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If you are passionate about working at the intersection of business and technology to transform the insurance indsutry across Australia & New Zealand - this is the role for you.
As an Account Executive in Microsoft Financial Services division, you will work with our largest insurance customers to use world leading technology to drive business transformation and the way we experience insurance during our moments that matter. This opportunity will allow you to work at the forefront of AI technology and build and deliver strategic partnerships that result in transformation of the way we experience insurance.
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**
+ Oversee complex accounts, leading planning and prioritization to ensure the right responses to evolving customer needs.
+ Build trust with customer executives by shaping long-term, mutually beneficial digital transformation strategies in partnership with key internal stakeholders.
+ Lead extended virtual teams and industry experts, applying best-in-class sales and communication techniques to influence and deliver outcomes.
+ Translate technical features into clear business impact and measurable outcomes that accelerate customers' digital transformation.
+ Develop compelling value propositions and tailored business plans that drive business outcomes, while identifying opportunities for upselling and cross-selling.
+ Stay ahead of market and industry trends by proactively engaging with a network of experts and maintaining deep competitive insight.
+ Act as a trusted advisor by understanding, documenting, and aligning solutions with the customer's strategic goals.
+ Drive AI-led transformation programs that deliver measurable results through strategic partnerships.
+ Build and manage a qualified, insight-driven pipeline through deep customer engagement.
+ Lead a connected Microsoft account team to deliver customer-aligned growth, amplifying impact through success stories that inspire and scale.
**Qualifications**
**Minimum Experience**
+ 6 years+ experience enterprise sales experience or consulting experience, driving digital transformation.
+ Demonstrated ability to lead and orchestrate cross-functional virtual teams to deliver business outcomes.
+ Established track record as a trusted advisor to senior executives, with strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
**Preferred Experience**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Business, Technology, or related field
+ Background working with or within the Financial Services industry with relevant experience in consulting or technology.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Transformation Director to join our team. The ideal candidate will drive strategic discussions with executive stakeholders and key decision makers for high-value customers to identify, qualify, prioritize, and accelerate sales opportunities. This role involves directing strategic partnerships, leveraging whitespace analysis, and utilizing subject matter expertise to identify and capitalize on business opportunities to bridge market gaps within the assigned market domain. The Transformation Director will utilize AI-driven market intelligence tools to assess trends and insights.
**Responsibilities**
+ Provide guidance across teams on solution areas and broader market trends to craft cutting-edge sales strategies that anticipate and meet complex customer priorities and outcomes, incorporating AI-driven predictive analytics to forecast future market needs.
+ Drive partnerships with others cross-organizationally and strategically direct and oversee the creation of cutting-edge solutions that drive AI- and cloud-driven transformations, ensuring alignment with regional and global initiatives.
+ Drive sales pipeline reviews with internal executive stakeholders to ensure forecasting accuracy and meeting of sales targets, ensuring the use of AI-powered analytics and forecasting tools to enhance precision.
+ Direct and implement sales strategy tailored to each customer's security priorities, showcasing our dedication to secure, AI-powered transformation and addressing their specific needs within the customer success plan.
+ Communicate effectively with both internal and external business stakeholders, ensuring that mutual objectives and priorities are clearly presented and understood.
+ Manage conflict, disharmony, and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
+ Create and deliver formal presentations to others, sharing information on a range of topics in a clear, concise, engaging, and convincing manner.
+ Adapt communications around different technologies, products, and services to the audience's level of understanding.
+ Cultivate strategic partnerships and maintain strong business relationships and partnerships, while nurturing executive relationships to establish credibility as an active listener and trusted advisor.
+ Maximize business objectives by leveraging a deep understanding of businesses and their needs, and opportunities across market, industry, and competition.
+ Manage and optimize sales accounts through strategic decision-making, deep understanding of sales cycle timeframes, and leveraging advanced tools, programs, and insights to drive KPIs and enhance operational efficiencies.
+ Sell solutions by demonstrating value, persuasively negotiating mutually beneficial agreements, and consulting with stakeholders to challenge conventional thinking.
+ Analyze business needs and market dynamics, gather and analyze relevant customer, partner, and competitor insights and trends, and manage and inform change processes for current and future customers to advance and optimize sales pipelines.
**Qualifications**
**Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
+ Preferred: Master's Degree in Business Administration (i.e., MBA), Information Technology, or related field AND 12+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 15+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
+ 10+ years services sales or account management experience.
+ Strong financial services background.
+ Must speak fluent Japanese.
**Skills:**
+ Conflict Resolution
+ English Language Proficiency
+ Oral Communication
+ Presentations
+ Technical Communication
+ Written Communication
+ Cultivating Strategic Partnerships
+ Maximizing Business Opportunities
+ Optimizing Account Operations
+ Selling Solutions
+ Strategically Managing Sales Pipelines
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Transformation Director to join our team. The ideal candidate will drive strategic discussions with executive stakeholders and key decision makers for high-value customers to identify, qualify, prioritize, and accelerate sales opportunities. This role involves directing strategic partnerships, leveraging whitespace analysis, and utilizing subject matter expertise to identify and capitalize on business opportunities to bridge market gaps within the assigned market domain. The Transformation Director will utilize AI-driven market intelligence tools to assess trends and insights.
