Microsoft Security - Go Market Manager German & English speaker 

Austria, Vienna, Vienna 

28868443

As the Go to Market (GTM) Manager for Security you will be responsible for providing business leadership for the Microsoft Security Business in the Austrian subsidiary. You will activate the seller community, engage in targeted marketing activity to drive sales and provide the required operational excellence to further grow the security business within Austria. This opportunity will allow you to develop your end to end business skills by orchestrating many roles across the Microsoft field organization. You will learn how to operate successfully in a complex multinational environment and create mindshare for this high potential and high growth area.

Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs)

• Extensive, proven marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development OR related work experience.
• Full proficiency in German AND English is a must.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Solid recent experience working with cloud security products and services. Strong knowledge of cybersecurity landscape and cybersecurity and data security fundamental concepts and models (e.g. Zero Trust, SASE).
• Extensive experience managing and expanding a product/solution portfolio and driving demand generation and pipeline acceleration within a complex (e.g., multinational or matrixed) organization.
  

Drive Business Performance

• Partners with Areas to drive GTM for aligned Solution Plays, identifying growth opportunities in the market and builds clear execution plans.
• Align, influence and coach field teams, sales operations, marketing plans, business rhythms and change management to convert strategic priorities into local execution.
• Partners across Microsoft core teams to bring the voice of field and co-design strategy and programs.

Leads Sales Enablement

• Lands and champions solution plays, activating connected sales and marketing execution in every segment to maximize performance and share.
• Lead and collaborate with GPS for local partner-led marketing strategies and demand generation that support solution play performance.
• Champions Microsoft strategy and Solution Areas and builds industry presence.

Champions Product Advocacy

• Advocates as the voice of the Customer, Partners and Field to provide thought leadership on competitive landscape, solution area gaps, sales trends, etc. to drive improvements on the Go-To-Market (GTM) plan.
• Grows organization capability to drive true insights, learnings and blockers for leaders, managers, and sellers​.
• Drives standardized rhythms and tools that drive increased customer and partner facing time for sellers​.
• Activates leaders and managers on investments and resource optimization, leveraging data and analysis​.

Exemplifies Microsoft Values, Culture, Leadership Principles​

• Creates clarity by creating a shared understanding and building a clear course of action​.
• Boundary-less leader who pursues right outcomes to achieve success​.
• Models living the Microsoft culture and drives our leadership principles and Model, Coach and Care.​

Respected People & Organization Leader​

• Builds organization capability for employees, partners, and market opportunities.
• Grows effective & inclusive teams where people can do their best work.
• Influences and transforms behaviors and evangelizes new ways of working​.