Director of Sales Strategy & Business Architecture

** Overview*
* MCAPS-Core accelerates customer outcomes and business growth. By uniting product, engineering, marketing, sales, customer success, and partners around a common customer mission, we help customers realize value faster and turn innovation into measurable business impact. Through deep technical expertise and differentiated go-to-market execution, we win competitively, capture market share, and scale repeatable growth motions. We differentiate through value creation - delivering world-class, AI-powered customer experiences that accelerate adoption, strengthen loyalty, and create sustainable competitive advantage, driving growth that outpaces the market.

Within Small, Medium Enterprises & Channel (SME&C), we serve Corporate and SMB customers at scale - reaching the breadth of the market through a customer-first operating model, a partner-led (CSP) motion, and high-velocity, digital-first engagement. This role focuses on designing programs that generate pipeline and accelerate revenue across pricing levels (EA and CSP) while driving healthy usage, adoption, and renewal.

Our Security SME&C team is a collaborative, diverse group passionate about helping stakeholders accelerate the sales cycle to reach shared goals faster. 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.

We are looking to hire a Director of Sales Strategy & Business Architecture to lead our global go-to-market (GTM) strategy for Security in SME&C. This role will require a mix of channel strategy, partner ecosystem development, GTM orchestration, and tight alignment with engineering, field sales, and marketing teams. You will be uniquely positioned to drive scalable change, playing a leadership role in accelerating Microsoft's SME&C Growth priorities.

The successful candidate will have high executive visibility, ownership of strategic initiatives, and the opportunity to define how the next generation of Business Applications are brought to market for the Corporate, SMB and partner segments. You will collaborate with a broad set of cross-functional teams within Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions Core (MCAPS), Product Marketing, Business Planning, Finance, and Engineering.

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.

** Responsibilities*
* -    Define and develop dedicated GTM plans for the Corporate, SMB and Partner segments

-    Engage and influence corporate and field stakeholders to drive alignment around the plan and align across GTM levers inclusive of:

- Business model

- Marketing strategy and collateral

- Product roadmap

- Partner strategy

-    Innovate and design motions and strategies to reach new and existing customers

-    Represent business and technical needs/feedback in key leadership forums with engineering and business leader

-    Ensure the right metrics and KPIs are in place to achieve the right outcomes for our customers, to measure progress over time and to implement course corrections as needed

** Qualifications*
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* Required Qualifications:

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* + Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business consulting, sales, sales operations, information technology (IT), account management, business development, marketing, IT field sales, or a related field

+ OR equivalent experience

+ 6+ years experience in in Near Term Strategy (2 years out), Management Consulting, Sales, or Finance.

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* Preferred Qualifications:

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* + Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 5+ years of marketing, strategy, sales, sales leadership, program management, project management, business planning,…