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Microsoft’s Education Account Team focuses on empowering customers on their AI journey. This team is responsible for envisioning new possibilities for our customers, delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft.

This role seeks to help K-12 & TAFE education customers across Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia harness AI for personalized learning, streamlining administrative tasks, and creating engaging teaching tools in a secure and safe environment. This is your chance to be part of a mission to make education more accessible and effective for all and to equip tomorrow’s work force.

Join a passionate team that is at the forefront of transforming education in Australia. Our team is dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive impactful educational outcomes and promote equality. As part of this team, you will partner with the most senior decision makers in Australian Education and collaborate with passionate professionals who are committed to making a difference in the lives of students and educators across the country.

As an Enterprise Account Technology Strategist , you will have the opportunity to design and drive leading edge technology initiatives in partnership with your customers, both supporting your customers’ desired business outcomes and achieving Microsoft’s business objectives.

Paired with an Enterprise Account Executive, leveraging your large, multi-functional v-team across the breadth of the Microsoft product portfolio and the vast catalogue of Microsoft Partner offerings, you will build and grow your network of technology executives within your customers and bring industry-relevant solutions to help the customers adopt and embrace AI technologies.

With a proven history of innovating technical solutions to achieve customers’ business objectives and achieving account growth targets, this role will give you the opportunity to combine your technology and industry knowledge to deliver on AI solutions to accelerate your customers’ AI vision and to ultimately become their trusted technology advisor.

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.

Role based in Melbourne

Responsibilities

• Customer AI and Security Strategy Leadership - Document and articulate the customer’s business objectives, technology landscape and AI and Security strategy.

• Technology Relevant Trusted Seller - Drive Microsoft Business growth including partner co-sell motions and governance around consumption and intent to use

• Technology Leadership across Solution Areas - Lead AI, (including data and migration) and Security, conversations across the rooms of the house showcasing how they align to the customers business priorities.

• Industry Knowledge – Apply expertise in customer businesses, technology platforms and industry to build AI strategy with the customer that is aligned to business outcomes. Challenge customers’ assumptions with constructive dialogue about their business and technology.

• Influences technology virtual teams to use the right technical architecture for the customer, utilizing the best of Microsoft and partners to adopt our solution areas.

• Contribute to the delivery of regular (e.g., quarterly, monthly) industry/technology briefings to customer technology stakeholders.

• Use existing readiness resources to support the development of enablement plans for assigned customers to develop and expand their technical product capabilities and contribute to innovations to accelerate meeting goals for customer capacity while maximizing reach and impact.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an Education industry, driving digital transformation, or other relevant work experience (e.g., consulting, technology)

• Experienced in leading/orchestrating diverse v-teams.

• Experience in being the trusted technical advisor to executive-level business decision makers

• Technical Expertise and understanding of Microsoft technologies

• Be passionate about transforming education and making a difference in the lives of students and educators across the country. (K- 12 and TAFE)

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 4+ years technical consulting, technical consultative selling, business consulting, practice building, or related technical/sales experience OR equivalent experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Azure and Modern Work will be highly regarded

Perfection not required! Even if you feel you may not meet 100% of the criteria, please apply. You may exceed your own expectations, or we may have another opportunity that suits your potential.  While we’re not able to reach out directly to every applicant, we will always do our best to help you feel heard and supported throughout the 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .