Account Executive (Gaming)

The Account Executive - Gaming leads strategic relationships with Microsoft’s key gaming customers, including game developers, publishers, and gaming platforms.

You will partner with customers to accelerate their business and technology transformation by leveraging Microsoft’s Cloud & AI, Copilot, Security, and broader technology portfolio. You will engage senior business and technical decision makers, understand their strategic priorities, and orchestrate Microsoft teams to deliver measurable customer and business outcomes.

This role requires strong enterprise sales leadership combined with an understanding of the gaming industry, including game development, publishing, global game launches, live services, cloud infrastructure, and AI transformation.

Responsibilities

Account Management

• Develop and execute strategic account plans that drive customer success, revenue growth, and market share.
• Build trusted relationships with executives, business leaders, game development teams, and technical decision makers.
• Orchestrate Microsoft sales, technical, customer success, and partner teams to deliver against customer priorities.
• Identify new opportunities across Cloud & AI, Copilot, Security, and Microsoft’s broader solution portfolio.

Customer & Industry Engagement

• Develop a deep understanding of customers’ business models, game portfolios, technology strategies, and global growth priorities.
• Bring relevant gaming industry and technology insights to help customers identify new transformation opportunities.
• Engage customers around strategic initiatives such as new game launches, cloud modernization, AI adoption, developer productivity, and global expansion.
• Maintain strong knowledge of the gaming technology landscape and competitive environment.

Sales Excellence

• Own the overall sales strategy and commercial relationship for assigned accounts.
• Create and qualify strategic opportunities and develop compelling business cases and value propositions.
• Lead complex engagements involving multiple stakeholders, technologies, partners, and geographies.
• Maintain strong pipeline management, forecasting accuracy, and account planning discipline.

Qualifications

Required

• 6+ years of experience in enterprise sales, account management, business development, consulting, technology, or related fields, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience managing strategic enterprise customers and engaging senior business and technical decision makers.
• Strong understanding of cloud, AI, security, and enterprise technology trends.
• Strong communication skills in Korean and English.

Preferred

• Experience working with game developers, publishers, gaming platforms, or digital entertainment companies.
• Understanding of gaming industry business models, game development, publishing, live services, and global game launches.
• Experience developing strategic opportunities involving cloud, AI, data, developer tools, and security.
• Passion for the gaming industry and how technology is transforming the way games are created, operated, and experienced.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.