Account Executive – FSI at Microsoft Nigeria Full Time

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.

At Microsoft our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

We are looking for highly competent, experienced, motivated, and results-oriented individuals to fill the vacancy below:

Job Title: Account Executive – FSI

Job Number: 1045549
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Profession: Sales
Role type: Individual Contributor
Employment type: Full-Time

Job Description

• The Account Executive at Microsoft leads our most valued customers into the digital age. Embracing a challenger mindset, the successful Account Executive manages, orchestrates and leads their virtual teams and closes opportunities with customers that produce transformative business outcomes.

The Account Executive will be responsible for the following:
Business Manager:

• Lead with Industry or Solution Sales Play – Building trusted relationships through engagements focused on driving the customers desired business outcomes using Microsoft technologies

Transformation Manager:

• Reliably deliver on the customers business and technology outcomes. Continue to lead Digital Transformation discussions with customers through best in class virtual engagements.

Account Orchestration Team Manager:

• Orchestrating and coordinating the team, ensuring that the best of Microsoft and our partners is brought to bear to help our customers deliver their business goals.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop landing plan including field onboarding, partner disclosure, readiness, and execution
• Ensure subsidiary business owners of transformation pillars (commerce, co-sell, membership) incorporate changes within their respective planning and execution for positive business outcomes
• Determine core transformation stakeholders, define R&R, scope and role criteria and accountabilities
• Create disclosure and onboarding/transition plans to prioritize efforts with stakeholders, partner account teams, support, operations
• Drive attainment of local subsidiary change mgt KPIs/scorecard results
• Participate within the partner transformation community, share learnings, best practices

Qualifications
Experiences Required: Education, Key Experiences, Skills and Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s degree or MBA preferred; or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of selling to or consulting with enterprise customers. Equally considered will be 5+ years of experience driving digital transformation from within the enterprise customers
• Experience to lead multi-cultural, diverse and remote teams across different disciplines
• Proven ability to understand customer needs, create and deliver customized, customer-focused pitches and solutions
• Effectively navigate through ambiguity and complexities related to client management
• Embody “we-before-me” and the “customer first” mindset that delivers long term success over short term returns
• Solid knowledge of Financial Services is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strategy development with multi-phase execution and delivery
• Background in large-scale, multi-year enterprise change management
• Executive communications, engagement and influence
• Knowledgeable of the Microsoft partner ecosystem and programs
• Standard language for what is means to join Microsoft

Benefits and Perks
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work:

• Industry leading healthcare
• Savings and investments
• Giving programs
• Educational resources
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Opportunities to network and connect
• Discounts on products and services
• Generous time away

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.