**Responsibilities**
+ Provide guidance across teams on solution areas and broader market trends to craft cutting-edge sales strategies that anticipate and meet complex customer priorities and outcomes, incorporating AI-driven predictive analytics to forecast future market needs.
+ Drive partnerships with others cross-organizationally and strategically direct and oversee the creation of cutting-edge solutions that drive AI- and cloud-driven transformations, ensuring alignment with regional and global initiatives.
+ Drive sales pipeline reviews with internal executive stakeholders to ensure forecasting accuracy and meeting of sales targets, ensuring the use of AI-powered analytics and forecasting tools to enhance precision.
+ Direct and implement sales strategy tailored to each customer's security priorities, showcasing our dedication to secure, AI-powered transformation and addressing their specific needs within the customer success plan.
+ Communicate effectively with both internal and external business stakeholders, ensuring that mutual objectives and priorities are clearly presented and understood.
+ Manage conflict, disharmony, and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
+ Create and deliver formal presentations to others, sharing information on a range of topics in a clear, concise, engaging, and convincing manner.
+ Adapt communications around different technologies, products, and services to the audience's level of understanding.
+ Cultivate strategic partnerships and maintain strong business relationships and partnerships, while nurturing executive relationships to establish credibility as an active listener and trusted advisor.
+ Maximize business objectives by leveraging a deep understanding of businesses and their needs, and opportunities across market, industry, and competition.
+ Manage and optimize sales accounts through strategic decision-making, deep understanding of sales cycle timeframes, and leveraging advanced tools, programs, and insights to drive KPIs and enhance operational efficiencies.
+ Sell solutions by demonstrating value, persuasively negotiating mutually beneficial agreements, and consulting with stakeholders to challenge conventional thinking.
+ Analyze business needs and market dynamics, gather and analyze relevant customer, partner, and competitor insights and trends, and manage and inform change processes for current and future customers to advance and optimize sales pipelines.
**Qualifications**
**Minimum Required Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
+ Preferred: Master's Degree in Business Administration (i.e., MBA), Information Technology, or related field AND 12+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 15+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
+ 10+ years services sales or account management experience.
+ Strong financial services background.
**Additional Skills required to be successful;**
+ Technical Communication
+ Written Communication
+ Cultivating Strategic Partnerships
+ Maximizing Business Opportunities
+ Optimizing Account Operations
+ Selling Solutions
+ Strategically Managing Sales Pipelines
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

As a company, Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We empower our own people to achieve more and make a difference in the world. Join us and lead transformational impact with our top customers. The Strategic Account Executive at Microsoft serves as a critical interface to our most valued customers in the digital age. This role is vital to Microsoft's competitive ambitions. Traditional sales engagement methods have evolved, and customers are seeking expansive partnerships with Microsoft.
The most successful Strategic Partnership Leads are ultra-resourceful, master orchestrators of virtual teams, and exceptionally curious to listen and learn from their customers. These attributes allow them to advise confidently and elevate their customers' business.
This role offers an incredible opportunity to accelerate your career by driving business impact that can change the future. Be a part of a transformative, learning culture that drives innovation. It has never been a better time to join Microsoft and see up close the digital revolution!
**Responsibilities**
· Plan and present clear vision of customer success.
· Cross Organizational Partnership with the field and management teams to drive new business opportunities.
· Ability to develop effective workback plans continually vetting to ensure stated objectives and outcomes.
· Strive for bold ambition and challenge convention.
· Build coalition and support of senior leadership teams throughout all organizations within Microsoft.
· Support the field through executive submissions and successful navigation of the process.
· Increase technical and industry acumen delivering innovative ideas to accelerate customer success in the cloud - with a focus in FSI.
· Focused on business outcomes and driving revenue growth that propels customer satisfaction.
· Consistent, repeatable achievement of revenue and consumption targets through disciplined pipeline, forecast management.
· Leverage and usage of key business insights to elevate customer conversation and action.
· World class customer service through alignment of customer objectives and plan to achieve.
· Deliver tangible solutions to customers solving for greater efficiencies, cost savings, and deep regard for Microsoft partnership.
**Qualifications**
+ 10+ years of experience in sales, marketing, business development and/or enterprise level information technology consulting, preferably within the Financial Services Industry.
+ Strong growth mindset. Seeks to solve difficult customer challenges.
+ Proven ability to lead, build trust and be highly credible across all levels of organizations.
+ Knowledge within the FSI Industry and ability to make confident recommendations at C-level, business decision makers.
+ A bachelor's degree with exposure to Information Technology (or equivalent) is strongly preferred.
