Solution Sales Manager -- Auto
Job Summary
Job Description
The Solution Sales Manager – Auto role at Microsoft involves accelerating growth by understanding the drivers of digital and AI transformation within the automotive industry. Responsibilities include consulting with customers and partners, leading go-to-market strategies, and driving revenue growth. The role requires strong leadership skills, experience managing high-performing sales teams, and deep industry expertise. The successful candidate will coach teams, build executive networks, foster an inclusive culture, and ensure customer value realization. This position demands expertise in managing sales strategies, executing go-to-market plans, and aligning teams to achieve both short- and long-term objectives.
Must have:
- 2+ years people management experience
- 5+ years sales/marketing experience (Master's) or 6+ years (Bachelor's)
- Lead go-to-market strategies
- Drive revenue growth and customer satisfaction
- Coach and mentor sales teams
- Build strong executive relationships
Good to have:
- 4+ years people management experience
- 2+ years leading sales teams/managers
- Master's degree in relevant field and 6+ years experience
- Experience in Automotive industry
Perks:
- Industry leading healthcare
- Educational resources
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Networking opportunities
3 skills required
Job Details
Overview
The Auto Industry Team under Microsoft MCAPS is dedicated to leveraging Microsoft's product capabilities to provide optimized solutions and AI transformation for automotive customers. By integrating cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions, we aim to empower automotive companies to achieve digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and drive sustainable growth. Our team collaborates closely with industry partners to deliver tailored solutions that address the unique challenges and opportunities in the automotive sector. Together, we are committed to fostering a robust and dynamic ecosystem that supports the success of our customers in the global market.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
2+ years direct/formal, indirect/informal, and/or project team people management experience. Master's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 5+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 6+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
4+ years direct/formal, indirect/informal, and/or project team people management experience. 2+ years experience leading teams and/or managers in a Sales organization. Master's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 6+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 10+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
Accelerating Growth
- Understands drivers of Digital & Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation relevant to their customers and partners across business units and advises customers to optimally leverage transformation solutions across solution areas. Consults with customers and internal/external Partners to ensure successful value realization in delivery of solutions to customers. Drives and coaches team to orchestrate across units and Partners to accelerate and leverage innovative transformation opportunities. Educates internal partners on industry trends and solutions. Supports efforts to expand relationships across customers' lines of business that enable innovative solutions, deliver business value, and create market growth. Supports team opportunities to leverage industry experts within MS to identify and execute on transformation opportunities.
- Leads the development and implementation of go-to-market for maximizing revenue, consumption, and growth across solution areas. Ensures area/territory plans leverage market-specific insights to highlight solutions that solve additional business and technology challenges. Provides guidance on customer planning execution ensuring short- and long-term strategies are acted upon and directs teams utilize available programs to drive growth. Facilitates the sharing of best practices, digital assets, and digital insights, and leverages them across Microsoft's segments for cloud solutions that accelerate new customer relationships and opportunities.
- Applies industry and market expertise, proactively leading team(s) towards identifying solutions to drive new opportunities and strategies in alignment with customers needs. Demonstrates industry-specific capabilities and expertise to represent Microsoft as a thought leader who can articulate connections between Microsoft solutions to relevant business contexts (e.g., speaking at external events). Serves as a subject matter expert in relevant local trade, regulatory, and policy environments (e.g., opening doors and removing barriers for sales teams, partners, and customers) across geographic areas. Coaches others to tailor customer engagement for specific industries with relevant customer references and shares best practices with teams. Identifies and creates customer references for repeatable areas of success in select or strategic industries to develop a competitive advantage and to articulate ability to deliver customer value to achieve outcomes. Shares feedback from experience and expertise in industry to support the development of programs that scale and accelerate successful engagements.
