App Innovation Go-to-Market Manager

The Sales Enablement & Operations (SE&O) team plays an essential role in translating Microsoft’s Commercial Strategy to a local execution plan and driving operational excellence to achieve the greatest results possible. Our team drives cross-Region, cross-Area and cross-Subsidiary insight and execution excellence, bringing strategy and priorities to life by accelerating the pace of transformation and enabling Microsoft to deliver business impact at scale.

We are looking for a CEMA App innovation Go-to-market manager.

The App innovation GTM Lead CEMA (Central Europe, Middle East & Africa) develops and executes business strategy and tracks the efficacy of plans across the business to drive sustainable growth within and beyond the boundaries of the fiscal year. Leads definition and orchestration of strategic go-to-market (GTM) plans across the business. Drives area/subsidiary leadership through revealing and pursuing long-range, white-space growth opportunities and investment plans, including geographical expansion. In addition, this role has people management responsibilities including driving employee growth and development, executing projects, and managing performance.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Product Advocacy
• Acts as the primary product and technical advocate, evangelizing across products within the Product Manager-owned portfolio and across the business.
• Identifies and develops strategies to drive cross-selling scenarios and attach points across product/service area(s).
• Provides guidance to sales in customer engagements (e.g., resources and programs, best practices for scaling, change management, and deal coaching for segments), and counsels partner practice leads.
• Business Management
• Develops and executes business strategy and tracks the efficacy of plans across the business to drive sustainable growth within and beyond the boundaries of the fiscal year.
• Actively leads and engages with all stakeholders across the area/subsidiary for One Microsoft orchestration.
• Leads regular cadence of connections with corporate (e.g., MCAPS Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions; global sales, marketing, and operations, the business group, engineering) to execute strategic planning.
• GTM Strategy, Planning, and Delivery
• Develop plans inclusive of marketing, field, consulting, customer success, and partner functions that support a One Microsoft approach to overall business strategy and execution.
• Build Industry GTM Plan with Sales, Services, Partner, and Marketing to drive business growth and align Industry solution plays and programs to Area capability.
• Land programs and investments with a solid ROI aligned to Corp and local priorities and drive Change management to accelerate growth.
• Lead the team to deliver on targets by orchestrating execution and providing GTM objectives to drive marketing strategies for customer acquisition, acceleration, adoption and advocacy.
• Field Enablement
• Serves as the primary orchestrator between corporate and the field and ensures field and corporate leadership are aligned on business results and actions to take.
• Strategically activates the partner ecosystem to enable and drive results.
• Identifies failure points and orchestrates resources to mitigate.
• Business Development
• Cross-references opportunities within the market with the area/subsidiary's capabilities in order to develop strategies that maximize performance across the business.
• Drives regular engagements with relevant executive stakeholders to develop and operationalize strategies and oversee implementation of cross-market solutions that drive strategic impact and increased market share, in line with area-specific service requirements (e.g., local regulatory compliance/programs).
  

Qualifications

Required/ Minimum Quaflications

• Extensive marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales, or related work experience.
• OR equivalent experience
• Solid sales/ go-to-market experience with software development background (devops, Agile, etc)
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales, or related work experience AND Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, or related field
• OR equivalent experience.
• Solid experience managing and expanding a product/solution portfolio and driving demand generation and pipeline acceleration within a complex (e.g., multinational or matrixed) organization.
  

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