Profile Capabilities & Behaviors Required:
+ Sales Achiever - Record of achieving results by understanding digital transformation drivers and customer priorities. Identify new opportunities and help customers accelerate their move to the digital age for their own benefit as well as their customers.
+ Digital Transformation Driver - Anticipate market changes to drive industry-relevant solutions to customers, influencing BDMs and ITDMs, building trust with stakeholders and translating Microsoft solutions into business impact and outcomes that accelerate the customer's digital transformation.
+ Solution Seller- Identify customer business challenges within the line of business and articulate how Microsoft solution offers including industrial metaverse. AI, intelligent cloud can accelerate customer outcomes and drive increased productivity, optimize workflows and increase revenue.
+ Sales Challenger - Continuously build industry and technical knowledge. Bring innovative industry solutions, benchmarks and references to C-level executives that drive greater efficiencies, optimization and increase customer satisfaction
+ Deal Orchestrator - Orchestrate virtual selling team and all Microsoft resources maximizing revenue opportunity. Lead and drive entire sales cycle and leveraging repeatable offerings to accelerate and win deals. Proven track record of leading large strategic negotiations.
+ Executive presence - Capable of developing and maintaining relationships at C-Level and above through relevance, industry knowledge and exceptional communication skills.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

**We help the world run better**
At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
**Role Description:**
The primary responsibilities include prospecting, qualifying, selling, and closing new and upsell business to existing and net new customers. The Account Executive brings a considered and effective Point of View to the Customer engagement, and uses all resources to solve customer problems with appropriate SAP solutions. Role will specifically work with customers within the Financial Services industry.
**Expectations and Tasks:**
+ Account and Customer Relationship Management
+ Sales and Software License and Cloud Subscription Revenue
+ Achieve/exceed quota targets
+ 5 Years Financial Services Industry Experience preferred
+ Develop effective and specific multi year strategic account plans to ensure revenue target delivery and sustainable growth
+ Establish and drive cross team collaboration across SAP internal teams as well as partner eco-system.
+ Establish strong relationships based on knowledge of customer requirements and commitment to value
+ Actively understand each customer's technology footprint, strategic growth plans, technology strategy, and competitive landscape
Please note: we will prioritise applications currently residing in Sydney, Australia. Role is based in Sydney.
**Bring out your best**
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.
**We win with inclusion**
SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team:
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy ( . Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
**EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:**
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Requisition ID: | Work Area: Sales | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

Drives strategic discussions with executive stakeholders and key decision makers for high-value customers to identify, qualify, prioritize, and accelerate sales opportunities. Directs strategic partnerships for leveraging whitespace analysis and utilizes subject matter expertise to identify and capitalize on business opportunities to bridge market gaps within the assigned market domain, utilizing AI-driven market intelligence tools to assess trends and insights. Provides guidance across teams on solution areas and broader market trends to craft cutting-edge sales strategies that anticipate and meet complex customer priorities and outcomes, incorporating AI-driven predictive analytics to forecast future market needs. Drives partnerships with others cross-organizationally and strategically directs and oversees the creation of cutting-edge solutions that drive AI- and cloud-driven transformations, ensuring alignment with regional and global initiatives, emphasizing the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies and cloud services. Drives sales pipeline reviews with internal executive stakeholders to ensure forecasting accuracy and meeting of sales targets, ensuring the use of AI-powered analytics and forecasting tools to enhance precision. Directs and implements sales strategy tailored to each customer's security priorities, showcasing our dedication to secure, AI-powered transformation and addressing their specific needs within the customer success plan, fostering long-term partnerships through AI-driven insights.
**Responsibilities**
+ **Communicating with Impact** Effectively communicating the value of solutions to both internal and external business stakeholders, ensuring that mutual objectives and priorities are clearly presented and understood, thereby driving successful outcomes in sales engagements
+ **Conflict Resolution** The ability to manage conflict, disharmony, and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
+ **Presentations** The ability to create and deliver formal presentations to others. This includes sharing information on a range of topics in a clear, concise, engaging and convincing manner; commanding the audience’s attention; developing effective presentation materials (e.g., handouts, visual aids); and handling questions or argumentative positions from the audience.
+ **Technical Communication** The ability to adapt communications around different technologies, products, and services to the audience's level of understanding.
+ **Written Communication** The ability to prepare clear, accurate, and understandable written text, and follow the basic rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This may include memos, emails, proposals, reports, and professional or general correspondence.
+ Strong Financial services background:
+ **Cultivating Strategic Partnerships** Orchestrating and maintaining strong business relationships and partnerships, while nurturing executive relationships to establish credibility as an active listener and trusted advisor. Managing relationships and projecting executive presence to cultivate effective collaborative partnerships with customers, partners, and stakeholders, driving business growth.
