At Microsoft, we acknowledge the importance of a well-deserved sabbatical. What we also understand are the challenges women face once they decide to pursue their career interests after a substantial career break. Which is why, we have designed a program that will help you make an easy transition back into the corporate world. With the opportunity to work on live projects within Microsoft, the program, aptly named Springboard, gives you just the right impetus to get your career back on the track, the way you want it.

The Springboard program is a 4-month internship program which provides:

• Live and strategic business projects
• Ramp-up trainings to hone technical skills
• Project Guide, Mentor and Buddy to assist you during the project
• Opportunity to interview as a full-time employee at the end of the program
• Attractive monthly Stipend

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission.

Account Executive
 
A role like this may very well be the pinnacle of your career. Be part of a dynamic, world-class community that will enable you to learn, collaborate, and contribute with the top minds in the industry. You will build and foster strategic relationships with the largest government customers both national as well as state and local and will be at the forefront of their digital transformations. Envision working jointly with these customers to merge their mission priorities with engineering roadmaps to digitally transform the way governments operate. Be the visionary that takes senior government officials on a journey using your experience and knowledge of Public Sector. All of this will require you to orchestrate a large, global, internal team that you will lead through influence without authority, and together, you will challenge things that were never thought possible.

Responsibilities

As an Account Executive at Microsoft, consider yourself the dedicated virtual CEO of an account who leads our top customer into the digital age.
This job will provide you:
An opportunity to drive change with your customer to transform how they operate and deliver their public sector missions like never before in a new and transformational way
A forum to co-create the art of the possible
The chance to lead world-class, diverse teams of digital transformation advisors, engineers, architects, and delivery teams who all have a vested interest in the customer
The Account Executive will be responsible for the following:
 
Industry Business Leader

• Lead with Industry - Building trusted relationships through engagements focused on driving the priorities for Government agencies and departments and showcasing how Microsoft technologies supports these priorities

Transformation Leader

• Increased trust-based relationships managed over digital media result in minimal negative impact due to the remote working environments.

Account Orchestration Team Leader:

Bring the best combined team to deliver the customers' desired outcomes

Qualifications

Experiences Required: Education, Key Experiences, Skills and Knowledge: ​

• 10+ years of building strategic business partnerships through selling or consulting with Public Sector customers. Equally considered will be 5+ years of experience driving digital transformation from within the public sector
• Bachelor’s degree or MBA preferred; or equivalent experience ​
• Experience to lead multi-cultural, diverse and remote teams across different disciplines ​
• Proven ability to understand customer needs, create and deliver customized, customer-focused pitches and solutions ​
• Effectively navigate through ambiguity and complexities related to client management ​
• Embody "we-before-me" mindset ​

Solid knowledge of Government, Oil/Gas/Energy, etc. is preferred

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. 

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.