Driving Success with and Through Others
- Influences and works across segments, partners, and teams to drive growth and transformation, ensure alignment on short- and long-term account plans, define sale execution, and holds the team accountable for results beyond fiscal year boundaries. Defines where orchestration is needed for success, creates new points of entry for integration and collaboration, sets the tone for an organizational culture of inclusion. Shares best practices for managing competing priorities, reducing complexity for customers; while maintaining a high level of accountability. Drives clarity when leading engagements with key stakeholders to develop short- and long-term execution strategies that meet our customers' and Microsoft's objectives. Coaches team(s) on the development of go-to-market strategies based on mutual business needs, and scaling across markets and/or globally.
- Builds and maintains a broad executive network inclusive of partners. Supports the development of an ecosystem of customer and external partners and identifies where there is a need for partners to act in Microsoft's market to accelerate consumption and/or growth. Supports and influences engagements between partners and executives on long-term business planning, the development of strategic partnerships, and influencing customer needs and outcomes. Directs and influences teams to maintain relationships with an ongoing long-term focus that looks past quarterly and annual targets. Creates a rhythm of business (RoB) with customers and partners that enables continuous engagement.
- Fosters a culture of inclusion, learning, mentorship, coaching, customer-centricity, accountability, collaboration, and achievement of bold goals. Encourages managers and individuals across the organization to motivate, engage, and bring teams together. Leads a diverse and inclusive workforce, creates and hires a diverse team, and fosters an inclusive working environment via well-established inclusive behaviors. Identifies and rewards high performing individuals and supports their growth into more senior positions.
Leading and Transforming the Business
- Coaches ongoing customer value realization and satisfaction contributing to net-new revenue and business growth. Holds team(s) accountable for customer value realization and satisfaction, and coaches on semi-annual survey results. Orchestrates internal and external resources to focus on continuous improvement, focusing on key areas of improvements to further impact increasing customer value realization and satisfaction. Proactively monitors and influences relationships with multiple customer stakeholders (business and IT) and the collection of feedback to identify and understand the drivers of business value, satisfaction and sentiments. Understands customers' and partners' business models and helps them to evolve and achieve growth by ensuring internal alignment with external partners' needs. Understands portfolio of strategic partners (Global Systems Integrator (GSI), Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and supports engagement across teams.
- Analyzes and builds upon sales strategy and execution to drive success within their market based on Microsoft's and customer/partner needs. Leads and aligns team(s) to customer, partner, compete and market strategies that drive sales, consumption, and Digital & Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation solutions. Collaborates with teams and managers to develop strategic initiatives, achieve targets, and effectively build and manage pipelines that deliver growth and customer/partner value realization. Supports internal talent development and works to attract talent to Microsoft. Leads sales team(s) by example, driving high-value engagements and creating trusted partnerships with customers and partners. Coaches team(s) on the execution of go-to-market based on customer, partner and Microsoft needs, and scaling business across markets. Oversees and drives balance in business, financial, and people outcomes across accounts and areas of the business. Manages customer planning efforts across accounts to ensure individuals and teams drive end-to-end orchestration for customer value realization and outcomes. Aligns teams to long-term expectations and goals to consistently leverage opportunities and execute on market sales strategies.
- Drives the business within the segment, creating clarity on strategic direction with managers and teams to enable revenue growth by addressing business and competitive needs. Facilitates orchestration amongst internal teams and holds others accountable. Collaborates and influences across segments, partners, and internal stakeholders to drive growth and transformation across accounts. Ensures key stakeholders and/or leaders are aligned across teams (e.g., Enterprise Operations Unit, Global Partner Solutions), and making progress on mutual plans and objectives. Drives teams to deliver success for business accountabilities. Leads team(s) to consistently leverage customer/partner insights and market strategies to identify opportunities to drive consumption, new cloud solutions, and annuity business. Influences team to apply a growth and customer/partner mindset to enable Digital & Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation and offer business solutions that enable customer value realization and drive market share growth. Coaches team(s) on ensuring that Microsoft's systems, programs, and tools are being fully utilized to execute on customer planning and a rhythm of business (RoB) to align solutions and go-to-market priorities across Microsoft solutions lifecycles.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
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