Microsoft Consumer and Health Alliance Relationship Director - ARD

Other locations:
Anywhere in Region

Date:
Sep 29, 2026

Requisition

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

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.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Execute Microsoft Consumer & Health alliance strategy andobjectivesin alignment with Microsoft Global Alliance priorities and EY Consumer & Health sector growth agenda.
• Facilitate top-to-top Microsoft and EY Consumer & Health 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 Consumer & Health leadership, including pipeline, performance, account activation and market observations.
• Support the identification, development and activation of Microsoft priority solutions and partner programs across Consumer & Health, 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 Consumer & Health 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 Consumer & Health execution.
• Partner with regional alliance, sector,account and BMC leaders to execute Consumer & Health alliance marketing and enablement activities.
• Contribute to the Global Alliance and Ecosystem Relationship network through content development, knowledge sharing, marketinsightsand leading practices relevant to Microsoft and Consumer & Health.

This is a global role, optimally based in the US, UK or Europe. You can anticipate a mix of virtual work, regular coordination with Global and Regional teams, and some travel based on business need.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Provide leadership in relationship management, governance oversight, marketing strategy, contract management,financial management, content management, operational support, strong relationship building skills and highly organized.
• Deep Consumer & Health industry knowledge, including Consumer Products, Retail, Health Care, Life Science, and Med Tech, with an understanding of the business, regulatory, risk, data, AI and technology trends shaping transformation across the sector.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft ecosystem - including Azure, Data & AI, Security, Business Applications and Copilot - and the ability to position these capabilities against Consumer & Health transformation priorities.
• Ability to translate Consumer & Health client priorities into Microsoft-enabled alliance plays, joint go-to-market activities, pipeline acceleration and priority account activation.
• Experience in alliance management, business development, go-to-market activation or sector-led growth in a technology or professional services company.
• Experience andevidenceof success in building and nurturing win-win alliance relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly credible communicator with excellent…