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You will work across Small, Medium Enterprises and Channel Corporate in Australia and New Zealand, supporting customers across industries and the Microsoft product platform. You will help shape commercial approaches that respond to customer needs in a dynamic environment.\nAs a Commercial Executive, you will partner with account teams and sales leadership to develop deal approaches, guide negotiations, and support sustainable customer outcomes. You will help customers advance cloud and artificial intelligence transformation while balancing commercial priorities. Join the team to help create clarity across complex customer opportunities.\nAt Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth-mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress, people, teams, and customers. 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