Sales Manager - Data & AI

Microsoft aspires to help our customers achieve their digital transformation goals by leveraging the power of Microsoft Cloud solutions and support offerings. To this end, Microsoft is scaling the Azure business that will help Microsoft customers successfully realize their business outcomes. 

Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission.

Azure Cloud business is one of the fastest growing businesses in Microsoft India, addressing the increasing customer demand for extracting value and insights to enable businesses to digitally transform. 

As the Data & AI - Sales Specialist Manager , acts as a thought leader in digital transformation across solution areas to advise customers. Helps the team create vision for the customers and develop plans to drive sales. Leads their team on ways to implement and share close plans (e.g., how to map timeline, engage the customer, get customer buy in and commitment) to de-risk and drive predictable deal closure. Leverages global resources to help connect the partner ecosystems to form new market opportunities. Ensures their team meet sales targets and operational standards and maintains the health of metrics within the assigned territory. Interacts with Corporate leadership and executive-level stakeholders to get support for their team. Develops strategies to position Microsoft products, solutions, and/or services against competitors. In addition, this role has people management responsibilities including driving employee growth and development, executing projects, and managing performance.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field AND 8+ years technology-related sales or account management experience OR 9+ years technology-related sales or account management experience.

2+ years manager of managers experience. 5+ years people management experience. 10+ years services sales or account management experience. Master's Degree in Business Administration (i.e., MBA), Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technology-related sales or account management experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, or related field AND 10+ years technology-related sales or account management experience OR 12+ years technology-related sales or account management experience.