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Account Technology Strategy

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Account Technology Strategy

Istanbul, Türkiye

Date posted

Oct 21, 2025

Job number

1889788

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

0-25 %

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Technology Sales

Discipline

Account Technology

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 2+ years in financial services industry, technical consulting, technical consultative selling, business consulting, practice building, or related technical/sales experience OR equivalent experience.
Fluency in Turkish and English.

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years experience in relevant customer industry.
4+ years experience in digital transformation, or using technology to drive customer business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Customer and Financial Services Industry Insights

Generates business insights based on knowledge of the customer's technology landscape, engagement experience, and proactive collaboration with the customer, internal teams, and industry, to conduct forecasting and develop recommendations for managing accounts. Challenges customers to consider alternative business models to meet business and market needs, and adapts plans to insights.
Applies expertise in customer businesses. technology platforms, and maturity to build digital technology strategy with the customer that is aligned to business outcomes. Challenges customers’ assumptions with constructive dialogue about their business and technology. Leverages industry trends to gather insights and develop an informed perspective on similar issues that may occur within their industry/industries.

Trusted Advisor

Leverages account information technology (IT), industry, and business strategy to provide coaching to internal Microsoft teams on customer technology profiles and strategies. Provides technical guidance to internal teams to position technology while using customer landscape knowledge.
Advises customer technical decision maker (TDM) and business decision maker (BDM) stakeholders on the benefits of embedding security throughout their technology landscape through the Microsoft Security and Zero Trust narratives. Establishes a sense of creating business value through implementing security and positions Microsoft's security credentials. Creates follow-up opportunities and orchestrates appropriate technical teams from the Specialist Team Unit (STU) to pursue and close.

Technology Sales: Demand Generation and Orchestration

Identifies customer issues, creates demand, and creates opportunities to uncover new solutions. Creates and qualifies a set number of opportunities for product sales, solution sales, or consumption. Leverages partners to drive demand generation and capitalize on opportunities. Orchestrates efforts to drive MCEM lifecycle and stage progression. Works within a broader strategy to lead efforts with technical teams for driving opportunities including Specialist Team Unit (STU), Customer Success Unit (CSU), and others, as necessary. Contributes to efforts to reach out to key stakeholders to give customer-driven pitches and drives the appropriate customer reach together with the account executive to generate new demand. Uses technical knowledge of products to determine feasibility of technical customer requirements requests and works with core engineering teams to prepare solutions.
Introduces the customer to benefits of AI and new technologies to create interest and excitement about Microsoft's capabilities and shows them how Microsoft technologies can help accelerate their productivity as well as differentiate themselves in the market. Creates follow-up opportunities and orchestrates appropriate technical teams from the Specialist Team Unit (STU) to pursue and close.

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

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Industry leading healthcare

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Educational resources

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Discounts on products and services

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Savings and investments

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Maternity and paternity leave

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Generous time away

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Giving programs

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Opportunities to network and connect

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

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