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Windows Specialist Manager

Microsoft· Solution Area Specialists
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Sydney, NSW, Australia, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Lead a team of Windows Specialists to define, defend, and modernize customers' Windows endpoint strategies at scale, coordinating with internal teams and partners to drive Windows adoption and AI-enabled workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a team of Windows Specialists, setting clear goals, operating rhythms, role clarity, and accountability for business outcomes, customer impact, and execution quality.
  • Hire, onboard, coach, and develop employees, building capability in consultative selling, Windows platform strategy, technical credibility, customer engagement, partner orchestration, and executive communication.
  • Drive team execution against strategic priorities, including Windows adoption, competitive defense, revenue growth, pipeline progression, lighthouse wins, and customer value realization.
  • Role model and coach high-impact customer engagements, engaging directly with customers where appropriate and guiding Specialists through discovery, envisioning, proof, value realization, stakeholder alignment, and executive-level conversations with CIO, CTO, CISO, and AI transformation leaders.
  • Lead cross-functional orchestration and stakeholder management, partnering with account teams, engineering, marketing, OEMs, silicon partners, distributors, resellers, and services partners to remove blockers and scale repeatable motions.
  • Build an inclusive, high-performing team culture, creating an environment grounded in growth mindset, customer obsession, collaboration, respect, integrity, and accountability where employees can do their best work.
  • Manage performance, talent, and succession planning, using clear goals, regular coaching, feedback, employee engagement insights, and development plans to strengthen capability and improve team impact over time.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, Information Security, or related field AND 6+ years of experience in enterprise technology, consultative selling, Specialist sales, business leadership, or transformation-focused roles OR equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years people management experience and leading a team of direct reports.
  • Proven leadership experience building, coaching, and developing high-performing teams, with a track record of driving accountability, talent growth, and business results through others.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships and lead executive-level engagements with CIO, CTO, CISO, procurement, and business decision makers, influencing strategic technology decisions and outcomes.
  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional opportunities by aligning account teams, partners, engineering, and customer stakeholders to remove blockers and achieve business objectives.
  • Well-developed business and technical acumen, translating complex platform, security, management, and AI concepts into clear business value and outcomes.
  • Deep expertise in Windows Enterprise, endpoint management, and workplace transformation (Windows 11, Microsoft Intune, Configuration Manager, cloud-native management) and guiding modernization, security, and AI-readiness initiatives.

Skills

Required:People leadershipExecutive stakeholder managementWindows Enterprise knowledge
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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