+ **Maximizing Business Opportunities** Maximizing business objectives by leveraging a deep understanding of businesses and their needs, and opportunities across market, industry, and competition. Managing and prioritizing business development opportunities through market and industry analysis, recognizing customer needs, qualifying opportunities, and identifying how solutions, in collaboration with partners, can enable business capabilities that drive growth and innovation
+ **Optimizing Account Operations** Managing and optimizing sales accounts through strategic decision-making, deep understanding of sales cycle timeframes, and leveraging advanced tools, programs, and insights to drive KPIs and enhance operational efficiencies. Orchestrating opportunities and deals by developing tailored sales strategies that drive successful business outcomes and maximize customer value realization.
+ **Selling Solutions** Selling solutions by demonstrating value, persuasively negotiating mutually beneficial agreements, and consulting with stakeholders to challenge conventional thinking. Creatively navigating the sales process and using storytelling to envision transformation with the customer, effectively connecting anecdotes, data insights, and technical value to maximize and accelerate customer business impact.
**Skills Not Mapped to Capability**
+ **Strategically Managing Sales Pipelines** Analyzing business needs and market dynamics, gathering and analyzing relevant customer, partner and competitor insights and trends, and managing and informing change processes for current and future customers to advance and optimize sales pipelines.
+ **Customer Engagement** Assesses and qualifies sales opportunities following sales frameworks and guidelines, ensuring alignment with AI-enhanced sales methodologies and best practices. Directs strategy development for driving and closing strategic, high-value opportunities. Leads partnerships across organizations (e.g., Account Team Unit (ATU), CSU, ISD, GPS) to ensure deal orchestration and seamless handoffs throughout the deal lifecycle. Establishes best practices to gain customer trust, secure deals, and proactively mitigate risks to enhance sales activities across the territory.
+ Directs and implements sales strategy tailored to each customer's security priorities, showcasing our dedication to secure, AI-powered transformation and addressing their specific needs within the customer success plan, fostering long-term partnerships through AI-driven insights. Champions partner team interaction, expertly navigates resources and fosters lasting relationships that activate co-selling strategies that drive partner attach to each opportunity through every stage in the sales lifecycle. Champions partner organization connections (i.e. GPS) that foster enduring relationships, shared gains, partner health and alignment with execution plans to accelerate customer value realization at scale.
+ **Sales & Pipeline Management** Leads the strategic analysis and identification of business and emerging opportunities to advance the customer portfolio and champion customer innovation at scale. Architects integration of technology (e.g., AI sales agents, automation, Power Platforms) to drive growth across multiple domains. Conducts deep-dive analysis of propensity, renewal, consumption, and usage data to develop and lead a comprehensive sales strategy. Directs the strategic partner optimization for each account and/or opportunity to ensure seamless handoffs with other teams (e.g., Global Partner Solutions (GPS), Customer Success Unit (CSU), Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD), Partner) throughout the deal lifecycle. Directs strategic whitespace analysis and utilizes subject matter expertise to identify and capitalize on business opportunities to bridge market gaps within the assigned market domain, leveraging AI-driven insights and automation.
+ Drives sales pipeline reviews with internal executive stakeholders to ensure forecasting accuracy and meeting of sales targets, ensuring the use of AI-powered analytics and forecasting tools to enhance precision. Serves as a role model for others on, and maintains sales and/or consumption pipeline hygiene that enable tracking to achieve assigned sales metrics using all available tools, resources, and processes. Serves as a role model for others on, and leads usage and/or consumption pipeline hygiene to actively monitor adoption trends, identify opportunities for intervention, enabling customers to realize the value of solutions purchased, drive expansion, and ensure healthier, more predictable renewals.
+ **Sales Strategy** Drives partnerships with others cross-organizationally and strategically directs and oversees the creation of cutting-edge solutions that drive AI- and cloud-driven transformations, ensuring alignment with regional and global initiatives, emphasizing the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies and cloud services. Develops and leads high-level strategies that position Microsoft as a leader in the market, fostering influential customer relationships that enhance long-term business value. Acts as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor for customers (up to the executive level) and drives the adoption of technologies and solutions that align and advance their strategic goals and drive digital transformation.
+ Directs strategic partnerships for leveraging whitespace analysis and utilizes subject matter expertise to identify and capitalize on business opportunities to bridge market gaps within the assigned market domain, utilizing AI-driven market intelligence tools to assess trends and insights. Systematically synthesizes and forecasts market intelligence, trends, and insights to shape the team's strategic direction and business initiatives. Develops and champions the market analysis methodology to ensure proactive alignment with strategic directives and emerging market trends.
+ Provides guidance across teams on solution areas and broader market trends to craft cutting-edge sales strategies that anticipate and meet complex customer priorities and outcomes, incorporating AI-driven predictive analytics to forecast future market needs. Leads and inspires cross-functional teams to develop and prioritize innovative solutions and strategies that enhance customer business objectives. Proactively identifies and strategically bridges gaps, establishing a clear direction for market engagement and sales execution.
