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This role will report into the ATO Managing Director and can be based out of Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria or South Africa. The Snr BDM will be a key member of the ATO leadership team and will work closely with the ATO lead in execution of strategic AI transformation partnerships to drive digital transformation in Africa targeting African and Global MNCs, African governments; Start ups & SMEs.

The Senior Sales Business Development Manager plays a key role in Microsoft's ATO enablement and growth strategy. This position calls for an agile and enterprising individual who can handle multiple tasks and quickly learn as the ATO expands its mandate through AI transformation journey. The individual will need to achieve results by effectively navigating matrix organizations and working with the Microsoft Africa leadership team—particularly country managers—to execute on bespoke country value propositions.

Finally, you will be co-leading the unconventional partnerships and project workstreams that will be driving AI transformation at scale across the African continent.