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Responsibilities
Sales Excellence: Leads and plans for named accounts in the assigned territory, proactively builds an external stakeholder mapping to accelerate the closing of deals. Performs business analysis to pursue high-potential customers and manage the end-to-end Security business across the assigned territory by driving consumption and licensing transactions to grow business within assigned territory.
Scaling and Collaboration: Collaborates on the planning, orchestration, and execution on Security opportunities with virtual teams made up of internal stakeholders and partners to cross-sell and up-sell.
Industry Awareness: Initiates and leads Security conversations, shares best practices, key competitor knowledge and customer insights across solution areas to elevate team capabilities and make recommendations on pursuit or withdrawal.
Sales Execution: Drives new sales and new customer engagements using innovative approaches, leveraging digital signals, partnership events, social selling (LinkedIn) and networking opportunities.
Learning: Completes required training and obtain relevant security expertise and certifications aligned to the role.
Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field AND 5+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience OR 6+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience.
Preferred Qualifications
8+ years of technology-related security sales or account management experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience
OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience
3+ years of security solution sales or consulting services sales experience
Core Competencies & Ways of Working
Every Microsoft Elevate role is grounded in a people-first approach and a commitment to inclusive impact. Strong candidates typically demonstrate:
Customer and community focus — understanding real needs and delivering lasting social and business outcomes.
Collaboration across boundaries — working fluidly across commercial, technical, policy, partner, and philanthropic teams.
Growth mindset — learning continuously and adapting in a fast-moving, AI-powered environment.
Inclusive leadership — creating environments where diverse perspectives thrive and opportunity expands.
Bias for measurable impact — connecting daily work to outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
Digital Solution Area Specialists IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $40.96 - $80.96 per hour. 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 $60.96 - $86.11 per hour.
- 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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