+ Drives strategic discussions with executive stakeholders and key decision makers for high-value customers to identify, qualify, prioritize, and accelerate sales opportunities. Establishes and leads partnerships with internal executive stakeholders within and across organizations to proactively drive and enhance customer success initiatives. Leads partnerships with account teams to align the customer's artificial intelligence (AI) transformation vision with their business priorities and success objectives. Mentors others on integrating, and advocates for incorporating security principles into all customer interactions, opportunity, and pursuits to maintain trust and compliance standards.
+ **Relationship Management** Plays a leading role, working jointly with Account Executive, in defining and leading overall customer relationship "rhythms of connections." Leverages insight from consulting account-delivery team to ensure awareness of status of projects in delivery. Ensures execution of regular consulting "rhythms of connections" with customer to seek customer feedback and maintain proactive dialogue on overall consulting value provided, as well as relationship risks and issues. Anticipates issues/risks on customer satisfaction, determines the root cause of problems, removes blockers, and establishes recovery action plan to improve customer's overall experience. Proactively seeks to develop CXO connections between customer and Consulting to enable customers to provide feedback directly to Microsoft executives and to develop customer/consulting executive relationships.
+ Owns and maintains in agreement with the core account team customer and partner relationships, influences key decision makers, and leads effective rhythms of connection with customer and partner stakeholders, appropriately leveraging the virtual Consulting account team. Builds and maintains relationships with appropriate network of Microsoft decision makers and leaders, and successfully leverages them where needed for customer and partner success. Leads overall Microsoft-customer relationship with one or more Chief Executive Officer(s).
+ Drives and leverages for agreement with the core account team, building and strengthening relationships with Microsoft partner teams, such as software and customer success teams, (e.g., ATU and CSAM), as well as the pursuit and delivery teams, through regular rhythm of connections. Brings expertise, insights, and perspectives from customer engagement to Microsoft business to drive deeper customer engagement. Contributes to and leads the Microsoft overall account teams, solution teams, and other partner groups.
+ **Deep Proactive Engagement** Orchestrates high levels of strategic conversations internally or externally. Proactively engages with others to align strategy to customer needs. Serves as trusted business partner to influence customers to solutions aligned to customer strategic needs, including collaboration across product and engineering or domain and account teams. Ensures the offer meet customer needs. Drives accountability/alignment in resolving cross-functional issues to successful conclusion. Serves as trusted advisor to executives as well as peers (e.g., reviewing deals and structure of deal with peers, developing stronger deals through lessons learned). Collaborates with strategic customers and with executives internally and externally. Presents long-term position even in challenging situations. Orchestrates among stakeholder groups. Proactively contributes to the success of others. Reaches out to others to encourage collaboration as appropriate, across teams. Drives reviews and lessons learned, using knowledge (from a broad application of learning, rather than on individual deal basis) gained to influence the way business is conducted within and outside discipline. Deep understanding and collaborates cross culturally to achieve business results.
+ Strives to develop depth of relationships with strategic customers to understand their priorities and strategies, and structures complex deals that drive value and contribute to Microsoft growth. Demonstrates empathy with high-level customers and partners. Grows share and adoption while simultaneously driving business value for customers. Represents customer requirements in proposals, and crafts value-based solutions. Owns portions of commercial procurement and/or legal relationship with customers, and works with suppliers. Raises issues and makes recommendations to internal stakeholders to help to solve customer issues with novel ideas/methods. Shares knowledge about customer priorities and industry challenges and competitive landscape. Leads efforts to unblock roadblocks for the customer and providing customer solutions, removes barriers/challenges, and resolves issues as they occur. Successfully collaborates with more senior stakeholders of the customer. Critically examines alternative methods in order to meet customer needs most effectively.
+ Understands and anticipates complex and strategic business opportunities which vary based on deal lifecycle and advanced data input (e.g., cross-sell/upsell, expanding footprint, transformational). Creatively uses knowledge of both customer and Microsoft strategies to influence the likelihood of winning new opportunities that grow the Microsoft annuity footprint. Leverages knowledge to secure upsells for proven value. Works with account teams to identify growth opportunities and solutions. Provides offers. Demonstrates knowledge of monetization of products and solutions. Influences the analysis of product and solution margins, profitability, customer return on investment (ROI), benchmarking, and lifetime value (LTV). Constructs deals that avoid renewal complexities for the business. Develops frameworks and strategies for multiple deals.
+ Proactively handles, owns, and manages objections and negotiates complex contractual amendments within empowerment. Optimizes for the right level of investment, creativity, and customization. Drives orchestration across stakeholders with appropriate breadth and depth. Drives design of deals that will process, including any standard or custom amendments and documentation.
