Surface Co-sell Channel Partner Development Manager

The Global Partner Solutions (GPS) team is a sales organization accountable for the commercial partner business at Microsoft, and the mission is to build and sell Microsoft Cloud applications, services and devices with partners, empowering people, and organizations to achieve more.

The Surface Co-sell Channel Partner Development Manager is an integral member of the Surface Sales unit within the Surface and Modern Workplace channel ecosystem. As a Partner Solutions Specialist, we seek your tenacious work ethic, enthusiasm, optimism, and passion for co-selling with partners. You will leverage a challenger sale mindset, industry knowledge, market insights, and a deep understanding of the competitive landscape to deliver best-in-class sales execution with partners.

In this role, you will have a significant focus on managing pipeline opportunities, driving deal closure, and co-selling with partners. You will work closely with highly complex partner organizations, building strong relationships at all levels and collaborating across multiple internal stakeholders to resolve complex issues. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth as you lead efforts to optimize partner portfolios, align strategically, and drive partner sales leadership.

Your key accountabilities will include managing a pipeline of opportunities, ensuring effective deal closure, and executing co-sell motions with partners to achieve joint success. By readying general and specialty sellers to market Microsoft Surface solutions, you will drive partner seller activation and repeat selling motions, ultimately contributing to overall revenue and unit performance goals.

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.