Planet Technologies, the Nation’s leading Microsoft services provider to the public sector, is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing team as a Power Platform Sales Executive. In this role, you will be supporting impactful work that helps keep our communities safe and our government running.
This accomplished, results-driven seller and trusted advisor is energized by opening doors and building relationships. You will grow Planet’s Power Platform and Business Applications practice - helping organizations modernize legacy systems, automate business processes, and build low-code solutions across Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, and Dynamics 365. Success in this role comes from a blend of new-business development, expanding relationships with existing customers alongside our account teams, and partnering with Microsoft to reach and serve their customers. Above all, you lead with business outcomes and a passion for turning a customer’s application backlog into realized value
Responsibilities
This role drives growth across three complementary sales motions:
- New-business development – generate net-new pipeline and revenue through outbound prospecting, marketing campaigns, referrals, and presence at industry conferences and networking events.
- Sell-through with Planet account teams – partner with our existing account teams to expand relationships and grow Power Platform opportunities within our current customer base.
- Sell-through with Microsoft – collaborate with Microsoft field and Business Applications teams to identify and serve their customers, leveraging co-sell programs such as Copilot + Power Accelerate where applicable.
- Position Planet’s Power Platform professional services to help customers accelerate their application backlog and consolidate legacy or third-party platforms.
- Identify and qualify high-value low-code scenarios such as legacy system replacement, process automation, Smartsheet/SharePoint/Excel modernization, external portals via Power Pages, and AI-infused solutions using Copilot Studio and AI Builder.
- Lead with business outcomes over technology, translating low-code capabilities into value for business and IT decision makers (CIO, IT Director, business process owners).
- Develop, maintain, and grow meaningful relationships with customers, partners, and Microsoft teams that expand Planet’s reach and create new opportunities.
- Build fluency in the Power Platform value proposition and licensing model, including how it spans Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics 365.
- Frame solution-oriented projects by engaging Cloud Strategists, Solution Architects, and the Business Applications practice at the right stage, helping ensure proposals are compelling, compliant, and competitive.
- Partner across the organization in the identification, development, and prompt delivery of SOWs and RFX responses tailored to each client’s unique needs.
- Provide timely, accurate forecasts and pipeline reporting to leadership, executing in accordance with Planet’s established sales methods, processes, and tools.
- Meet or exceed bookings and pipeline-generation targets by prospecting, qualifying, and driving opportunities to close.
This role drives growth across three complementary sales motions:
Across these motions, you will:
Qualifications
- Proven success in technology sales with a track record of sourcing and closing new business.
- Experience selling Power Platform, Business Applications, Dynamics 365, or low-code/custom application development services is strongly preferred.
- A working understanding of the Microsoft technology landscape and how Power Platform delivers value across Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics 365.
- Ability to translate technical low-code capabilities into business value and to lead outcome-based conversations with business and IT decision makers.
- A proven Trusted Advisor who builds on both new and existing relationships to deliver innovative professional services solutions.
- Experience developing meaningful partner and channel relationships that generate pipeline and accelerate deals.
- Ability to prospect and cross-sell using both traditional methods (phone, email, campaigns) and creative, “out of the box” approaches.
- Previous success as an Account Executive, Technical Seller, or similar role at a Microsoft-focused or technology services organization is ideal.
- Experience working with clients in State and Local Government, Healthcare, Education, or the Manufacturing/Defense Industrial Base is a plus.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the judgment to know what and when to escalate.
- A collaborative team player with a customer-success mindset and a high level of integrity, professionalism, and commitment to client satisfaction.
- Willingness to travel as needed to customer sites and industry events.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field, or comparable work experience.
Why This Role
Planet builds Power Platform the way Microsoft intended—with a consulting-as-a-service model and a deep bench of Power Platform and Dynamics consultants. This is an opportunity for a seller who wants to make an impact in one of Planet’s fastest-growing practices. If you are energized by building relationships, thrive on helping customers turn their app backlog into business value, and want to grow your career in a high-growth space, we would love to hear from you.
Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft Consulting Services to public sector and commercial organizations. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, and systems management with an emphasis building, deploying, and managing custom solutions that transform the business operations of federal government agencies.
Planet Technologies does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. Select positions at Planet Technologies have Federal Agency Clearance Requirements and may require up to a 10-year background investigation and/or US Citizenship (clearable).
Salaries for Sales Executive positions at Planet Technologies includes a commission component. Several factors will impact final pay offered to a successful candidate including but not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, clearance level, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, training, etc.
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Skills Required
- Proven success in technology sales with a track record of sourcing and closing new business
- Working understanding of Microsoft technology landscape and how Power Platform spans Microsoft 365, Azure, and Dynamics 365
- Ability to translate low-code technical capabilities into business value and lead outcome-based conversations with business and IT decision makers
- Trusted advisor skills with experience building and expanding customer relationships
- Experience developing partner and channel relationships that generate pipeline and accelerate deals
- Ability to prospect and cross-sell using phone, email, campaigns, and creative approaches
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Collaborative team player with customer-success mindset, professionalism, and commitment to client satisfaction
- Willingness to travel as needed to customer sites and industry events
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field, or comparable work experience
- Experience selling Power Platform, Business Applications, Dynamics 365, or low-code/custom application development services
- Previous success as an Account Executive, Technical Seller, or similar at a Microsoft-focused or technology services organization
- Experience working with clients in State and Local Government, Healthcare, Education, or Manufacturing/Defense
What We Do
Planet Technologies was built around investing in and developing long term relationships with our customers and corporate partners. We work hard to keep our staff trained on the latest technologies, policy and operational issues impacting today’s federal and corporate environments. Being an expert on the technology we support is the first step, more importantly is understanding your business mission and integrating technology into a long term strategic plan. Planet Technologies is the leading provider of Microsoft consulting services to public sector and commercial organizations. Our team of Microsoft experts provides support for Office 365, CRM, SharePoint, System Center, SQL, and Windows 7-10. Planet has significant experience in deploying business intelligence, cloud services, unified communications, records management, workflow automation, collaboration, systems management, virtualization and more. A Global Leader in Microsoft Technologies: Few companies can compare to Planet Technologies when it comes to an established relationship with Microsoft. As a company with a 100% focus on the Microsoft platform, we know Microsoft technologies and we are a trusted partner. As a team of experienced and certified Microsoft consultants and Microsoft trainers, we are the best partner to help your staff get up to speed quickly and cost effectively in order to make your business more productive with your Enterprise Agreement investment. Advanced certifications • Microsoft Partner with five gold and ten silver competencies • CPLS Microsoft certified training Highly skilled staff • Microsoft Certified Solutions Masters (MCSM) • Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) • Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT) • Microsoft CRM Rangers • 150+ Microsoft Consultants We are a full-service, independent training company providing a range of IT and developer training services based on Microsoft technologies to individuals and organizations.
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