Strategic Account Executive

Microsoft; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 133,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft’s Enterprise Account Team is seeking a Strategic Enterprise Account Executive in the United States to drive transformation with strategic customers, focusing on AI, Copilot and Security. You will engage at senior levels across the customer’s organization and leverage Microsoft’s solutions to achieve business outcomes, with up to 100% remote work.

You will build and lead multi-functional account teams, execute strategic account plans, and pursue growth through compelling business cases

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in an industry or driving digital transformation OR Master's Degree AND 7+ years experience in an industry or driving digital transformation OR 11+ years experience in an industry or driving digital transformation OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience making recommendations to and/or collaborating with mid-to-senior level executives.
• 6+ years experience closing large, complex agreements/deals.

Responsibilities

• You will deliver business growth through leading and empowering account teams. Lead execution of Go to Market (GTM) to achieve customer business outcomes across the entire customer lifecycle.
• You will accelerate customer satisfaction and model executive engagements with business decision makers and C-Level executives.
• You will win against competition by establishing Microsoft as market leader, maximizing Customer spend, achieving targets (billed revenue, consumption, and adoption).
• You will lead partnership across the organization to achieve business value for customers and business results for Microsoft.
• You will cultivate relationships and use Microsoft sales strategies throughout multiple levels of the customer’s organization to establish strong alignment on long-term goals and secure buy‑in and execution.
• You will use business cases to develop and present compelling value proposition presentations and specialized business plans for customers that showcase Microsoft's products and solutions, generate business and upsells, and generate new opportunities.

Skills

Strategic Account Management

Sales Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

Strategic Account Executive

United States, Texas, Houston

Job description

Company and benefits

Job number

200059596

Date posted

Oct 13, 2026

Work site

0 days / week in-office – remote

Travel

25-50%

Profession

Sales

Discipline

Strategic Account Management

Role type

Individual Contributor

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Microsoft’s Enterprise Account Team focuses on partnering with customers to achieve strategic goals. This team is responsible for providing a differentiated Customer experience for our customers, delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft.

As a Strategic Enterprise Account Executive, you will have the opportunity to drive Transformation in partnership with our most Strategic customers with a focus on AI, Copilot and Security, to achieve both Microsoft and customer business outcomes. Leveraging your large, multi-functional team across the breadth of the Microsoft solutions portfolio, engage at the most senior levels of your customer and bring industry-relevant solutions to help the customer adopt and embrace digital technologies.

With a proven history of driving growth in market share, achieving sales targets, customer obsession, and partner collaboration, this role will give the opportunity to leverage your extensive customer network and sales experience to execute against your customer’s account plan. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home.

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

• You will deliver business growth through leading and empowering account teams. Lead execution of Go to Market (GTM) to achieve customer business outcomes across the entire customer lifecycle.
• You will accelerate customer satisfaction and model executive engagements with business decision makers and C-Level executives.
• You will win against competition by establishing Microsoft as market leader, maximizing Customer spend, achieving targets (billed revenue, consumption, and adoption).
• You will lead partnership across the organization to achieve business value for customers and business results for Microsoft.
• You will cultivate relationships and use Microsoft sales strategies throughout multiple levels of the customer’s organization (e.g., executives, business, and technical decision makers) to establish strong alignment on long-term goals and secure buy‑in and execution.
• You will use business cases to develop and present compelling value proposition presentations and specialized business plans for customers that showcase Microsoft's products and solutions, generate business and upsells, and generate new opportunities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR Master's Degree AND 7+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR 11+ years experience in working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience making recommendations to and/or collaborating with mid-to-senior level executives.
• 6+ years experience closing large, complex agreements/deals.

Other Requirements

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 11+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR Master's Degree AND 9+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR equivalent experience.

Strategic Account Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,000 - $222,700 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 $170,300 - $239,800 per year.