Senior Director, Sales - Microsoft Partnership

 

The Basics:

The Senior Director of Sales for the Microsoft Partnership is responsible for delivering Microsoft Sourced and Influenced NARR (New Annual Recurring Revenue).  To do so, the successful candidate will expand and deepen Tanium's strategic relationship with Microsoft, by collaborating with Microsoft's Sales, Partner, Security and Azure organizations to define and drive the go-to-market execution while optimizing for customer needs, satisfaction, and adoption. The successful candidate will drive cross-functional alignment on GTM execution that captures the full surface-area of Tanium’s partnership with Microsoft. The ideal candidate has an in-depth understanding of how Microsoft operates and is a natural relationship-builder that will have existing relationships within Microsoft. 

What you’ll do:

• Articulate the value of the Tanium’s platform with Microsoft to decision makers and expertly manage the complex sales cycle.  
• Partner with Tanium Sellers and their Leadership, to identify, progress, and close Microsoft Sourced and Influenced opportunities. 
• Work with the Partner and Marketing teams to define and support prospecting and sales efforts within assigned territory and/or accounts.  
• Work with and provide Leadership Team (LT) executive level communications, analysis, proposals, status/updates. 
• Present to cross-industry, global executives. 
• Identify and navigate key under-penetrated accounts within MSFT field. 
• Work to provide product and feature mapping with MSFT key solution areas/plays. 
• Manage ambiguity and solve complex problems. 
• Support product collaboration and integration with Microsoft technology teams. 

We’re looking for someone with:

• 10-15+ years of Sales experience in the technology industry, ideally in a business development and alliance capacity. 
• Strong track record of sales quota overachievement 
• Specific-to-Microsoft experience either having worked there and/or managing a partnership/alliance with Microsoft and another entity. 
• Proven ability to motivate and influence third-party stakeholders without formal authority. 
• Established relationships with mid-level and senior leaders in Microsoft's sales organization. 
• MSFT Sales incentive awarenessgorustazureaidataproductmarketingsales