+ Keeps up to date with best practices and strategies. Leverages advanced understanding of product and services strategy per solution area. Informs stakeholders about what works, what does not, and why. Analyzes competitive positioning and use cases. Demonstrates exhaustive understanding of Microsoft and customer strategies, and exhibits in-depth knowledge of industry, competition, and offerings. Provides feedback to align pricing and offer strategy to meet customer needs. Provides alternatives and recommendations internally and externally (e.g., multiple solution areas, multiple industries). Gathers and provides feedback to inform recommended changes, and influences changes. Initiates discussion for real-time changes and future innovation. Aligns business strategies across regions, and provides product feedback. Identifies, articulates, and closes the gap between customer needs and solutions, and identifies optimal solutions to solve gaps. Serves as role model for learning and understanding local subsidiary strategy. Feeds back customer insight from one subsidiary to another and drives problem solution for long-term strategic efforts.
+ Develops industry knowledge and competitive analysis to contribute to crafting solutions. Understands what customer does and how, and aligns deal solutions to business outcomes. Contributes to early engagement, planning and ideation process. Engages in challenger conversations appropriately. Understands how to deliver solutions to customers. Leverages investment opportunities (e.g., financing, ECIF/ACO) where available to further commercial outcomes. Engages in the design of commercial deals and proactively drives the negotiation to meet customer expectations and Microsoft strategy, leading to winning solutions and successful business outcomes. Aligns language of renewal or negotiation to customer's outcomes, including total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI). Responds to customer issues (e.g., contracting, pricing). Shares knowledge of product and services offerings, licensing, and industry. Examines deals from different angles (e.g., year over year), and models variables to make the deal effective. Anticipates potential escalations and customer reactions. Demonstrates advanced market and customer business need understanding. Understands and speaks to Microsoft's product advantage and value compared to the competition.
**Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
**Additional or preferred qualifications**
+ Master's Degree in Business Administration (i.e., MBA), Information Technology, or related field AND 12+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 15+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
+ 10+ years services sales or account management experience.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

Drives strategic discussions with executive stakeholders and key decision makers for high-value customers to identify, qualify, prioritize, and accelerate sales opportunities. Directs strategic partnerships for leveraging whitespace analysis and utilizes subject matter expertise to identify and capitalize on business opportunities to bridge market gaps within the assigned market domain, utilizing AI-driven market intelligence tools to assess trends and insights. Provides guidance across teams on solution areas and broader market trends to craft cutting-edge sales strategies that anticipate and meet complex customer priorities and outcomes, incorporating AI-driven predictive analytics to forecast future market needs. Drives partnerships with others cross-organizationally and strategically directs and oversees the creation of cutting-edge solutions that drive AI- and cloud-driven transformations, ensuring alignment with regional and global initiatives, emphasizing the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies and cloud services. Drives sales pipeline reviews with internal executive stakeholders to ensure forecasting accuracy and meeting of sales targets, ensuring the use of AI-powered analytics and forecasting tools to enhance precision. Directs and implements sales strategy tailored to each customer's security priorities, showcasing our dedication to secure, AI-powered transformation and addressing their specific needs within the customer success plan, fostering long-term partnerships through AI-driven insights.
**Responsibilities**
**Required Upon Hire and Critical/Important**
**Communicating with Impact:**
+ Effectively communicating the value of solutions to both internal and external business stakeholders, ensuring that mutual objectives and priorities are clearly presented and understood, thereby driving successful outcomes in sales engagements
**Conflict Resolution:**
+ The ability to manage conflict, disharmony, and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
**English Language Proficiency:**
+ The ability to speak and understand English when giving instructions and directions, and when talking with colleagues, managers, and others for work matters.
**Oral Communication:**
+ The ability to make a verbal message understood and to receive/understand messages during in-person or remote (e.g., telephone) interactions.
+ Must Speak fluent Japanese.
**Presentations:**
+ The ability to create and deliver formal presentations to others. This includes sharing information on a range of topics in a clear, concise, engaging and convincing manner; commanding the audienceÂ's attention; developing effective presentation materials (e.g., handouts, visual aids); and handling questions or argumentative positions from the audience.
**Technical Communication:**
+ The ability to adapt communications around different technologies, products, and services to the audience's level of understanding.
**Written Communication:**
+ The ability to prepare clear, accurate, and understandable written text, and follow the basic rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. This may include memos, emails, proposals, reports, and professional or general correspondence.
**Strong Financial services background:**
+ Requires strong financial services expertise to interpret industry regulations, understand market trends, identify customer needs, and communicate complex financial solutions effectively to clients and stakeholders.
**Cultivating Strategic Partnerships:**
+ Orchestrating and maintaining strong business relationships and partnerships, while nurturing executive relationships to establish credibility as an active listener and trusted advisor. Managing relationships and projecting executive presence to cultivate effective collaborative partnerships with customers, partners, and stakeholders, driving business growth.
