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Are you ready to shape the future of retail in an AI-first world? Join a dynamic team that empowers one of the world’s leading retail companies to digitally transform and stay ahead of the curve. In our team, you’ll help enable innovative business models, unlock new growth opportunities for our customers, and drive competitive advantage through cutting-edge technology and strategic insight.

Microsoft’s Enterprise Account Team focuses on empowering customers on their AI Transformation journey. This team is responsible for envisioning new possibilities for our customers, delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft.

As an Enterprise Account Technology Strategist, you will have the opportunity to design and drive leading edge technology initiatives in partnership with your customers, both supporting your customers’ desired business outcomes and achieving Microsoft’s business objectives.

Paired with an Enterprise Account Executive, leveraging your large, multi-functional v-team across the breadth of the Microsoft product portfolio and the vast catalog of Microsoft Partner offerings, you will build and grow your network of technology executives within your customers and bring industry-relevant solutions to help the customers adopt and embrace AI technologies.

With a proven history of innovating technical solutions to achieve customers’ business objectives and achieving account growth targets, this role will give you the opportunity to combine your technology and industry knowledge to deliver on AI solutions to accelerate your customers’ AI vision and to ultimately become their trusted technology advisor.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND strong technical consulting, technical consultative selling, business consulting, practice building, or related technical/sales experience OR equivalent experience
  
• Proficiency in both spoken and written communication in English and German
• Relevant sales experience in customer facing role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing and overseeing the execution of account plan(s)
• Experience working with internal and external stakeholders on business planning to drive mutually beneficial customer digital transformation strategies

• Customer AI and Security Strategy Leadership - Document and articulate the customer’s business objectives, technology landscape and AI and Security strategy.
• Technology Relevant Trusted Seller - Drive Microsoft Business growth including partner co-sell motions and governance around consumption and intent to use.
• Technology Leadership across Solution Areas - Lead AI, (including data and migration) and Security, conversations across the rooms of the house showcasing how they align to the customers business priorities.
• Industry Knowledge – Apply expertise in customer businesses, technology platforms and industry to build AI strategy with the customer that is aligned to business outcomes. Challenge customers’ assumptions with constructive dialogue about their business and technology.
• Influences technology virtual teams to use the right technical architecture for the customer, utilizing the best of Microsoft and partners to adopt our solution areas.
• Contribute to the delivery of regular (e.g., quarterly, monthly) industry/technology briefings to customer technology stakeholders.
• Use existing readiness resources to support the development of enablement plans for assigned customers to develop and expand their technical product capabilities and contribute to innovations to accelerate meeting goals for customer capacity while maximizing reach and impact.