partnerships at Microsoft Advertising. The team works ‘in-service-to’ the Global Sales teams, leveraging senior client relationships to foster local market investment growth; as well as ‘connecting dots’ across Microsoft to support the agencies to realize their digital transformation goals. In detail:
- Hold accountability for meeting/exceeding functional Search/Display Native Video advertising global revenue targets.
- Carries global partnership accountability (owns global executive relationships & planning responsibilities) across Agency Groups (Hold Cos and/or Independent Agencies)
- Holds accountability for and lead strategic & commercial strategies across global agency groups representing MAI/MSA thought leadership, as well as contributing to core GMS initiatives consistently
- Function in an ‘in-service-to’ capacity with Global Sales, and partner closely with Global Sales leaders across Strategic, Enterprise, Corporate and SMB segments to align on strategy and initiative implementation for Holding Companies and key Independent Agencies.
- Drive agency adoption for Microsoft Audience Network, including relationship-building beyond existing Search partnerships and into Native/ Display/ Video/ Gaming / Programmatic buying teams.
- Partner with leaders within other internal functional teams (Marketing, Analytics & Insights, Technical Account Management, Sales Excellence, Global Partner Service, Operations, Finance) to ensure full leverage of available resources/ budgets/ tools etc to drive partnership value.
- Foster and promote the ‘One Microsoft’ agenda, leveraging the broader Microsoft technology stack to support Holding Companies and key Independent Agencies in driving internal process transformation as well as differentiated value for clients through product innovation.
- Hold team accountability for an exploration into industry shifts within the media planning and buying eco-system and defining the white space for Microsoft Advertising within these shifts.
- Steward a team culture of creativity, innovation, accountability, trust and respect where the ‘whole is greater than the sum of the parts’ and the team can do their best work.
- Contribute to organizational strategy as a member of the Global Agency Development leadership team.
- Champion AI-driven strategies to elevate agency partnerships, leveraging Microsoft’s cutting-edge advertising and AI solutions to drive innovation, efficiency, and measurable business outcomes
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