Required/minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience leading the sales /consulting or strategy of large cloud. Data, Analytics or AI solutions engagements.
Additional or preferred qualifications
- Sales Account Planning and Management: pipeline management, identification and analysis of customer usage trends, large dollar licensing and deal negotiation experience, understanding of partner ecosystems and the ability to leverage partner solutions to solve customer needs.
- Executive Presence: Experience and expertise selling to senior business decision makers by aligning & reinforcing the business value and cost savings of the solution to the customer’s overall business pain and/or strategic opportunities and decision criteria.
- Collaborative: Orchestrate and influence virtual sales/technical/support/partner teams to pursue sales opportunities and lead virtual teams through influence
- Consumption Business Strategy / Project Management: Experience leveraging cloud adoption methodologies and frameworks to structure application migration projects
- Deep understanding of the Microsoft Data platform and Azure Data and AI Services.
- Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of enterprise software solutions and cloud & AI competitor landscape including AWS and GCP.
- Microsoft Partners: Understanding of partner ecosystems and the ability to leverage partner solutions to solve customer needs.
Solution Area Specialists IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $179,700 - CAD $303,000 per year.
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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 12 2025.