Strategic Account Director - UK Defence
Microsoft Corporation
Multiple Locations, United Kingdom
Job posting number: #7318260 (Ref:ms-1892199)
Posted: October 12, 2025
Job Description
The Microsoft UK Public Safety and National Security (PS&NS) business focuses on partnering with our Government customers and industry partners to achieve strategic goals. PS&NS sites within the UK Public Sector business, and covers our Defence, Policing, Justice & National Security customers. This team is responsible for providing a differentiated Customer experience for these unique customers, delivering solutions that result in strategic business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft.
As a Strategic Account Director, you will be accountable for driving transformation in partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence, one of the largest and most complex customers in our UK business. You will lead our engagements across AI, Copilot and Security, to achieve both Microsoft and customer business outcomes. Leveraging your large, multi-functional team across the breadth of the Microsoft solutions portfolio, you will engage at the most senior levels across the UK Ministry of Defence and bring industry-relevant solutions to accelerate adoption and embrace digital technologies at scale.
With a proven history of leading teams (in a matrix organisation), achieving sales targets, customer obsession, and partner collaboration, this role will give the opportunity to leverage your leadership skills and sales experience to refresh and execute against our strategic partnership with UK Ministry of Defence.
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