Strategic Account Executive

Are you insatiably curious? Do you embrace uncertainty, take risks, and learn quickly from your mistakes? Do you collaborate well with others, knowing that better solutions come from working together? Do you stand in awe of what humans dare to achieve, and are you motivated every day to empower others to achieve more through technology and innovation? Are you ready to join a team that is at the leading edge of innovation at Microsoft?
**We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs.**

The
**Account Executive **at Microsoft leads our most valued customers in the Manufacturing sector 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.

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be, and take their careers to levels they can't achieve anywhere else. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and sky's-the-limit thinking - a cloud-enabled world. At Microsoft we have unique capabilities to meet the needs of both individuals and organizations. We care deeply about taking our ideals and vision around the globe, and to make a difference in peoples' lives and organizations in all corners of the planet. Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet.

**Responsibilities**:
As an Account Manager, you will:

- Work with great people for great clients
- Contribute to and deliver a wide range of projects for manufacturing industry related - but not limited to:

- Business strategy and innovation
- Business development and market access
- Go-to-market and commercial strategy
- BDM engagement and acumen relevant to them
- Support in overall business transformation through technology
- In our team you will work on the most challenging business questions our clients are facing today, teaming up with unique and complementary capabilities within our Industry and specialized technology teams

**Qualifications**:

- Proven track record of experience with(in) the Manufacturing industry
- Strong understanding of industry trends, challenges and opportunities
- Team player with strong communication skills
- Intellectual curiosity combined with creativity
- Capable of working on multiple, overlapping tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Problem solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources, conflict resolution, and follow through with partners.
- Fluent in English.
- Embody our culture and values

Aligned with our growth mindset we encourage all our employees to continuously maintain and enhance their technical, sales, and professional skills. You will be recognized for thought leadership, sharing, learning, and driving business impact for customers, partners, and Microsoft.
- Microsoft envisions a cloud-empowered world. A world of more possibility, more innovation, more openness, and more sky’s-the-limit thinking. A world where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envisioning what can be and taking their careers to places they simply couldn’t anywhere else. Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This mission is ambitious and at the core of what our customers deeply care about. At Microsoft we know this mission would be impossible without incredible, passionate, and talented people. We want every employee to contribute their unique skills, discover their passions, and chart a course that makes a difference. We are always learning. Insatiably curious. We lean into uncertainty, take risks, and learn quickly from our mistakes. We build on each other’s ideas because we are better together. We take pride and live the Microsoft Values every day._

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