Principal Datacenter Strategist Job
Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: BELLEVUE, WA
Salary: $-
Job Type: Part Time
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<td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">Job Category:Research<BR>Location:Bellevue, WA, US<BR>Job ID:801872-85531<BR>Division:Sales<BR><BR><BR>The Principal Data Center Strategist role is unique in their approach to working within a customer''s environment. Armed with deep account knowledge and a long term vision, they will drive large or complex Private & Public Cloud opportunities in a given set of targeted customers. This will be done by focusing on the CIO, Business Decision Maker (BDM) and Business Unit IT communities within the targeted account(s). The approach will be consultative in nature, but also provide an in-depth solutions architecture capability that will be based on a specific customer''s business needs. While balancing the customer''s needs within the Microsoft portfolio of products and the Microsoft ecosystem (ISV/SI solutions), will drive a long term strategy within the account to ultimately drive a deeper Microsoft platform footprint. This strategy will manifest itself in a large product and solutions pipeline and wins. This position will be located in Bellevue, Washington.<BR><BR>Primary Qualifications Include:<BR>Strong, proven track record of consistently holding or exceeding quota using a consultative/solution selling approach, focused on solving Enterprise customer problems with Line of Business solutions, within customers and markets that require a break the mold" approach (e.g., size of transactions, complexity of sales, shifts in perception, etc.).<BR>Demonstrated experience and expertise selling technology to senior business decision-makers by reinforcing the value of the technology to the customer''s overall business pain and/or strategic opportunities.<BR>Proven record of effective account management, including Account Planning, Opportunity Generation and Management, Communication Plans, and Business Management Excellence.<BR><BR>Proven experience in the following key areas:<BR>o Needs Analysis and Envisioning<BR>o In-depth knowledge of competitors<BR>o Demonstrated project management skills.<BR><BR>The successful candidate is a resourceful problem-solver, leveraging internal and partner resources where and when needed to do what''s right for the customer and for the organization. Working effectively within a virtual team, taking strategic direction from opportunity owners and considering inputs from team members. Listening to customers, probing for business process pains and opportunities, in an effort to meet or exceed their expectations. Leveraging partner solutions to continuously find ways to solve customer needs.<BR><BR>They also:<BR>Work with the sales team in preparing the account planning documents<BR>Formulate a unified account strategy across Microsoft and key Microsoft partners<BR>Jointly create the evaluation plan with the customer and orchestrates the virtual team Facilitates the Envisioning and Architecture Design sessions.<BR>Create the deliverables (final presentation, solution specification and value proposition)<BR>Present the final deliverables to the customer<BR>Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communic </font></td>
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