The Sales Enablement & Operations (SE&O) team plays an essential role in translating Microsoft’s Commercial Strategy to a local execution plan and driving operational excellence to achieve the greatest results possible. Our team drives cross-Region, cross-Area and cross-Subsidiary insight and execution excellence, bringing strategy and priorities to life by accelerating the pace of transformation and enabling Microsoft to deliver business impact at scale.

Microsoft Azure has seen rapid growth and adoption, being the best integrated platform for Cloud and AI solutions for our customers and partners. From secure migration to modernization on Azure, to driving innovative AI Apps and Agents with best developer productivity and tools, to helping our customers to unify their data platform and assets, Cloud & AI Platforms business has tremendous growth and impact opportunity for Microsoft and our customers, partners and ecosystem.

• 8+ years marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales or related work experience. Experience and good understanding of Azure, Cloud platforms, Gen AI marketplace, competition, solutions, partner ecosystem, market opportunity and product experience relevant to the Cloud & AI Platforms solution plays beneficial.

• OR equivalent experience

• 10+ years marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales, or related work experience AND bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience

• 8+ years’ experience managing and expanding a product/solution portfolio and driving demand generation and pipeline acceleration within a complex (e.g., multinational or matrixed) organization

• OR equivalent experience

• You will be the primary product and technical advocate, evangelizing across products and solution plays within the Cloud & AI Platforms business as well as leverage product and/or technical subject matter expertise as well as industry, market and competitive knowledge to share insights and feedback to EMEA Regional SE&O Cloud & AI Compete lead, land and position the compete value proposition from EMEA and tailor messaging to both internal and external audiences.

• You will execute Cloud & AI solution play plans, enable and activate the sellers and track the efficacy of plans across the business in UAE, providing insights to the EMEA SE&O solution play team on effectiveness, impact, challenges, opportunities. You`ll contribute on driving sustainable growth within and beyond the boundaries of the fiscal year as well as accept accountability for ACR performance, scorecard metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for the business and identify strategic priorities and drives alignment across the business to enable the team/stakeholders to deliver against priorities.

• You will orchestrate and execute the strategic go-to-market (GTM) plans across the business working closely inclusive of marketing, field, consulting, customer success, and partner functions that support a One Microsoft approach to overall business strategy and execution as well as partner with one commercial partner (OCP) to guide the development and execution of programs to recruit and enable partners to achieve target capacity and quality.

• You will ensure field communities have the enablement and activation needed to run the business locally and serve as the primary orchestrator between the EMEA regional SE&O Cloud & AI team and the field and ensure field, and EMEA regional leadership are aligned on business results and actions to take.

• You will drive area/subsidiary leadership through revealing and pursuing long-range, white-space growth opportunities and investment plans, including geographical expansion as well cross-references opportunities within the market with the area/subsidiary's capabilities to develop strategies that maximize performance across the business.

• You will drive a pipeline of feedback from sales to the partners and leverage EMEA regional competitive strategy and plans landing, and executing with local sales, customers and partners as well as track progress on investments, drive follow-through to ensure customers have Datacenter capacity and services availability, ensuring UATs are raised for technical and business blockers with the team.

• You will exemplify Microsoft Values, Culture, Leadership Principles and create clarity by creating a shared understanding and building a clear course of action.