**Selling Solutions:**
+ Selling solutions by demonstrating value, persuasively negotiating mutually beneficial agreements, and consulting with stakeholders to challenge conventional thinking. Creatively navigating the sales process and using storytelling to envision transformation with the customer, effectively connecting anecdotes, data insights, and technical value to maximize and accelerate customer business impact.
**Customer Engagement:**
+ Assesses and qualifies sales opportunities following sales frameworks and guidelines, ensuring alignment with AI-enhanced sales methodologies and best practices.
+ Directs strategy development for driving and closing strategic, high-value opportunities. Leads partnerships across organizations (e.g., Account Team Unit (ATU), CSU, ISD, GPS) to ensure deal orchestration and seamless handoffs throughout the deal lifecycle.
+ Establishes best practices to gain customer trust, secure deals, and proactively mitigate risks to enhance sales activities across the territory.
+ Directs and implements sales strategy tailored to each customer's security priorities, showcasing our dedication to secure, AI-powered transformation and addressing their specific needs within the customer success plan, fostering long-term partnerships through AI-driven insights.
+ Champions partner team interaction, expertly navigates resources and fosters lasting relationships that activate co-selling strategies that drive partner attach to each opportunity through every stage in the sales lifecycle.
+ Champions partner organization connections (i.e. GPS) that foster enduring relationships, shared gains, partner health and alignment with execution plans to accelerate customer value realization at scale.
**Sales Strategy:**
+ Oversees strategic partnerships and directs innovative AI and cloud solutions to align with regional and global priorities. Develops strategies that position Microsoft as a market leader, builds strong customer relationships, and acts as a trusted advisor to advance digital transformation.
+ Leverages subject matter expertise and AI-driven market intelligence tools to identify new business opportunities and close market gaps. Synthesizes market trends to guide strategy and champions proactive market analysis.
+ Advises teams on solutions and market trends to create future-oriented sales strategies using predictive analytics. Leads cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, customer-focused solutions and bridge identified market gaps.
+ Drives executive-level discussions to prioritize and accelerate key sales opportunities, fosters internal and external partnerships to enhance customer success, aligns AI transformation visions with business goals, and mentors others on integrating security principles for trust and compliance.
**Relationship Management:**
+ Collaborates with Account Executives to manage and strengthen customer relationships through regular engagement and feedback sessions. Utilises insights from the consulting team to monitor project status, address issues proactively, and implement recovery plans to enhance customer satisfaction. Facilitates connections between CXO-level customers and Microsoft executives to build strong partnerships and encourage direct feedback.
+ Works closely with core account, software, and customer success teams to coordinate efforts and foster productive relationships across Microsoft partner groups. Shares customer insights to drive deeper engagement and supports Microsoft's account and solution teams in delivering value.
**Deep Proactive Engagement:**
+ Facilitates strategic internal and external conversations to align solutions with customer needs, collaborating across teams and serving as a trusted business partner and advisor.
+ Builds deep relationships with strategic customers, understanding their priorities to structure complex deals that deliver value for both customers and Microsoft.
+ Represents customer needs in proposals, manages procurement and legal aspects, resolves issues, and shares industry knowledge to influence business practices.
+ Identifies and acts on strategic opportunities using data and knowledge of Microsoft and customer strategies, driving deal growth and upsells while ensuring profitability and simplifying renewals.
+ Handles objections, negotiates complex contracts, and leads deal design and documentation across stakeholders.
+ Applies industry knowledge and competitive analysis to shape solutions, leverages investment options, and aligns negotiations with customer outcomes, demonstrating advanced understanding of market needs and Microsoft's competitive advantage.
**Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
**Additional or preferred qualifications**
+ Master's Degree in Business Administration (i.e., MBA), Information Technology, or related field AND 12+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 15+ years experience in technology-related sales or account management OR equivalent experience.
+ 10+ years services sales or account management experience.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

About the Role
At LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance, we're not just interpreting the law; we're transforming how organisations understand and meet their obligations through technology-driven innovation, legal expertise, and forward-looking regulatory insight.
We're looking for a legally qualified professional with a passion for the financial services sector, and an eye for detail and clarity, to lead the development of high-impact regulatory content. In this role, you'll sit at the intersection of law, innovation, and industry insight, shaping how some of Australia's largest businesses navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
You'll take charge of developing, curating, and refining content within our Financial Services portfolio, ensuring it's current, practical, and tailored to meet the evolving needs of customers. You'll work closely with authors, compliance officers, consultants, and internal stakeholders across sales, marketing, and editorial.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a legally trained professional with a passion for content, regulation, and innovation to drive thought leadership, influence industry best practice, and help businesses stay compliant with confidence. If you have prior background in areas related to Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Legal or corporate compliance, we would love to hear from you!
Reporting to the Pacific Content Manager, this is a permanent full-time remote role, with access to central CBD offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
Responsibilities
+ Portfolio Ownership: Manage the content lifecycle for assigned regulatory modules-strategy, development, commissioning, restructuring, and decommissioning.
