Customer Engagement Lead
Microsoft
Customer Engagement Lead
Multiple Locations, United States
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Overview
We are looking to hire a Customer Engagement Lead to support the office of the Corporate Vice President for US Commercial Industries. This role requires the ability to think both at a strategic and programmatic level, be able to effectively drive processes and consistency across the business and deliver impactful business outcomes. The individual needs to be comfortable working with and engaging senior leaders while managing priorities in a fast-paced, complex environment.
This role will orchestrate across a variety of stakeholders for core deliverables and requires an individual who is a great team player, a self-starter, strategic thinker and adaptable to jumping in to solve issues and drive solutions across the business.
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.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business consulting, sales, sales operations, information technology (IT), account management, business development, marketing, IT field sales, or a related field
- OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years experience in in Near Term Strategy (2 years out), Management Consulting, Sales, or Finance.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ years marketing, strategy, sales, sales leadership, program management, project management, business planning, consulting, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
- OR Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 5+ years marketing, strategy, sales, sales leadership, program management, project management, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
- OR equivalent experience.
Sales Strategy Enablement IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $248,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $162,000 - $268,900 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 9, 2025.
Responsibilities
- Proactive planning of Corporate Vice President (CVP) engagement with customers and partners in alignment with the team's strategy, goals, and objectives.
- Run an effective triage process for directing ownership of all customer engagement requests from the field.
- Coordinate and manage to closure all customer escalations directed towards the CVP including conducting due diligence across field teams, organizing resources to resolve, preparing and summarizing info to the leader, engaging the right owners or Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who should take execution ownership of resolving the issues.
- Plan and support customer and partner visits to the Microsoft Executive Briefing Center where the CVP is engaged. Ensure the engagements are appropriately leveled and supported with content and insights that address the team’s and the customer’s most critical and strategic priorities.
- Ensure all executive engagements/field visits at CVP level and above (SLT field visits) are run smoothly with right customers/partners engaged and productive meeting outcomes achieved.
- Act as a single point of contact (SPOC) aligning with local teams and stakeholders to prepare for site visits, working directly with associated Executive Offices from planning to execution, and driving follow up actions and communications.
- Maximize customer, partner, and field engagements undertaken by the CVP during domestic and international travel, including aligning with local teams and stakeholders to prepare for site visits, prepping the leader, and driving follow up actions and communications.
- Coach account teams on exec engagement strategy, including overseeing all requests from Americas accounts for the upper-level Leadership Team (SLT).
- Actively participated in the Americas Customer engagement community, leveraging best practices and actively contributing to process improvements.