Drive licensing sessions leading to upsell opportunities. Experience in Microsoft Cloud Licencing is paramount.
Build upon the existing success of Cloud portfolios and lead the continued strategic development of all Managed/Supporting services, their positioning and role in the marketplace.
Responsible for the full life-cycle of Cloud products and related Managed/Supporting Services through close partnership with technical resources throughout all phases.
Create a go-to-market strategy to successfully launch new products and lead successful execution of this plan across functional teams.
Creating cloud solutions that solve pain points and meet the needs of customers
Have understanding of the different Microsoft agreement structures: Adoption/consumption of existing licenses
Drive assessments /POC/POV with the tech team
Support the enterprise and the SMC team in covering licensing options with presentation.
Develop positioning and messaging that resonates with customers, relating product capabilities in terms that they understand, care about, and are willing to pay for.
Gather data from customers through customer interviewing, customer success, design thinking etc. for the purpose of strategy creation and execution
Responsible for internal training, sales, and development of the portfolio
Assess our target market and identify opportunities using market research, segmentation analysis and 1:1 customer interviews.
Perform competitive analysis, define and communicate key advantages.
Communicating roadmap and technical capabilities to customers
Assessing current and emerging technologies and market/industry trends in order to inform platform strategy
Assisting in the development of business case justification and financials to support investments in platform