Director, Sales Excellence - Search Advertising

Required/minimum qualifications • 8+ years experience with active participation in sales, sales operations/management, account management, program management, business development, marketing, consulting, or a related field OR equivalent experience. • 3+ years people management experience. Skills: Advertising, Advertising Sales, Benchmarking, Best Practices, Budgeting, Business Development, Business Growth, Business Intelligence, Business Plan, Business Strategy, Change Management, Coaching, Consulting, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, Cross-Selling, Customer Relations, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems, Data Quality, Diversity, Employee Retention, Forecasting, Incentive Programs, Leadership, Legal, Market Analysis, Market Entry Strategy, Market Trend Analysis, Marketing, Matrix Management, Meet Sales Quota, Mentoring, Metrics, Microsoft Product Family, Operational Strategy, Operations Management, People Management, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Process Improvement, Product/Service Launch, Productivity Management, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Relationship Management, Reporting Skills, Resolve Customer Issues, Revenue Growth, Risk Management, Sales, Sales Analysis, Sales Forecasting, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Sales Support, Scalable System Development, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Time Management, Up-Selling, Usability Engineering As a Microsoft employee, you’re surrounded by a diverse group of the smartest people in your field. From day one, we give our employees significant responsibility.