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Sales Excellence Manager

Microsoft

Microsoft

Sales & Business Development
USD 106,400-203,600 / year
Posted on Jul 17, 2025

Sales Excellence Manager

Multiple Locations, United States

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Date posted
Jul 16, 2025
Job number
1846359
Work site
Up to 100% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Sales Enablement
Discipline
Sales Excellence
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

As a Sales Excellence Manager, you will be part of a select team within Microsoft that helps businesses achieve their digital transformation and business goals through Microsoft solutions and partners. Our mission is to empower the Global Channel Sales organization to achieve its priorities, segment accountability, and revenue targets. We deliver incremental impact through developing transformational operating model strategy, solution area-aligned execution guidance, effective communication and executive engagement, worldclass sales excellence, and a commitment to leadership, culture, and the Chief Revenue Officer mindset.

Your ability to drive actionable outcomes and optimize the sales process partner sales leaders and Partner Development Managers will be key. You’ll collaborate across roles to deliver forward-looking performance recommendations and insights that shape the future of your segment.

Are you passionate about driving partner transformation and accelerating growth through strategic sales excellence? We are looking for an outcome-driven Sales Excellence (SE) professional to support the Channel Sales current and future business goals. You will lead a predictable Rhythm of Business (ROB) with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality four-quarter rolling business outcomes. In this role, you’ll instill sales process discipline, guide sales leaders on Microsoft sales methodologies, and collaborate across roles and segments to proactively manage change and drive execution.

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.

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.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • 4+ years experience in sales, sales operations/management, account management, program management, business development, marketing, consulting, or a related field OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of experience using data to drive business outcomes or inform business decisions.
  • 3+ years of experience managing relationships with stakeholders, clients, and/or customers.
  • Experience using business intelligence tools like Power BI and excel.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
  • 3+ years managing projects, including planning, managing timelines, and tracking progress, and/or change management experience.

Sales Excellence IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 26, 2025.

Responsibilities

  • Pipeline Health and Management – Support execution of predictable revenue and consumption growth by segment/solution area, aligned with Microsoft sales methodology standards.
  • Sales Execution – Drive and guide consistent sales excellence discipline, governance, and partner insights
  • Sales Execution Transformation – Implement evolving Microsoft Sales strategies, processes, and objectives to drive sustainable growth and improved sales performance.
  • Planning Engagement – Partner with segment leads, Finance, and Business & Sales Operations (BSO/SOPM) on fiscal year planning workstreams requiring sales excellence support.
  • Operating Model Development – Design and evolve the operating model to support partner transformation and execution excellence across the channel ecosystem.
  • Other - Embody our Culture and Values

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
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.