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Director, Sales

@ Microsoft

Toronto, Ontario

$181k–$303k/yrOn-siteFull-time7+ years experience
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Overview

Microsoft is hiring a Director, Sales to lead an Enterprise Account Team that drives Go to Market strategy and revenue growth within an industry or territory. The role leads sellers and engages senior business and C-level customer executives across the Microsoft product portfolio. The posting states a base pay range of CAD $181,000 to $303,000 per year.

Pay:

$181,000–$303,000 a year

Responsibilities:

  • Lead account teams and Go to Market execution
  • Engage senior customer and C-level executives
  • Achieve billed revenue, consumption and adoption targets
  • Hire, retain and develop sales talent
  • Build partnerships across the organization

Requirements summary:

  • Master's or bachelor's degree in business, sales, marketing, computer science or engineering
  • 7+ years sales or leadership experience (master's) or 8+ years (bachelor's)
  • 3+ years direct people management experience
  • 5+ years leading sales teams or managers preferred

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Employer posting date
2026-11-04
First seen by our source
2026-11-05
Source record updated
2026-11-05

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Job details

SeniorityDirector
DepartmentSales
Experience7+ years
Management experience3+ years
Manages peopleYes
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Work settingOffice, Client sites
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish, French
EducationMaster’s degree (required), Bachelor’s degree (required)
Fields of studyBusiness Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering

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Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all…

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Company size10,001+ employees
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Job description
Overview

Microsoft’s Enterprise Account Team focuses on partnering with customers to achieve strategic goals. This team is responsible for providing differentiated customer experience for our customers, delivering solutions that result in targeted business outcomes and driving revenue growth for Microsoft.

As a Director, Sales, you will drive transformation propelling both Microsoft and our clients towards achieving business outcomes. You will lead a team of sellers to execute Go to Market strategy for your Industry/Territory.

Leveraging your large, multi-functional team across the breadth of the Microsoft product portfolio, engage at the most senior levels of your customer and deliver industry-relevant solutions to help the customer adopt and embrace business transformation.

With a proven history of driving growth in market share, achieving sales targets, customer obsession, and partner collaboration, this role will leverage your extensive customer network and sales experience to execute against an account plan.

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.



Responsibilities

Deliver business growth through leading and empowering account teams. You will lead execution of Go to Market (GTM) to deliver customers’ business outcomes across their entire lifecycle.

Accelerate customer satisfaction and model executive engagements with business decision makers and C-level executives.

Win against competition by establishing Microsoft as market leaders, maximizing Customer spend, achieving targets (billed revenue, consumption, and adoption).

Lead partnership across the organization to achieve business value for customers and business results for Microsoft.

Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring of your team.

Develop, empower and transform your team to meet industry and customer needs by hiring, retaining, and developing talent

Apply industry and market expertise, leading a team to identify solutions to drive new opportunities in alignment with customers’ needs and develop industry-specific capabilities and expertise in relevant local trade, regulatory, and policy environments (e.g., opening doors and removing barriers for sales teams, partners, and customers) across geographic areas.



Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 7+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 8+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR equivalent experience.

  • 3+ years direct/formal people management experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 10+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering (e.g., Electrical or Mechanical), Business Management, Economics, or related field AND 13+ years experience in sales, marketing/advertising, managing high performance sales and technical-sales teams, and/or leadership roles in multi-tiered large organizations OR equivalent experience.

  • 5+ years experience leading teams and/or managers in a Sales organization.

  • 5+ years direct/formal people management experience.



Sales Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $181,000 - CAD $303,000 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html



Sales Management M6 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 181,000 $ CAD à 303,000 $ CAD par année.

Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html



Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.


This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.



Microsoft est un employeur offrant l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Tous les candidats qualifiés seront pris en considération pour l’emploi, sans égard à l’âge, à l’ascendance, à la citoyenneté, à la couleur, aux congés médicaux ou familiaux, à l’identité ou à l’expression de genre, aux renseignements génétiques, à l’état d’immigration, à l’état matrimonial, à l’état de santé, à l’origine nationale, à un éventuel handicap physique ou mental, à l’affiliation politique, au statut de vétéran protégé ou au statut militaire, à la race, à l’ethnie, à la religion, au sexe (y compris la grossesse), à l’orientation sexuelle ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois, ordonnances et règlements locaux applicables. Si vous avez besoin d’aide avec des accommodements religieux et/ou d’un accommodement raisonnable en raison d’un handicap pendant le processus de candidature, apprenez-en plus sur la demande d’accommodement.


Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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