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You lead pricing and contract negotiations, shape creative and transformative deal strategies, and act as the escalation point for discounts and changes to contract terms and conditions.\nYou work with and through the wider sales teams, inside and outside Microsoft, to grow annuity and cloud revenue. You find upsell, cross-sell and AI-enabled opportunities across your book of business. You also make sure every deal is compliant, low-risk and delivers value for both the customer and Microsoft. You'll be measured on sales goals and on execution metrics that ensure quality deals.\nThis role suits someone who loves to keep learning and who shares Microsoft's mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.\nResponsibilities\nCommercial deal negotiation: Define and negotiate the best commercial terms with the Account Team. Lead or co-lead complex deals, set walk-away positions and own the negotiation outcome.\nDeal strategy and concessions: Develop pricing scenarios, multiple equivalent offers (MEOs) and contract structures. Manage concessions so deals work well for both Microsoft and the customer.\nRevenue growth: Find upsell, cross-sell and AI-enabled growth opportunities across your book of business. Build business cases that get the most value from Microsoft's commercial solutions.\nSales orchestration: Lead sellers, partners (including CSP partners) and internal teams such as deal desk and finance through the sales process. Manage stakeholders to meet critical deadlines.\nDeal execution: Take deals from negotiation through processing and invoicing so revenue lands on time. Anticipate upcoming renewals.\nCompliance and risk: Make sure deals follow commercial policy, local regulations and Microsoft standards. Assess deal risks (profitability, partner channel, legal and contracting) and escalate when needed.\nAccount planning: Build commercial plans and contribute to account plans for your territory. Use AI tools to analyze deal history, discounts and consumption.\nTrusted advisor: Advise customers on complex deal solutions. Act as the escalation point for discounts and contract terms and conditions.\nCommunity contribution: Share best practices and insights with the Commercial Executive community and help onboard new team members.\nQualifications\nRequired/minimum qualifications\nBachelor's Degree in Business Management, Information Technology, Law, Marketing, Finance, Communication, Education (or equivalent) or related field AND 5+ years sales and negotiation experience or related work or internship experience OR 7+ years sales and negotiation experience OR equivalent experience.\nProfessional proficiency in English, with the ability to communicate effectively with customers, executives, and cross-functional stakeholders in both written and verbal business environments.\nAdditional or preferred qualifications\nMaster's Degree in Business Management, Information Technology, Law, Marketing (or equivalent) AND 6+ years sales and negotiation experience or related work OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Information Technology, Law, Marketing, Finance, Communication, Education (or equivalent) or related field AND 7+ years sales and negotiation experience or related work or internship experience OR 9+ years sales and negotiation experience OR equivalent experience.\nExperience working with public sector customers is preferred.\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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