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Microsoft Partner Solution Sales Manager -- Azure 
China, Beijing, Beijing 
837871033

20.11.2024
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The purpose of this role
You will be joining a high performing team that works together to support our partners help their customers reach their digital transformation goals. We want to hear from you if:
  • you are reading this knowing you're a strong seller and bring high energy and passion for our partners every day
  • you have a growth mindset, passion for partners and are a team player
  • you have a professional approach to engage at all levels within an organisation
  • you are thinking that you don't have the laundry list of skills yet but do have the mindset and energy called out above

Required/minimum qualifications

Master's Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, Business Administration or related field AND 4+ years core sales, channel sales, industry or solution selling, or business development experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, Business Administration or related field AND 6+ years core sales, channel sales, industry or solution selling, or business development experience OR 9+ years core sales, channel sales, industry or solution selling, or business development experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications
Master's Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, Business Administration or related field AND 7+ years core sales, channel sales, industry or solution selling, or business development experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, Business Administration or related field AND 9+ years core sales, channel sales, industry or solution selling, or business development experience OR 15+ years core sales, channel sales, industry or solution selling, or business development experience.
Co-Sell Partnerships
  • Develops pipelines with co-sellers; engages partners and co-sellers proactively to ensure right co-sell prioritization and pipeline coverage to support targets. Participates in intellectual property (IP) and service sales forecasting, as well as account/territory planning to identify and address gaps. Drives pipeline reviews with top co-sell partners and Microsoft sellers to evaluate pipeline effectiveness.
  • Proactively creates, nurtures, and influences a partner ecosystem to drive larger impact for the customer. Facilitates match-making to drive opportunities (e.g., digital transformations), connecting partners to sellers and working closely with account teams to align Microsoft solutions to specific business needs across horizontals and verticals. Delivers and integrates partner expertise and solutions into sales cycles that grow consumption of Microsoft products. Leads the identification of new and emerging partnership opportunities and considers the specific business needs of different verticals to determine which partners can optimally drive solutions for relevant business challenges.
  • Co-sells partner solutions by creating scale in programmatic partners to drive strategic connections. Supports account teams while navigating within partner processes and policies. Tracks, carries a target on, and drives intellectual property (IP) and/or service co-sell metrics across teams at account level, while also driving subsidiary attainment of co-sell metrics. Connects partners with sales teams and drives increased awareness in new industry solutions that can be applied across accounts to move sales forward.
  • Drives collaboration between stakeholders from different parts of the business (e.g., account team unit, solution team unit, business groups, customer program management, worldwide inside sales, cloud specialist) to create demand, bring new ideas to market, establish quality partner connections, and orchestrate processes to set expectations and generate trust. Drives leads and opportunities for co-sell-ready partners with internal teams (e.g., Partner Marketing Advisor [PMA] team) and provides feedback on solution/practice map coverage or marketing campaigns. Leads partner strategy efforts, and engages in partner-to-partner collaborations to provide solutions to customers and to scale offerings across geographies.
Partner Impact
  • Leverages the voice of partners and customers through direct engagements, field surveys, partner events and surveys, listening systems, and social mechanisms, to identify and alleviate key customer and partner success blockers. Drives attendance to partner events and responses to partner surveys. Adapts partner strategies as needed to adjust for scale and complexity. Leverages resources and programs across accounts to support partner co-sell pipeline velocity and alleviate friction points. Brings detailed feedback and industry insights to build-with teams and executes on corrections of errors in response to feedback.
  • Maintains and stays up to date on Microsoft's sales compliance processes. Drives sales with partners in accordance with Microsoft's compliance policies.