Global Strategic Account Director, Financial Services — Microsoft
- Lieu
- Zürich
- Contrat
- full-time
- Publié
- Hier
Vue d’ensemble du poste
Overview Microsoft's Financial Services organization is seeking an accomplished Global Strategic Account Director to lead one of our most important and strategic global client relationships. This role represents one of Microsoft's most consequential leadership opportunities within the Financial Services industry. The Global Strategic Account Director serves as Microsoft's lead business executive, accountable for the overall executive relationship, strategic partnership, and long-term business outcomes across the account. The successful candidate will combine deep industry expertise, executive credibility, transformational leadership, and technical acumen to help the customer accelerate its AI-powered business transformation while strengthening Microsoft's position as a trusted strategic partner. This role requires the ability to engage and influence at the Board, Group Executive Board, and C-suite level, shape transformation agendas, mobilize One Microsoft, and create measurable business impact through innovation, technology, and execution. 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
Lead the Strategic Partnership
- Serve as the executive sponsor for the overall relationship between Microsoft and the customer.
- Establish trusted advisor relationships with Board members, Group Executive Board executives, and business and technology leaders.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the customer’s business strategy, transformation priorities, regulatory environment, and operating model evolution.
- Position Microsoft as a strategic transformation partner that helps the customer achieve its growth, productivity, resiliency, and innovation objectives.
- Represent the customer’s perspective across Microsoft, ensuring the full strength of Microsoft is aligned to customer priorities.
Accelerate AI-Powered Business Transformation
- Partner with business leaders to define how AI can fundamentally reshape client engagement, wealth management, advisory services, operations, software engineering, risk management, and employee productivity.
- Help the customer accelerate its AI agenda and translate strategic ambition into enterprise-scale transformation and measurable business outcomes.
- Lead the Strategic Partnership
- Serve as the executive sponsor for the overall relationship between Microsoft and the customer.
- What We Are Looking For
- Proven experience leading strategic global accounts, major transformation programs, or large business units within Financial Services.
Responsabilités principales
- Lead the Strategic Partnership
- Serve as the executive sponsor for the overall relationship between Microsoft and the customer.
- Establish trusted advisor relationships with Board members, Group Executive Board executives, and business and technology leaders.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the customer’s business strategy, transformation priorities, regulatory environment, and operating model evolution.
- Position Microsoft as a strategic transformation partner that helps the customer achieve its growth, productivity, resiliency, and innovation objectives.
- Represent the customer’s perspective across Microsoft, ensuring the full strength of Microsoft is aligned to customer priorities.
- Accelerate AI-Powered Business Transformation
- Partner with business leaders to define how AI can fundamentally reshape client engagement, wealth management, advisory services, operations, software engineering, risk management, and employee productivity.
- Help the customer accelerate its AI agenda and translate strategic ambition into enterprise-scale transformation and measurable business outcomes.
- Lead executive discussions on Frontier Firm transformation, agentic AI, new operating models, and the future of work in banking.
Exigences principales
- What We Are Looking For
- Proven experience leading strategic global accounts, major transformation programs, or large business units within Financial Services.
- Deep expertise in banking, wealth management, or capital markets, with comprehensive understanding of industry trends, regulatory requirements, and operating models.
- An established executive network and recognized credibility within the Swiss Financial Services ecosystem.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships with Board-level and C-suite executives.
Processus de candidature
- Connect Microsoft's end-to-end platform capabilities across Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure AI, Data, Security, Business Applications, and Cloud Infrastructure to the customer’s transformation priorities.
- Help the customer navigate the opportunities and challenges associated with AI adoption, including governance, compliance, resiliency, cyber security, privacy, operational risk, and digital sovereignty.
- Drive strategic engagement around the customer’s enterprise AI transformation agenda and support execution against the company's highest-priority business outcomes. Orchestrate One Microsoft
- Define and communicate a compelling account vision, long-term growth strategy, and transformational roadmap.
- This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Entreprise et contexte
- Microsoft's Financial Services organization is seeking an accomplished Global Strategic Account Director to lead one of our most important and strategic global client relationships.
- This role represents one of Microsoft's most consequential leadership opportunities within the Financial Services industry.
- The Global Strategic Account Director serves as Microsoft's lead business executive, accountable for the overall executive relationship, strategic partnership, and long-term business outcomes across the account.
- The successful candidate will combine deep industry expertise, executive credibility, transformational leadership, and technical acumen to help the customer accelerate its AI-powered business transformation while strengthening Microsoft's position as a trusted strategic partner.
- This role requires the ability to engage and influence at the Board, Group Executive Board, and C-suite level, shape transformation agendas, mobilize One Microsoft, and create measurable business impact through innovation, technology, and execution.
- 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.
- Lead and inspire a diverse virtual account team across sales, engineering, customer success, consulting, industry solutions, partner organizations, and Microsoft leadership.
- Create clarity, alignment, and accountability across stakeholders with a relentless focus on customer outcomes.
Détails supplémentaires
- Drive strategic engagement around the customer’s enterprise AI transformation agenda and support execution against the company's highest-priority business outcomes. Orchestrate One Microsoft
- Strengthen Microsoft's executive presence, strategic relevance, and market position across the customer organization. AI Fluency as a Leader
- The successful candidate will demonstrate both personal and professional mastery of AI, using it to drive business outcomes, accelerate decision making, improve productivity, and unlock new forms of customer value. Specifically, the leader will:
- Build AI capability and confidence across the broader account team and customer ecosystem. Microsoft Leadership Expectations
- As one of Microsoft's top customer-facing leaders, the Global Strategic Account Director is expected to exemplify Microsoft's Leadership Principles and culture.
- Translate customer priorities into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
- Lead through influence and create an environment where people can do their most impactful work.
- Drive measurable customer impact and sustainable growth for Microsoft. Live Microsoft's Culture
- In-depth knowledge of the Swiss market and willingness to be closely connected to the customer’s leadership ecosystem in Zurich. What Success Looks Like Success in this role means:
Notes et contenu original
- Responsibilities
- Drive strategic engagement around the customer’s enterprise AI transformation agenda and support execution against the company's highest-priority business outcomes.
- Orchestrate One Microsoft
- Strengthen Microsoft's executive presence, strategic relevance, and market position across the customer organization.
- AI Fluency as a Leader
- The successful candidate will demonstrate both personal and professional mastery of AI, using it to drive business outcomes, accelerate decision making, improve productivity, and unlock new forms of customer value.
- Specifically, the leader will:
- Build AI capability and confidence across the broader account team and customer ecosystem.
- Microsoft Leadership Expectations
- Create Clarity
Questions sur cette offre
Quel salaire propose Microsoft pour ce poste ?
Microsoft indique CHF 101 500 - 154 000 bruts par an pour ce poste à Zürich. Il s'agit du salaire publié dans l'annonce d'origine (ou, si l'employeur ne précise pas de montant, d'une estimation réaliste pour le rôle et le secteur) — le calculateur de ce site le convertit en net réel une fois l'impôt frontalier et les cotisations sociales appliqués.
Est-ce un poste à temps plein, et quel type de contrat propose Microsoft ?
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