Microsoft

Senior Sales Excellence Manager

Microsoft$106K — $203K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in sales, sales operations, account management, or related fields.
  • 3+ years of utilizing data to influence business outcomes.
  • 3+ years managing client and stakeholder relationships.
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred.
  • 3+ years of managing projects and/or change management experience.

Responsibilities

  • Support execution of predictable revenue and consumption growth.
  • Drive and guide sales excellence discipline across segments.
  • Implement evolving Microsoft Sales strategies for growth.
  • Partner with segment leads on fiscal year planning.
  • Embody the company culture and values.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness plans.
  • 401(k) matching and stock purchase programs.
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave provisions.
  • Professional development opportunities through training programs.
  • Flexible work arrangements.
Full Job Description
Overview

As the Senior Sales Excellence Manager covering AI Business Solutions and Security solution areas, you will be part of a select SME&C (Small, Medium Enterprise, and Channel) Team that helps businesses achieve their digital transformation and business goals with Microsoft solutions and partners. Whether your segment is Customer or Partner focused, key to the role is the ability to drive actionable outcomes, guide and optimize the sales process Segment and sales leaders. You will cross-collaborate with other roles to forward-looking performance recommendations of your segment. We are looking for an outcome-driven Sales Excellence (SE) to support the SME&C segment's current and forward-looking business goals. You will drive a predictable Rhythm of Business (ROB) with cross-functional teams to ensure quality four-quarter (4Q) rolling business outcomes. You will work with Segment and Sales leaders to instill sales process discipline on pipeline health management, guide Sales Leaders on Microsoft sales methodologies, and collaborate across roles and segments to proactively seek resolution to manage change within your segment.

Responsibilities

The Senior Sales Excellence Manager will be responsible for the folllowing:
  • Pipeline Health and Management- You will support execution of predictable revenue and consumption growth by segment / solution area and aligned with Microsoft sales methodology standards.
  • Sales Execution- You will drive and guide consistent sales excellence discipline, governance and partner insights within and across Enterprise, GPS, SMC-C and SMB.
  • Sales Execution Transformation- You will implement evolving and new Microsoft Sales strategies, processes and objectives to drive sustainable growth and improved sales performance.
  • Planning Engagement -You willpartner with segment leads, Finance, Business and Sales Operations (BSO/SOPM) on fiscal year planning workstreams requiring sales excellence support.
  • Other
    • Embody our culture and values


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

4+ years experience in sales, sales operations/management, account management, program management, business development, marketing, consulting, or a related field OR equivalent experience.

3+ years of experience using data to drive business outcomes or inform business decisions.

3+ years of experience managing relationships with stakeholders, clients, and/or customers.

Additional or preferred qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in a related field.

3+ years managing projects, including planning, managing timelines, and tracking progress, and/or change management experience.

Previous experience in AI Business Solutions and / or Security solution areas.

Sales Excellence IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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