Regional Sales Director at Microsoft

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Sales Leadership, Customer Engagement, Market Strategy, Team Development, Business Transformation, Account Management, Revenue Growth, Customer Satisfaction, Industry Expertise, Talent Development, Executive Engagement, Competitive Analysis, Collaboration, Coaching, Problem Solving, Networking

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview Microsoft’s Enterprise Account Team focuses on partnering with customers to achieve strategic goals. This team is responsible for providing differentiated customer experience for our customers, delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft. As a Regional Sales Director, you will drive transformation propelling both Microsoft and our clients towards achieving business outcomes. You will lead a team of sellers to execute Go to Market strategy for your Industry/Territory. Leveraging your large, multi-functional team across the breadth of the Microsoft product portfolio, engage at the most senior levels of your customer and deliver industry-relevant solutions to help the customer adopt and embrace business transformation. With a proven history of driving growth in market share, achieving sales targets, customer obsession, and partner collaboration, this role will leverage your extensive customer network and sales experience to execute against an account plan. 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. Responsibilities Deliver business growth through leading and empowering account teams. You will lead execution of Go to Market (GTM) to deliver customers’ business outcomes across their entire lifecycle. Accelerate customer satisfaction and model executive engagements with business decision makers and C-level executives. Win against competition by establishing Microsoft as market leaders, maximizing Customer spend, achieving targets (billed revenue, consumption, and adoption). Lead partnership across the organization to achieve business value for customers and business results for Microsoft. Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring of your team. Develop, empower and transform your team to meet industry and customer needs by hiring, retaining, and developing talent Apply industry and market expertise, leading a team to identify solutions to drive new opportunities in alignment with customers’ needs and develop industry-specific capabilities and expertise in relevant local trade, regulatory, and policy environments (e.g., opening doors and removing barriers for sales teams, partners, and customers) across geographic areas. Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 8+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 7+ 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 3+ years direct/formal, indirect/informal, and/or project team people management experience Additional or preferred qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 13+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR Master's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, 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 5+ years experience leading teams and/or managers in a Sales organization 5+ years direct/formal, indirect/informal, and/or project team people management experience 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.

Responsibilities

The Regional Sales Director will lead account teams to deliver business growth and execute Go to Market strategies. They will engage with senior customer executives to drive business outcomes and ensure customer satisfaction.