Account Manager

**Account Manager**:
Paris, France

Date posted

**Oct 13, 2025**
- Job number

**1885198**
- Work site

**4 days / week in-office**
- Travel

**25-50**%**
- Role type

**Individual Contributor**
- Profession

**Customer Success**
- Discipline

**Advertising Client Success**
- Employment type

**Full-Time**

**Overview**:

- Do you love building new client relationships, diving deep into customers' business and industry dynamics, and get the most satisfaction when you and a partner both win big? The Acquisition & Growth team is tasked with finding, selling and nurturing the next big customers and partners to the Microsoft Advertising business. Our Growth AMs in particular are leading the relationships with our most highly coveted new business, showing them what incredible customer service looks like and creating super fans of the Microsoft Advertising Performance Ad Suite.

Microsoft Advertising (MSA) empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through digital advertising solutions on the Microsoft Advertising platform. We are seeking top performing Account Managers with digital advertising experience who can drive revenue and increase customer satisfaction by developing and cultivating strategic client relationships and delivering customized solutions aligning to the client’s advertising needs. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

**Qualifications**:
**Required Qualifications**:

- Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
- OR relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
- OR equivalent experience.

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**Responsibilities**:

- You will plan with Purpose Through Client Planning as you will partner with the teams, including AEs, Specialist team to develop and execute MSA account plan, leveraging winning sales strategies replicated across clients and client types.
- You will learn about the client’s business drivers, compelling events, seasonality of business to identify opportunities to optimize consumption and partner with the Account Executive in development of sales plans for the client. Goals focus on Search and incubation product growth, as well as cross Microsoft opportunities and share accountability with the Account Executive and the team.
- You will influence existing Digital Marketing Managers and Directors, Digital Buying Groups and always leads with insights and data and tailor content and messages about ways to grow and optimize campaigns to increase business results as you influence Stakeholders and Decision Makers by sharing data insights and product demonstrations, bring to life how MSA can increase business results.
- You will optimize the existing book of client business to achieve sales targets and deliver excellent sales hygiene, consistently execute against pipeline, opportunity management, and revenue goals.
- You will use a solution selling mindset to identify across Microsoft opportunities that deliver end-to-end beneficial client outcomes as well as bring the best resources to overcome blockers and ensure success.
- You will support the Account Executive in building a negotiation plan to ensure smooth closing and timely renewal of contracts.
- You will maintain a positive approach during difficult objections & negotiations and demonstrate expertise in MSA’s features and incentives, including incubations products.
- You will be able to upsell and increase consumption of existing products, identify winning sales strategies, package them for efficiency and replicate them across similar client types.
- Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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Industry leading healthcare
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Educational resources
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Discounts on products and services
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Savings and investments
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Maternity and paternity leave
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Generous time away
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Giving programs
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Opportunities to network and connect