Account Executive, Performance Solutions

Microsoft; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft Advertising (MSA) seeks top-performing Account Executives to drive revenue and build strategic client relationships for digital advertising solutions. You will cultivate executive-level relationships, shape revenue plans, and deliver customized campaigns aligned with client objectives.

You will orchestrate sales strategy, manage opportunities across products, and lead with customer obsession to ensure long-term client success and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 8+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising
• OR MBA in Sales/Marketing/Related Field AND 5+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising
• OR 9+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in online media, digital advertising, or Search Engine Marketing Sales and Service experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and execute MSA sales strategy & priorities to enable client growth of existing and new products, positioning outcomes within the client’s digital marketing journey.
• Influence CMO and Digital Marketing stakeholders through relationship building, storytelling, and active listening to identify end-to-end needs.
• Lead sales planning with the Account v-team to achieve targets, manage budgets, and open new share-of-wallet opportunities with Audience Ads and other products.
• Negotiate effectively, maintain positive relationships, and persuade without manipulation during objections.
• Update pipeline by reviewing top opportunities, identifying roadblocks, and engaging resources to overcome objections.
• Drive per the MSA Solution Selling process for new deals, pursuing client-verifiable outcomes at each stage.

Skills

Relationship Building

Strategic Sales

Emotional Intelligence

Executive Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Sales/Marketing/Related Field

MBA in Sales/Marketing/Related Field

Job description

Account Executive, Performance Solutions

United States, New York, New York

Job description

• Date posted Sep 28, 2026


• Work site 3 days / week in-office


• Travel 25-50%


• Profession Sales


• Discipline Advertising Account Management


• Role type Individual Contributor


• Employment type Full-Time

Microsoft Advertising (MSA) empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through digital advertising solutions on the Microsoft Advertising platform. We are seeking top performing Account Executives with digital advertising experience who can drive revenue and increase customer satisfaction by developing and cultivating strategic client relationships and delivering customized solutions aligning to the client’s advertising needs. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

As an Account Executive (AE) in Microsoft Advertising, you will enable Microsoft to better serve strategic customers by applying customer obsession to what clients care about and need, ensuring our Microsoft Advertising story is valued and understood, and acting to build successful, long-term relationships. You will develop and maintain solid customer relationships anchored on connections with C-level executives and Business and Technical Decision Makers in customers’ organizations.

You will also develop quality customer plans, laying out revenue and growth strategies for customer satisfaction. Your success is measured by specific success indicators focused on driving adoption, emphasizing customer experience and optimizing opportunities. This opportunity will allow you to execute with excellence to drive client success and business as well as drive both revenue and customer satisfaction across MSA’s performance solutions.

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.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least three days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• You will develop, lead and execute MSA sales strategy & priorities to enable client growth of existing and new products. Purposefully positions outcomes within the context of the client’s digital marketing journey from current to future state.


• You will work to influence CMO and Chief Digital Marketing Stakeholders through Relationship Building as a compelling storyteller, leading with emotional intelligence, communicating with confidence and by effectively listening to identify clients’ end to end needs.


• You will lead Sales planning with the Account v-team including achieving sales targets and increasing existing budgets while also opening new share of wallet opportunities with Audience ads and other incubations products and ensure shared accountability for sales targets with the v-team. Works in partnership with v-team to bring the best resources to ensure deal success.


• You will expand the client's view of the importance of MSA products and concede negotiables in an order that ensures both parties feel they are winning. Effectively maintains good working relationships with those involved in negotiation; persuading others without using manipulation and maintaining a positive atmosphere during difficult objections & negotiations.


• You will lead the update of pipeline reviewing top new opportunities, identifying roadblocks, and ensures the right resources are engaged to overcome client objections.


• You will execute sales per expectations against pipeline, new client, and opportunity management goals per the MSA Solution Selling process for new deals, driving for client verifiable outcomes at each stage.

Other

Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 8+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising


• OR Master's Degree in Business Administration in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 5+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising


• OR 9+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising


• OR equivalent experience.


• Experience in online media, digital advertising, or Search Engine Marketing Sales and Service experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 12+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising


• OR Master's Degree in Business Administration in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 10+ years experience in sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on online media, or digital advertising


• OR equivalent experience.


• Experience making recommendations to mid- to senior- level executives.

Advertising Account Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $107,600 - $187,500 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,600 - $205,600 per year.