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LAYIQ - Strategic Account Technology - Strategist at Microsoft

Customer AI and Security Strategy Leadership - Document and articulate the customer's business objectives, technology landscape, and AI/security strategy. Lead executive conversations, secure AI assessments, and roadmap discussions that connect Microsoft capabilities to Verizon's transformation priorities.
Customer Technology Leadership - Develop and nurture trusted relationships with C-level technology executives, technical decision makers, and business decision makers. Challenge assumptions through constructive dialogue and bring industry-relevant solutions that accelerate business outcomes.
Strategic Account Planning and Roadmap - Own the technical portion of the account plan, stakeholder map, and multi-horizon technology roadmap. Align the plan to customer priorities, consumption goals, Microsoft Cloud adoption, and customer value realization; capture account-planning input in Microsoft Sales Experience (MSX) D365.
Demand Generation and Pipeline Orchestration - Lead Account Strategy Envisioning and opportunity initiation with the extended account team, customer, and partners. Create and progress billed and consumed opportunities, manage consumption pipeline velocity, and unblock issues across the Microsoft Customer Engagement Methodology (MCEM) lifecycle.
Cloud Sales and Commercial Strategy - Apply deep cloud sales experience to shape Microsoft Azure, AI, data, security, and modernization opportunities. Support complex strategic negotiations and deal structures by aligning business value, deployment timelines, consumption commitments, adoption plans, and measurable ROI.
Cross-Team and Partner Orchestration - Lead and align internal Microsoft teams, including Account Team Unit (ATU), Specialist Team Unit (STU), Customer Success Unit (CSU), Engineering, partners, and industry resources. Orchestrate the right technical capacity, executive engagement, and partner ecosystem to deliver coordinated execution and customer success.
Industry Knowledge - Apply telecommunications industry knowledge to identify market trends, competitive dynamics, threats, opportunities, and barriers to growth. Translate industry context - including network modernization, AI-enabled operations, data platforms, security, customer experience, and edge scenarios - into actionable customer strategies.
Trusted Advisor and Customer Advocacy - Serve as the customer's technology mentor and voice of the customer inside Microsoft. Escalate pressing issues, create feedback loops with product and engineering teams, and advocate for solutions and capabilities that support customer outcomes.
Operational Excellence and Value Realization - Establish governance rhythms, track progress against account and consumption goals, define success metrics, and articulate business value through quantitative and qualitative storytelling.
Other: Embody our culture and values
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 7+ years technical consulting, technical consultative selling, practice building, or related technical/sales/industry experience
OR equivalent experience.

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