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.

Required (RQs)

• 8+ years marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, business development, technical pre-sales or related work experience
  • OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• 8+ years experience managing and expanding a product/solution portfolio and driving demand generation and pipeline acceleration within a complex (e.g., multinational or matrixed) organization
  • OR equivalent experience

• Growth Strategy & Business Performance: In partnership with the India Activation team and the Activation GTM Leader, you will execute Cloud & AI Platforms (CAIP) solution plays to enhance ACR performance in partnership with Solution Play GTM teams. Responsible for new pipeline creation, addressing pipeline gaps by OU/segment, and implementing global strategies relevantly for your Area/Subsidiaries, including FY26 CAIP program performance.

• 
  Sales Activation: In partnership with the India Activation team and the Activation GTM Leader, lead end-to-end solution play field activation to win customers across the CAIP solution plays including X-CSA plays such as Agentic. Resolve blockers and influence strategic improvements through field feedback loops. Partner closely with the Solution Play GTM teams and Area GTM ICs to deliver field readiness and skilling as well as capture and share insights on customer wins/losses, compete trends, and partner feedback.

• Demand Generation: In partnership with the India Activation team and the Activation GTM Leader, align and orchestrate the execution of CAIP marketing plan with Integrated Marketing Managers (IMM), Area GTM ICs and Partner roles. Push for signal conversion to create pipe and ensure successful customer targeting events. Provide content input and shape agendas to amplify CAIP priorities.
  

• Product Leadership: Act as a strong Azure and CAIP solutions advocate by demonstrating thought leadership externally with customers and partners, and internally with Corp. Champion local needs and insights to shape global product strategy, roadmap, and readiness through structured feedback loops. Understand industry trends, challenges, and regulatory requirements.
  

• MACC + Unified Stewardship: Steward MACC by advancing acquisition strategy, expanding the scope of workloads in the MACCs, accelerating ACR via Unified, expanding Unified accounts and driving data-driven optimization. Partner strongly with India Activation Director and the Activation GTM Leader to drive improvement in MACC penetration significantly.

• 
  Operational Excellence: Partner closely with Regional and Area Sales Excellence and Sales Operations to drive sales discipline, pipeline creation and acceleration, and MCEM orchestration. Promote consistent use of programs and investments as well as standardized services and tools in the field sales teams. Partner with Area Activation Director to drive a connected ROB that tracks end-to-end business health, aligning sales and marketing insights with Corp through VSU, IAP, and other key cadences.
  

• You will exemplify Microsoft Values, Culture, Leadership Principles and create clarity by creating a shared understanding.