Sales & Business Development Manager

Location: New York

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Location:

United States, New York, Albany Salary: USD $133,000 - $222,700 per year

Employment type:

Full-Time Work site:
Fully on-site

Role type:
Individual Contributor Travel: 25-50%
Profession:
Sales Discipline:
Account Management Company:
Microsoft Overview Role :
Sales & Business Development Manager, Israeli Digital Natives & Startups Organization:
Microsoft Enterprise Commercial, Digital Native Sales — Israel

Location:

New York City preferred

Language:
Hebrew and English fluency strongly preferred

Role type:
Quota-carrying sales and business development role Microsoft Israel’s Enterprise Commercial Digital Native organization is hiring a NYC-based Sales & Business Development Manager to help expand Microsoft’s strategic relationships with Israeli-founded technology companies scaling in the U.S. and globally.

This role combines elements of a Digital Native / ISV Account Executive, Partner Development Manager, and Business Development leader. The ideal candidate is deeply connected to the Israeli startup ecosystem in New York and across the U.S., trusted by founders and C-level executives, and passionate about helping high-growth technology companies build, scale, partner, and sell with Microsoft.

The person in this role will act as a key Microsoft business liaison for Israeli startups, founders, and executive teams, helping them navigate Microsoft’s commercial, technical, partner, marketplace, and co-sell capabilities. They will work closely with Microsoft account teams in Israel, U.S. field teams, partner organizations, product groups, business development teams, and worldwide stakeholders to advance strategic customer and partnership motions.

What Success Looks Like Success in this role means building Microsoft into a trusted strategic partner for Israeli-founded startups scaling globally and based with HQ in the USA. The person will create meaningful founder relationships, open new commercial opportunities, accelerate Azure and AI adoption, strengthen co-sell and marketplace execution, and help Microsoft account teams land larger, more strategic outcomes with high-growth digital native companies.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Build trusted relationships with founders, CEOs, CROs, CTOs, COOs, and senior leadership teams of Israeli-founded startups and digital native companies in NYC and across the U.S.Act as a Microsoft business owner and connector for selected high-growth Israeli startups, helping them engage the right Microsoft teams, programs, platforms, and executives.

Own and grow a quota-carrying business across Azure, AI, marketplace, co-sell, partner, and strategic commercial motions.

Identify and advance new business opportunities with Israeli digital native, ISV, SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, and enterprise software companies.

Support account teams in Israel and the U.S. by strengthening executive relationships, accelerating pipeline velocity, and helping advance strategic deals.

Drive partnerships with customers around Azure, AI, Microsoft Marketplace, MACC, co-sell, enterprise GTM, and global expansion.

Help founders and leadership teams understand how to build, sell, and scale with Microsoft.

Coordinate cross-functional Microsoft engagement across Enterprise Commercial, Global Partner Solutions, engineering, product groups, business development, marketplace, customer success, solution architects, and deal teams.

Develop repeatable engagement motions for Israeli startups expanding into the U.S. market.

Represent Microsoft in relevant Israeli tech ecosystem forums, founder networks, VC circles, startup events, and partner engagements.

Maintain strong knowledge of the Israeli startup landscape, key founders, investors, growth-stage companies, and strategic ecosystem…