Microsoft

Microsoft

Reading, South East

Senior Cloud & AI Sales Specialist – Water Industry

Full-Time£70,000 - 100,000 per yearanteayerUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £70,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Proven enterprise technology sales experience with a consistent record of meeting or exceeding revenue and quota targets.
  • Experience owning a sales quota and being accountable for sales performance and business outcomes in large enterprise accounts.
  • Demonstrated success creating pipeline, executing sales strategies, and closing complex opportunities involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Ability to lead through influence, engage executive stakeholders, and coordinate cross-functional teams.
  • Strong understanding of cloud technologies, data and analytics platforms, AI, and application modernization.
  • Experience engaging senior business and technical decision makers on Azure, Data & AI, Microsoft Fabric, and emerging technology opportunities.
  • Commercial acumen and the ability to identify, shape, and accelerate strategic growth opportunities.
  • A strategic, customer-focused, resilient approach, with a growth mindset, strong relationship-building skills, and a passion for measurable business impact.
Responsibilities:
  • Own and exceed Cloud & AI Platforms revenue, Azure Consumption Revenue, consumption, and platform adoption targets across strategic water industry customers.
  • Develop and execute account growth strategies for long-term cloud, data, and AI transformation.
  • Lead executive-level conversations with technology and business leaders and transformation stakeholders.
  • Build, qualify, progress, and close complex enterprise sales opportunities from creation through execution.
  • Create and accelerate new-business pipeline while expanding existing Microsoft platform investments.
  • Lead competitive sales pursuits, positioning our Cloud & AI solutions against AWS, Google Cloud, and other alternatives.
  • Drive end-to-end adoption across Azure, Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Azure Data Services, GitHub, and related cloud and AI technologies.
  • Coordinate Solution Engineers, Technical Specialists, Architects, Customer Success, partners, and account teams to deliver customer outcomes and win strategic opportunities.
  • Identify customer business priorities and align our solutions to measurable business value and transformation outcomes.
  • Build trusted-advisor relationships that position us as the strategic Cloud & AI partner of choice.
Technologies:
  • AI
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Cloud
  • Copilot
  • Fabric
  • GitHub
  • DevOps

More:

We are seeking a resilient, sales-minded Senior Cloud & AI Solution Sales Specialist to drive Cloud, Data, and AI transformation for some of the UKs largest water industry customers. This is a quota-carrying individual contributor role focused on revenue growth, Azure consumption, pipeline creation, and strategic platform adoption across a portfolio of key accounts. You will work with our technical specialists, solution engineers, architects, customer success teams, and partners. The full-time role is based in Reading, Berkshire, with two days per week in the office and 25–50% travel. The typical UK base pay range is £74,400–£105,900 per year; some roles may also be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, and the posting will remain open for at least five days. We are an equal opportunity employer and provide information about accommodations during the application process.

last updated 39 week of 2026

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