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:• Microsoft will accept applications for the role untilOctober 20, 2025.

• Own the D365 platform and ensure its alignment with the ESI delivery programs.

• minordata enhancements or changeswithin D365allowing engineering teams to focus onlarger,more complex enhancements.

• Work with engineering team daily on questions, clarifications, and solutioning across various projects and features.

• Manage the EEC backlog of enhancement requests and bug fixes and prioritize them based on business impact and urgency.

• Test all the EEC backlog items that get released in UAT before they move toProductionand provide feedback to the engineering team.

• Communicate the tooling updates and changes to the relevant stakeholders via email orrhythms of business.

• Handle the support escalations and issues related to the D365 platform and communicate the status and resolution to the impacted stakeholders.

• Approve theplatformaccess requests and ensure the users are given theappropriate permissionsfor their roles.

• vTeammembers on various projects and epics that involve the D365 platformacross ESI.

• Provide input, feedback, and guidance on the reporting requirements and data access for the D365 platform.