Solution Area Specialist - Unified Solutions

2 Weeks ago • 5-7 Years • Business Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Solution Area Specialist - Unified Solutions at Microsoft is a key sales role focused on driving digital transformation for enterprise customers. Responsibilities include leading sales planning and orchestration, identifying and removing blockers to cloud consumption, building strong relationships with stakeholders (internal and external), and managing the end-to-end sales and delivery process. The specialist acts as a thought leader, advising customers on digital transformation strategies across various solution areas (Modern Work, Security, Business Applications, etc.). Success requires strong sales execution, collaboration, technical expertise, and a deep understanding of the Microsoft cloud platform. This role involves working up to 50% remotely.
Must have:
  • 7+ years tech sales or account management experience OR Bachelor's degree + 5 years experience
  • Japanese fluency, English business level
  • Lead sales planning & orchestration
  • Identify and remove blockers to cloud consumption
  • End-to-end sales and delivery management
Good to have:
  • 4+ years solution or services sales experience

Job Details

Overview

In the Support Sales team we are looking for passionate, experienced, and credible specialist sellers with a drive for developing and winning strategic opportunities that deliver end-to-end Unified thought leadership driving significant customer value and enabling transformational customer outcomes. 

 

As a Unified Solution Specialist, you will be working in a team of Specialized sales resources to provide and sell the best-in-class support offerings to our Enterprise customers, contributing to build the momentum for digital transformation for our customers and partners as well as Microsoft itself. The Unified Specialist will lead by example towards the specialized Unified sales and delivery resources, drive new business throughout the area territories and work on building upsell and cross sell engines together with the area Account teams and Solution Area teams. You will help customers realize value through Unified from the Microsoft Cloud across customer solution areas like Modern Work, Security, Business Applications, Infrastructure, Data and AI, and Application Innovation.

 

This opportunity will allow you to learn and accelerate your career growth, honing your solution sales and collaboration skills, and deepening your cloud expertise. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home.

 

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

Qualifications

  • Required/Minimum Qualifications
    • Japanese fluency / English business level
    • 7+ years technology-related sales or account management experience
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field AND 5+ years technology-related sales or account management experience.
  • Additional or Preferred Qualifications
    • 4+ years solution or services sales experience.


Responsibilities

  • Sales Execution – Acts as a thought leader across solution areas to advise customers across business functions on digital transformation, identifies opportunities to ensure rapid and robust deployment and create business value for customers by identifying and facilitating removal of blockers to consumption by partnering with internal and external stakeholders. Builds and leverages external stakeholders' mapping to identify and engage senior business subject matter decision makers at the customer's/partner's business.
  • Scaling & Collaboration – Leads Support Sales Planning & Orchestration to drive customer value and enable cloud consumption through co-terminus and enhanced solutions. Proactively drive engagements and deal closure by identifying and aligning internal stakeholders across all commercial solution areas as well as leveraging and expanding relationships with partners.
  • Technical Expertise – Leverages and shares competitor knowledge across solution areas as a subject matter expert and implements strategies to position Microsoft against competitors in customer communication. Holistic value of MSFT platform and solutions to evaluate opportunities and make recommendatios on pursuit or withdrawal.
  • Sales Excellence –Manages the end-to-end sales and delivery success of the assigned area; conducts forecasting for accounts and develops a portfolio and territory plan to drive intentional selling aligned with strategic priorities aimed at maintaining levels of customer satisfaction. Engages with stakeholders on business analysis and planning and contributes to exploring business and emerging opportunities to optimize the portfolio and support customer innovation.
  • Other · Embodies Microsoft culture and values.

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