Microsoft Senior Manager - Cloud & AI Strategy 

United States, Washington 

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TheCloud + AI Corporate Strategy team

The group broadly focuses on three sets of activities:

• Thought leadership on the major shifts in the technology industry Generative AI (e.g., this was the team that originally pushed for Microsoft’s strategy shift towards the cloud – ).
• Translating strategy into product reality across Azure, Artificial Intelligence, Copilots, Business Applications, Healthcare and Software as a Service (SaaS) including Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) (e.g., the team drove the GitHub and Nuance acquisitions).
• Partner with different product groups on their Generative AI strategy.
• Engaging with our top customers to help them formulate their Generative AI strategy.

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Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 3+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Strategy, Management Consulting, and/or Finance OR equivalent experience (e.g., scaling a business, incubation, driving change in a large company, entrepreneurship).

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 18, 2024.

• Contributes to one or multiple defined Strategy project(s), with guidance as needed with increasing independence.
• For relevant projects, researches and develops a position on Microsoft’s product portfolio, strategic priorities, competitive position, gaps, and potential opportunities. Investigates and provides an analysis of the merger and acquisition (M&A), venture funding and public market environment and trends.
• Synthesizes findings into insights within a project, including implications that inform business decisions; leverages insights to support strategic recommendations for Microsoft, with guidance from project leads.
• Communicates and advocates insights to business leaders and conveys viewpoints through written documents (e.g., memos, or short demos) and influence models (e.g., meetings, presentations). Delivers project findings, recommendations, and implications to business partners to facilitate senior discussions and decision making.
• Establishes and maintains key points of contact with internal teams (e.g., Finance, Marketing, Engineering). Builds working relationships with project stakeholders and business partners. Shares knowledge with business leaders on a particular area of expertise, leveraging and broadening deep technical/product knowledge and market awareness for a domain to inform strategic business decisions.