Solution Area Specialist – Data & AI Full-time

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Responsibilities (Text Only)

The Industry Solutions Consulting Solution Area Specialist (CSAS) for Data & AI is responsible for:
– Role modelling and demonstrating customer and partner obsession through customer business outcomes leveraging solution area expertise
– Providing an impactful point of view (POV) where Industry Solutions (IS) can accelerate consumption, aligned to solution area expertise into Account planning cycles
– Accelerating Cloud growth: Working seamlessly with the wider account team, building and strengthening relationships across the Microsoft teams to drive consumption through Industry Solutions projects and programs
– Continuously building sales expertise, learning and evolving Industry and solution knowledge to support customers and the wider one Microsoft team and investing in personal development
– Deal excellence: Championing and adhering to Microsoft processes and methodologies, on strategy selling, pipeline hygiene, logging and maintaining all opportunities (revenue and consumption) for Industry Solutions opportunities, continuous qualification, Opportunity Review Board (ORB) submissions, close plan ownership

Qualifications (Text Only)

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration

OR related field AND 7+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
– 9+ years of technology-related sales or account management experience
– 6+ years of solution or services sales experience
– Experience of selling Data & AI based services or soutions
– Must speak fluent Dutch

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