Sr Opportunity Mgr SMSP needed at Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies.

Job Title: Sr Opportunity Mgr SMSP

Location 
Lagos

Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, Sales, Marketing

Job Detail
Would you like to have an impact on one of the fastest growing SMSG segments for Microsoft? The SMSP segment represents a significant opportunity for Microsoft to become the market leader in revenue, share and customer satisfaction. This role requires outstanding sales and business leaders who want to make an impact.

Strategic Opportunity Sales Plan
pro-actively drive the planning and orchestration of key strategic opportunities in assigned territories to meet scorecard and revenue goals. Align resource investments specialist, partner, BIF, etc., ensure sales pipeline is full, and scorecard strategies with identified territory revenue opportunity are identified.   Identify strategies to take share from Microsoft’s top competitors, including: Google, Oracle, Open Source/Linux, Salesforce.com, VMWare.   This planning will produce an Opportunity Map with prioritized strategies and approaches to focus efforts to achieve operational and sales goals faster.

Working with Others Collaboration
taking ownership for driving Microsoft towards trusted advisor status with partners and customers and building relationships with key executives. Fostering relationships internally in Microsoft and externally with partners and customers, coaching internal teams and partners on key Microsoft offerings including EA, EAP, ECI, and Online Services. Collaborating with internal teams & partners to maximize opportunities and drive velocity in customer engagements. Co-sell with partners, coaching them throughout the sales cycle, and enabling them to represent Microsoft to mid-market customers.

Execution Opportunity Management
Own execution of large opportunities that are valued over $50K USD or strategic sales efforts in assigned territories through closure for Commercial and Public Sector customers. Partner with Inside Sales & Marketing counterparts to engage top net new annuity targets, qualify opportunities, and ensure healthy sales pipeline. Ensure internal and external resources are engaged appropriately, co-selling with partners, and using sales excellence techniques to ensure all opportunities are tracked in pipeline management tools through to closure and conducting win/loss reviews.   Evangelize Microsoft’s innovation roadmap by aligning customer business priorities to Microsoft value offerings, such as:   How Microsoft Can Save Customers Money, Hosting Solutions, Software + Services Solutions, and Industry Solutions.   Introduce Software Asset Management to customers and uncover any Unlicensed PCs.   Uncover Dynamics cross-sell opportunities to increase Revenue per Socket per Account.   Support CPE initiatives within your assigned account list Maintain accurate pipeline & forecast.

Role
The Large Opportunity Manager engages and owns Licensing, Infrastructure, Application Platform, and Business Productivity Optimization sales efforts from the Develop 20% through Close 100% stages of MSSP for Commercial and Public Sector, large or strategic opportunities including Online Services within SMS&P. Large Opportunity Manager engagement is recommended for opportunities that are valued over $50K USD or that strategically improve Microsoft’s competitive position in the market e.g., the customer is recognized as a leader in their industry and where there is considerable up/cross-sell opportunity or the opportunity would result in a high-profile and reference-able competitive win.   LOMs might only need to be engaged on key strategic Education CPM accounts based on capacity, this should be agreed to in advance.
When engaged, Large Opportunity Managers takes full ownership of individual opportunities; driving opportunity planning, resourcing, and execution in accordance with MSSP with partner and Microsoft resources PAM, Tele, LSS, SSP, etc. and ensuring opportunity data is updated in the pipeline management system Seibel, PSM, or GSX. Large Opportunity Managers are leading the Opportunity for Microsoft, while keeping partners in the forefront to maintain the ongoing relationship with the customer.  

Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree B.S, B.A, MBA
5 – 8 years of related experience

Knowledge and Skills
Translating technology into business value across a wide variety of solutions UC, BI, CRM/xRM, IT desktop, systems management, IT Security, business process automation. Resource management to ensure target ROI on sales engagement.   Strategic negotiations.

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