Microsoft Senior Sales Security Specialist Automotive 

Germany 

943664363

Required Qualifications

• Strong technology-related security sales experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field AND solid technology-related security sales experience
  • OR equivalent experience
• Proficiency in both spoken and written communication in English and German

Preferred Qualifications

• Intense technology-related sales or account management experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technology-related sales or account management experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Business Administration (i.e., MBA), Information Technology, or related field AND technology-related sales or account management experience.
• Strong services sales experience
  • OR Experience selling security solutions to CISO, CDO, CTO and other key C-level stakeholders.
  • OR Industry experience and application of security solutions within Retail Healthcare, Manufacturing, etc. is a plus
  • IR Technical passion with good understanding of cloud security technologies - Threat protection (Endpoint security, E-mail security, Incident Response, etc.), Kill Chain, CNAPP, SIEM, Multi-Cloud Security, Identity and Access management,
• Experience with competitive Security solutions (e.g. Palo Alto, Cisco, CrowdStrike, etc.) is a plus

• Be the security leader and expert for your assigned territory. Leads and plans for accounts across territories, does business analysis to pursue high-potential sales opportunities and manages the End-to-End Security business across the territory.
• Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of sales opportunities, ensuring that sales targets are met or exceeded.
• Build, own and manage key C-stakeholders' relationships in your accounts driving awareness and excitement for Microsoft security platform value and influence long term strategic direction. Understand customer budget, timeline, buying process and map out the key customer stakeholders.
• Understand customer cloud and security initiatives, compete landscape as well as gaps between current and desired security posture. Capture the opportunity of customers’ journey to balance the need for security and employee productivity with the right process and visibility.
• Demo and whiteboard the cloud security solutions and the relevant security architecture. Lead and orchestrate V-Team to drive an end-to-end value selling from discovery to demonstrating and proving business value.
• Engage security partners to help scale and accelerate the sales cycle while also ensuring a deployment plan is in place for accelerated deployment with partner added value services.
• Perform Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis and leverage various commercial offers and programs to build a compelling business case accelerating negotiations and deal closure. Drive to exceed quarterly and yearly revenue targets and other sales goals. Manage sales hygiene via accurate forecasting and deal updates within sales CRM.