Overview
Overview
As an Industry Advisor for Education, you will play a pivotal role in driving digital transformation and innovation across the Education sector. Your mission is to engage with executive-level stakeholders to co-create strategies that unlock new revenue streams, optimise operations, and deliver hyper-personalised experiences through cutting-edge technologies.
You will bring deep domain expertise in the Education Industry , with a strong understanding of industry-specific applications for AI and digital in the Education ecosystem. Your insights will help shape transformation strategies that align with broader business goals and industry trends.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor to C-level leaders, aligning Microsoft technology to industry challenges and innovation opportunities.
- Lead digital transformation across artificial intelligence (AI), data, and cloud to modernize systems and accelerate business outcomes.
- Shape industry-focused sales strategies, contribute to account planning, and drive pipeline growth through co-innovation and thought leadership.
- Build and strengthen relationships with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), System Integrators (SIs), and infrastructure partners to scale industry solutions globally.
- Translate industry trends into actionable insights that inform go-to-market strategy and solution design.
- Drive strategic account engagement and multi-year roadmaps aligned to customer business and technology priorities.
- Identify and advance high-value opportunities, use cases, and repeatable solution plays.
- Lead executive-level discussions to define business goals, shape strategy, and articulate value through strong business cases.
- Collaborate across internal teams and partner organizations to design and deliver envisioned solutions.
- Champion consultative selling, knowledge sharing, and best practices across account and partner teams.
- Maintain deep industry expertise and continuously build knowledge through learning and certification.