Microsoft Financial Services Alliance Relationship Director - ARD

Other locations:
Anywhere in Region

Date:
Sep 29, 2026

Requisition

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We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

EY has curated a dynamic ecosystem of Alliance and Ecosystem relationships which creates new forms of customer value to help our clients rapidly and digitally transform. Our ecosystem consists of more than 100 relationships which allow us to provide a wide range of collaborative opportunities and solutions to our clients. We help them tap into the latest technologies to achieve transformational outcomes and be more agile, innovative, resilient and better equipped to respond to disruptive change.

The EY–Microsoft Alliance plays a critical role in driving revenue growth by identifying, shaping, and closing joint transformation opportunities between EY, Microsoft, and our clients.

As a Global Microsoft Financial Services Alliance Relationship Director (ARD), you will work with Microsoft Global Alliance Leadership, EY Financial Services sector leadership, regional alliance teams and Microsoft counterparts to coordinate and deliver sector-led alliance activation. The role will manage the day‑to‑day Microsoft alliance relationship for Financial Services, including relationship collaboration and governance, sector program oversight, pipeline and performance intelligence, contracts and compliance management, and field activation across priority Financial Services accounts, working closely with EY Financial Services sector leadership.

This role requires a strong understanding of enterprise technology and the Microsoft ecosystem, combined with deep Financial Service industry knowledge and the ability to connect sectors priorities to alliance‑led growth.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Execute Microsoft Financial Services alliance strategy andobjectivesin alignment with Microsoft Global Alliance priorities and EY Financial Services sector growth agenda.
• Facilitate top-to-top Microsoft and EY Financial Services relationships and program management to mobilize on strategic sector opportunities, accelerate fieldengagementand drive action.
• Drive results through disciplined, industrialized governance with clear accountability across Global service lines/practices, sectors, priority accounts/regions and Microsoft counterparts.
• Provide actionable insights to Microsoft Alliance executives and EY Financial Services leadership, including pipeline, performance, account activation and market observations.
• Support the identification, development and activation of Microsoft priority solutions and partner programs across Financial Services, including local/regional activation and compliance requirements.
• Deliver alliance intelligence with complete andaccuratefinancial reporting, Microsoft impact/influence, sector pipelinevisibilityand account activation insights.
• Identify and activate priority Financial Services accounts, supporting business plans, executive relationship mapping, operatingcadenceand enabling alliance contracts where required.
• Drive compliance with internal policies, independence requirements, alliancegovernanceand commercial requirements.
• Collaborate with enablement and Brand, Marketing and Communications (BMC) teams to define sector‑specific messaging, salescollateraland campaign materials for Financial Services execution.
• Partner with regional alliance, sector,account and BMC leaders to execute Financial Services alliance marketing and enablement activities.
• Contribute to the Global Alliance and…