Strategic Account Technology Strategist at Microsoft

Los Angeles, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Strategic Account Management, Digital Transformation, Technical Consulting, Consultative Selling, Change Management, AI Platforms, Cloud Services, Business Strategy, Industry Insights, Technology Landscape, Performance Markers, Risk Identification, Stakeholder Mapping, Customer Engagement, Technical Guidance, Business Roadmaps

Industry

Software Development

Description

The Strategic Account Technology Strategist (S-ATS) - Financial Services will be responsible for the following: Customer and Industry Insights Synthesizes and combines various business and industry insights from their team, global best practices, proof points from experience/case studies with countries and/or regions, and deep industry expertise related to customers and their competitors to conduct forecasting and develop recommendations for managing accounts and subsidiary planning. Ensures that all levels of the organization provide alternate perspectives to enable customers to consider alternatives and adapt strategies, plans, business models, and solutions to insights. Orchestrates global teams to gather information, collaborate on performance markers, and identify potential risks in customer accounts. Brings in business and industry insights to address the broader business challenges for the customer and deliver solutions. Applies deep expertise and thought leadership to identify the right Industry Sales Kits and industry partners within the customer's vertical industry. Articulates and understands specific industry-related market trends, as well as customer threats, opportunities, and barriers to growth as they relate to the customer's broader industry. Applies industry knowledge to support customers in solving issues. Provides Account thought leadership inclusive of information technology (IT), business strategy knowledge, and technology landscape, and shares best practices internally while providing coaching to subsidiary resources. Provides technical guidance to internal teams to position technology while using customer landscape knowledge. Contributes to the creation of trusted, long-term (e.g., three years plus) multi-horizon technological and business roadmaps for highly prominent, challenging, and/or strategic accounts based on a deep understanding of business and technology priorities and the customer's industry landscape. Develops a plan, within a broader strategy, to create and qualify a set number of opportunities for product sales, solutions sales, or consumption. Builds a mid-term strategy for AI and metaverse projects as well as an immediate opportunity pipeline and orchestrates execution through the appropriate technical teams from the Specialist Team Unit (STU) and with appropriate Partners. Ensures line-of-business wins are captured (e.g., customer write-ups) as reference for scale. Contributes to the creation of stakeholder maps for accounts, determines and orchestrates a coverage plan, and builds out an execution framework across multiple Rooms of the House of the customer. Contributes to global resource requirement availability, and understands how to allocate and create the appropriate resources for the project. Establishes best practices and standards around account planning and review for aligning with quota attainment, consumption goals, and customer consumption gaps to inform quarterly and fiscal objectives. Coordinates highly complex extended account teams (e.g., spanning complex technologies, geographies, functions) and drives forecasting and tracking of the business. Provides Account thought leadership inclusive of information technology (IT), industry, and business strategy knowledge, and shares best practices internally while providing coaching to subsidiary resources. Delivers regular (e.g., quarterly, monthly) industry/technology engagements and/or briefings to customer Chief X Officers (CXOs), their technical team, and business decision makers (BDMs) to drive execution and focus on competitive advantage. Drives customer skilling initiatives and execution along with the account executive (AE) and enterprise skilling initiative (ESI) teams. Close to LA, Woodland Hills Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 5+ years technical consulting, technical consultative selling, practice building, or related technical/sales/industry experience Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 9+ years technical consulting, technical consultative selling, practice building, or related technical/sales/industry experience 3+ years experience in digital transformation or using technology to drive customer business outcomes. 2+ years experience in business consulting, consultative selling, or change management. 3+ years experience leading technical, support, and/or partner teams. 3+ years experience with AI and cloud platforms. Experience in Sales and implenmentations of cloud services. External Executive customer facing experience.

Responsibilities

The Strategic Account Technology Strategist will synthesize business and industry insights to develop recommendations for managing accounts and planning. They will orchestrate global teams to gather information and provide thought leadership to address broader business challenges for customers.