Programs Sales Excellence Manager
Sales & Business Development
Colorado, USA · Maryland, USA · California, USA · Massachusetts, USA · Pennsylvania, USA · Illinois, USA · Ireland · Texas, USA · Oregon, USA · Florida, USA · Michigan, USA · Italy · Washington, USA · Indiana, USA · Kentucky, USA · North Carolina, USA · Georgia, USA · Delaware, USA · Tennessee, USA · Arkansas, USA · New Jersey, USA · Connecticut, USA · Vermont, USA · Louisiana, USA · New Hampshire, USA · South Carolina, USA · New York, USA · Wisconsin, USA · Missouri, USA · Ohio, USA · Wyoming, USA · Kansas, USA · Arizona, USA · North Dakota, USA · Hawaii, USA · Nevada, USA · Iowa, USA · Oklahoma, USA · Mississippi, USA · West Virginia, USA · Nebraska, USA · Minnesota, USA · Alabama, USA · St Paul, MN, USA · Idaho, USA · South Dakota, USA · New Mexico, USA · Chicago, IL, USA · Maine, USA · Rhode Island, USA · Romania · Montana, USA · Lviv Oblast, Ukraine · United Kingdom · London, UK · New York, NY, USA · Washington, DC, USA · Utah, USA · Boston, MA, USA · Remote
GBP 79,700-133,900 / year
Responsibilities
- Own the EMEA Sales Excellence strategy, portfolio, and operating model, ensuring alignment with Corporate, regional, and Operating Unit priorities while translating strategy into actionable execution plans.
- Lead the design, governance, and delivery of EMEA-wide programs, including prioritization, sequencing, resource alignment, execution oversight, and outcome measurement.
- Drive scalable Sales Excellence initiatives across areas such as Top of Funnel, account planning, execution standardization, sovereign priorities, and AI-enabled business transformation.
- Establish governance and operating rhythms that enable effective decision-making, clear accountability, prioritization, escalation management, and disciplined execution.
- Strengthen business performance and execution management by connecting financial, solution-area, segment, market, pipeline, and forecast insights to growth opportunities, risks, and intervention strategies.
- Partner with Sales Leadership, Finance, Operations, and Operating Unit leaders to align priorities, investments, success measures, and execution plans across the region.
- Drive adoption, scale, and continuous improvement through playbooks, best practices, AI-powered capabilities, automation, change management, and capability-building programs that improve productivity, decision quality, and business outcomes.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Experience in Sales Excellence, Sales Strategy, Business Planning, Sales Operations, Program Management, or a related commercial discipline.
- Proven ability to translate business strategy into scalable programmes, operating models, and execution plans.
- Strong analytical and commercial acumen, with the ability to derive insights from complex business data and drive business outcomes.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across a complex, matrixed organisation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading cross-functional transformation programmes across multiple markets, regions, or business groups.
- Experience establishing governance frameworks, business rhythms, and performance management mechanisms.
- Experience managing strategic initiatives, including prioritisation, resource planning, risk management, and outcome measurement.
- Understanding of AI-enabled business transformation, pipeline management, forecasting, and sales execution practices.
Sales Excellence IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across United Kingdom is £ 79,700.00 - £ 133,900.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/united-kingdom-corporate-pay.html
Sales Excellence IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Ireland is € 80,000.00 - € 151,700.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/ireland-corporate-pay.html
Sales Excellence IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Romania is lei 279,700.00 - lei 556,300.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/romania-corporate-pay.html
Sales Excellence IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Latvia is € 59,200.00 - € 122,800.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/latvia-corporate-pay.html
Sales Excellence IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Lithuania is € 61,800.00 - € 129,000.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/lithuania-corporate-pay.html
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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