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State of California Strategic Account Manager

Posted Oct 21, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Sales B2B & Enterprise Sales
Salary
$145.6K – $205.6K/yr
Location
Sacramento, California, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Education
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy,...
Visa support
Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties.

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Role Summary

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The State of California Strategic Account Manager partners with the State of California to develop long-term account strategies and align Microsoft capabilities with customer priorities. The role focuses on building trusted relationships and bringing technology, including artificial intelligence capabilities, to public-sector priorities.

What You'll Do

  • Develop and execute long-term account strategies aligned with customer priorities, business goals, budgets, and forecasts.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders and customer decision makers to develop account plans and advance shared objectives.
  • Build relationships across customer organizations, cultivate alignment on long-term goals, and support execution.
  • Coordinate with internal industry experts to understand Microsoft offerings, competitors, and customer priorities, and articulate...
  • Identify strategic opportunities and orchestrate solutions that support digital transformation and create measurable business value.

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Qualifications

Required: Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of industry experience and/or driving digital transformation, OR Master's Degree and 7+ years of that experience, OR 11+ years of that experience, OR equivalent experience; 4+ years making recommendations to and/or collaborating with mid-to-senior level executives; and 6+ years closing large, complex agreements/deals.

Required

  • 4+ years experience making recommendations to and/or collaborating with mid-to-senior level executives.
  • 6+ years experience closing large, complex agreements/deals.

Preferred

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 11+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy,...

Original job description

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Overview

Step into a role where your ideas spark innovation and your impact is felt every day. You will join the West Strategics State Local Education team to partner with the State of California on opportunities to transform government services and deliver meaningful business outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to bring artificial intelligence capabilities to complex public-sector priorities.

As a State of California Strategic Account Manager, you will develop long-term account strategies, build trusted relationships with business and technical decision makers, and align Microsoft capabilities to customer needs. Your work will help advance the team’s mission and enable the State of California to realize value through technology. Join the team and help shape what is possible.

At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth‑mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress, people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.



Responsibilities
  • You will generate and leverage business strategic industry-focused insights to solve customer business problems.
  • You will cultivate relationships and use Microsoft sales strategies throughout multiple levels of the customer's organization to establish alignment on long-term goals and secure buy-in and execution.
  • You will orchestrate the creation of long-term strategies aimed at building a level of loyalty that would be hard for competitors to overcome. You will proactively coordinate with an internal network of industry experts to build and maintain knowledge of Microsoft's offerings, the industry, competitors, and customer business priorities to articulate Microsoft's value proposition and shape business direction.
  • Develop and execute long-term account strategies that align customer priorities, business goals, budgets, and forecasts with Microsoft solutions.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders and customer decision makers to develop tailored account plans and advance shared objectives.
  • Orchestrate high-impact solutions that support digital transformation and create measurable business value for the State of California.
  • Build relationships across customer organizations to understand priorities, shape strategy, and enable execution.
  • Identify strategic opportunities and develop value propositions that address customer needs and expand impact.


Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation
    • OR Master's Degree AND 7+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation
    • OR 11+ years experience in working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years experience making recommendations to and/or collaborating with mid-to-senior level executives.
  • 6+ years experience closing large, complex agreements/deals.
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Other Requirements:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 11+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation
    • OR Master's Degree AND 9+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation
    • OR equivalent experience. 


Strategic Account Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $107,600 - $187,500 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,600 - $205,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay


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



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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