Microsoft Developer Productivity Specialist Global Black Belt – Emerging Markets 

China, Hong Kong 

722074980

The Developer Productivity Specialist Global Black Belt (Dev Productivity GBB)

This role will require travel to customer sites.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Account Management . Effective territory/account management: planning, opportunity qualification and creation, stakeholder and executive communication, needs analysis, value engineering, services/partner engagement, opportunity management, pipeline management, large dollar licensing and deal negotiation. required
• Understanding the Software Development Lifecycle and concepts such as DevOps, Developer Productivity and DevSecOps. The position requires the ability to articulate and demonstrate the business value of Microsoft’s and GitHub’s solutions and have a firm understanding of Microsoft and GitHub’s strategies and products. [Preferred]
• Solution Sales Experience . 5+ years in customer-facing advisory or sales to demonstrate the ability to distill core technical concepts and connect them to business outcomes. Work experience should involve presales, technical consulting, solution design, project envisioning, planning, development, deployment, and management. Proven customer facing consultative skills.
• Executive Presence. Experience and expertise selling to senior business decision makers by aligning & reinforcing the value of the solution to the customer’s overall business pain and/or strategic opportunities and decision criteria.
• Collaborative. Orchestrate and influence virtual teams to pursue sales opportunities and lead v-teams through influence.
  

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership . Experience leading large enterprise engagements especially those involving Developer tools and platforms and related. preferred

• Competitive Landscape . Knowledge of enterprise software solutions and platform competitor landscape. required

• Partners . Understanding of partner ecosystems and the ability to leverage partner solutions to solve customer needs.

• Develops a comprehensive market entry strategy, considering local nuances and competitive landscape in partnership with Microsoft and GitHub sales teams.
• Leads end-to-end customer initiatives about Developer Productivity and modern software development practices such as DevOps, DevSecOps, AI-assisted Software Development, Cloud Development Environments and Platforms Engineering.
• Collaborates with partners and resources and leverages customer insights or industry knowledge. Contributes to exploring business and emerging opportunities to optimize the portfolio and support customer innovation.
• Delivers Results Through Teamwork- Drives the execution of projects, partners and collaborates with other teams on related deliverables, and leverages others in relevant work streams.
• Engages with internal and external stakeholders on business planning. Establishes recovery action plans to improve clients' overall experience, orchestrates sales and delivery success through the account and pursuit teams, and drives intentional selling aligned with strategic priorities.
• Influence Microsoft’s and GitHub’s go-to-market and product strategies and roadmaps by documenting and sharing insights to sales, marketing, and engineering stakeholders on current and future product requirements, sales blockers and customer feedback.