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Microsoft Sr Account Technology Strategist - Public Sector 
Slovenia, Ljubljana 
738313098

13.08.2024

Overview

The Account Technology Specialist role is pivotal to our Enterprise team, particularly within the Public Sector. This position orchestrates global teams to gather insights, collaborate on performance metrics, and identify potential risks in accounts. ATS partners with customers and/or partners to deliver innovative solutions in emerging industries and integrate Microsoft technology into their businesses.

You will analyze the needs of some of our largest and most complex accounts, identifying gaps that Microsoft solutions can fill. Leading digital transformations for assigned accounts, you will collaborate with senior leaders or executives in large-scale, high-impact customer organizations to demonstrate how Microsoft’s technology and services can meet their future business needs more effectively than competitors. Additionally, you will create stakeholder maps, develop coverage plans, and establish execution frameworks to drive success.

Responsibilities

Differentiated Value Proposition
Acts as the customer's Technology Mentor in established relationships with senior leaders including technical decision makers (TDMs) and/or business decision makers (BDMs) at the Chief X Officer (CXO)-level. Develops extended relationships beyond core customers, advises on solutions, and aligns Microsoft capabilities with customer needs. Leads customer business transformations through digital technologies for assigned accounts to drive business outcomes and create business value for customers by understanding customer industry and position to provide guidance and to challenge customer thinking with innovative ideas that showcase the need for change and new strategic direction, and proactively involves corporate and cross-industry resources to drive customer transformation.
Customer and Industry Insights
Synthesizes and combines various business and industry insights from their team, global best practices, proof points from experience/case studies with countries and/or regions, and deep industry expertise for public sector customers, governments and their competitors to conduct forecasting and develop recommendations for managing accounts and subsidiary planning. Orchestrates global teams to gather information, collaborate on performance markers, and identify potential risks in customer accounts. Brings in business and industry insights to address the broader business challenges for the customer and deliver solutions . Partners with customers and/or partners to provide innovative solutions in new industries, and to integrate Microsoft technology in their business.
Education and Thought Leadership
Leads customer technology engagement by motivating and inspiring technical resources of customer, partner, and Microsoft towards customer’s business transformation. Delivers regular (e.g., quarterly, monthly) industry/technology engagements and/or briefings to customer Chief X Officers (CXOs), their technical team, and business decision makers (BDMs) to drive execution and focus on competitive advantage
Technology Sales: Demand Generation and Orchestration
Leads the customer journey into the era of AI and Sercurity challenges by creating a targeted approach tailored to their current business requirements and positions Microsoft as a leader for the future, both for accelerating productivity as well as helping the customer create new capabilities to support their business. Leverages expertise of current technology landscape and understanding of AI and Security capabilities to plot the foundational elements on the technology roadmap that need to be in place to realize value for the customer. Builds a mid-term strategy for AI and Security projects as well as an immediate opportunity pipeline and orchestrates execution through the appropriate technical teams from the Specialist Team Unit (STU) and with appropriate Partners . Orchestrates efforts to drive MCEM lifecycle and stage progression in collaboration with the Specialist Team Unit (STU), Customer Success Unit (CSU).
Trusted Advisor
Maintains and leverages a broad knowledge of Microsoft's product landscape, solutions, and strategy to address customer's needs. Proactively coordinates with internal and external network of industry experts (e.g., Regional and Global Experts, industry-specific partners) to build strong knowledge of the industry and the competitive landscape. Leverages deep understanding of their customers to share knowledge with virtual team and promote customer business perspectives.
Acts as the voice of the customer and internal advocate by providing insights, feedback, and challenges from the customer to internal teams (e.g., product groups, engineers) across all levels of the organization.