+ Thought Leadership: Stay ahead of legislative reform, case law, compliance trends, and sector developments.
+ Customer-Centric Development: Gather insights directly from customers (pre and post-sales) to shape content that is practical, relevant, and tailored for different industries.
+ Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate and manage relationships with external contributors such as specialist lawyers, consultants, regulators, and professional bodies.
+ Sales & Marketing Enablement: Partner with internal teams to define product value propositions, support go-to-market plans, deliver training, and contribute to client presentations.
+ Revenue & Strategy: Support budgeting and revenue growth initiatives through new content proposals and adjacent market expansion.
+ Project Delivery: Drive authoring projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring quality and compliance standards are consistently met.
Requirements
+ University law degree or equivalent - legal and compliance education and experience preferred
+ 3+ years post-qualification experience (PQE), ideally in financial services, banking, insurance or legal/corporate compliance.
+ Demonstrated legal drafting and editing skills.
+ Strong understanding of how compliance content is used across legal and non-legal industries.
+ Prior experience in content/product development, publishing, or legal technology is desirable.
+ Strategic thinking with strong commercial acumen.
+ Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project delivery skills.
+ Comfort working cross-functionally with marketing, finance, and sales teams.
+ Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous Wellbeing initiatives, Paid Parental leaves, Volunteering leaves, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working for you
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
+ Optical Assistance
+ Life assurance and income protection
+ Option to buy additional Annual Leave days
+ Employee Assistance Program
+ Referral Bonus
+ Flexible working arrangements
+ Benefits for you and your family
+ Access to learning and development resources
About the business:
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.
If you're passionate about regulatory content and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we want to hear from you!
To learn more about opportunities with LexisNexis or RELX Global, join us here:
now with your CV and cover letter outlining how your background aligns with the role.
We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact .
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
USA Job Seekers:
EEO Know Your Rights .
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.
Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.
Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.

About the Role
At LexisNexis Regulatory Compliance, we're not just interpreting the law; we're transforming how organisations understand and meet their obligations through technology-driven innovation, legal expertise, and forward-looking regulatory insight.
We're looking for a legally qualified professional with a passion for the financial services sector, and an eye for detail and clarity, to lead the development of high-impact regulatory content. In this role, you'll sit at the intersection of law, innovation, and industry insight, shaping how some of Australia's largest businesses navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
You'll take charge of developing, curating, and refining content within our Financial Services portfolio, ensuring it's current, practical, and tailored to meet the evolving needs of customers. You'll work closely with authors, compliance officers, consultants, and internal stakeholders across sales, marketing, and editorial.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a legally trained professional with a passion for content, regulation, and innovation to drive thought leadership, influence industry best practice, and help businesses stay compliant with confidence. If you have prior background in areas related to Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Legal or corporate compliance, we would love to hear from you!
Reporting to the Pacific Content Manager, this is a permanent full-time remote role, with access to central CBD offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
Responsibilities
+ Portfolio Ownership: Manage the content lifecycle for assigned regulatory modules-strategy, development, commissioning, restructuring, and decommissioning.
+ Thought Leadership: Stay ahead of legislative reform, case law, compliance trends, and sector developments.
+ Customer-Centric Development: Gather insights directly from customers (pre and post-sales) to shape content that is practical, relevant, and tailored for different industries.
+ Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate and manage relationships with external contributors such as specialist lawyers, consultants, regulators, and professional bodies.
+ Sales & Marketing Enablement: Partner with internal teams to define product value propositions, support go-to-market plans, deliver training, and contribute to client presentations.
+ Revenue & Strategy: Support budgeting and revenue growth initiatives through new content proposals and adjacent market expansion.
+ Project Delivery: Drive authoring projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring quality and compliance standards are consistently met.
Requirements
+ University law degree or equivalent - legal and compliance education and experience preferred
+ 3+ years post-qualification experience (PQE), ideally in financial services, banking, insurance or legal/corporate compliance.
+ Demonstrated legal drafting and editing skills.
+ Strong understanding of how compliance content is used across legal and non-legal industries.
+ Prior experience in content/product development, publishing, or legal technology is desirable.
+ Strategic thinking with strong commercial acumen.
+ Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project delivery skills.
+ Comfort working cross-functionally with marketing, finance, and sales teams.
+ Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous Wellbeing initiatives, Paid Parental leaves, Volunteering leaves, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working for you
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
+ Optical Assistance
+ Life assurance and income protection
+ Option to buy additional Annual Leave days
+ Employee Assistance Program
+ Referral Bonus
+ Flexible working arrangements
+ Benefits for you and your family
+ Access to learning and development resources
About the business:
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.
If you're passionate about regulatory content and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we want to hear from you!
To learn more about opportunities with LexisNexis or RELX Global, join us here:
now with your CV and cover letter outlining how your background aligns with the role.
We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact .
Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here .
Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy .
We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
USA Job Seekers:
EEO Know Your Rights .
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.
Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.
Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.