Microsoft Account Technology Strategist 

Australia, Western Australia, Perth 

320362973

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 6+ years technical consulting, technical consultative selling, business consulting, practice building, or related technical/sales experience

o OR equivalent experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

· 6+ years experience in relevant customer industry.

· 6+ years experience in digital transformation, or using technology to drive customer business outcomes.

• Technology Strategy Leadership – Understand the customers’ business objectives, technology landscape and digital strategy to build, document and maintain the customers’ technology architecture and roadmap and use it in communication with the extended account team; grow and manage the technology relationship and orchestrate technology roles in your extended account team and relevant Partners to deliver customer outcomes across the customer lifecycle.
• Technology Relevant Trusted Seller – Drive Microsoft Business growth and customer Technology Transformation including partner co-sell motions, building new solution pipeline based on the customer-aligned technology strategy; be accountable for the development and governance of the customers’ consumption pipeline.
• Technology Leadership – Create thought leadership with the customers’ executives (Technology and Business) in new and emerging technology trends like AI or Industrial Metaverse and establishing a meaningful and mutually agreed path forward for the customers to adopt those technologies; orchestrate the resulting opportunities across Microsoft and Partner teams and create referenceable customer win stories.
• Industry Knowledge – Apply expertise in customer businesses, technology platforms and industry to build digital technology strategy with the customer that is aligned to business outcomes. Challenge customers’ assumptions with constructive dialogue about their business and technology.