OU Partner Sales Lead - Brazil & MCSA

 The Americas Enterprise Partner Solutions (EPS) team is a sales organization accountable for the commercial partner business at Microsoft, and the mission is to build and sell Microsoft Cloud applications, and services  with partners, empowering people, and organizations to achieve more.

The OU Partner Sales Lead is the dedicated OU aligned voice of EPS and partners inside an Enterprise Operating Unit (OU), and the voice of the OU back inside EPS. The primary focus of the role is to ensure that partner is embedded into the strategy, and execution plans of the OU to accelerate revenue with partners. The role ensures key EPS initiatives land effectively in the OU, that the OU can seamlessly navigate EPS to drive partner-led business outcomes, and that EPS programs and motions are shaped by real OU feedback.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.

• Drive high-value inbound pipeline (Stages 1–3) at the opportunity level, in partnership with Account Team Unit (ATU) and Specialist Team Unit (STU) .
• Reinforce activation and action on inbound pipeline from partners across ATU, STU, and Customer Success Unit (CSU) teams and opportunity for partner acceleration, renewals, or sub-industry motions.
• Craft the right sub-industry partners and partner solutions to expand outbound pipeline sharing beyond association, while driving strategic Marketplace deals and enabling sellers to execute independently at scale.
• Identify business challenges or revenue shortfalls within the OU and work with EPS to surface the right partners or create partner motions to accelerate revenue.
• Land Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) co-selling motions with the OU and ensure follow-through on opportunities discussed from both seller and partner sides (ACME is owned/run by the GTM team; the Sales Lead ensures the right partners and sellers are chosen and that follow-through happens).
• Serve as the OU’s point of contact for Co-Sell Days.

• Revitalize partner as a first-class objective in OU planning and strategic account planning (not a bolt-on).
• Align partner inputs and mapping to OU customer and territory planning.
• Apply an OU relevance filter to EPS initiatives before they hit the field.
• Inform OU considerations into EPS planning cycles.
• Embed partner considerations into OU planning and execution as the “EPS conscience” inside the OU.

• Serve as the primary EPS presence in the OU’s Rhythms of Business — take part at the leader level in MBRs, forecast calls, and pipeline reviews to represent partner contribution and partner with the OU LT to increase partner engagement.
• Participate in 1–2 RevOps meetings per month for the OU to represent partner contribution and share relevant EPS programs and levers.
• Operate as a bidirectional translator (EPS ↔ OU): surface field feedback and blockers back to EPS leadership to inform strategy and program design.

• Partner-shared Stage 2 → Stage 3 pipeline velocity in the assigned OU.
• Increase Partner contribution and influence within the OU.
• Accelerate Marketplace Billed Sales growth and performance within the OU.
• Expand Net New Revenue and Partner Accelerate motion execution within the OU.
• Inbound co-sell pipeline coverage and conversion (Stages 1–3).

Required/minimum qualifications

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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