Microsoft Senior Strategic Partner Manager - Xbox 

Japan, Chiyoda 

156600818

Strategic Partner Manager for, youare responsible forbased global gaming partners.  Ourbased game publishers and developers to develop games for the Xbox ecosystem across Console, PC, Cloud,and Game Pass platforms and empower Creators to grow, engage, and monetize their community of players.  You will empower the Game Creators to focus on their games and communities by introducing them to Microsoft products and services to help build andtheir games, studios

• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience isrequired
• Demonstrated experience in a consumer, tech and/or interactive media & entertainment business focused on growing apartner'sbusiness.
• 8+ years of experience in partner management, business development,and/orcontent publishing/launch operations. Experience within the video game industry is a plus.
• Experience in partner management in Japan with Japanese partners
• Experience in developing long-term, strategic partnership growth plans and executing against those plans
• Strong partner relationship management and solution development skills
• Possesses a network of relationships with partners, potential partners, competitors to aid in opportunity identification
• Ability tocommunicate,lead,influenceand drive results at all levels (from senior executives to individual contributors) and all functions (such as engineering, marketing, sales, services, finance and legal) in a complex technical and evolving business environment and under conditions of fast pace and ambiguity
• Experience working with global teams across time zones and geographies preferred
• Inclusive and collaborative – driving teamwork and cross-team alignment
• Strong executive presence including communication and presentation skills
• Problem solving mentalityleveraginginternal and/or external resources, conflict resolution, and follow through with partners
• Ability to travel globallyand locallyto visit partners and teams up to 25% ofthe time.
• Native level Japanese andfluency in English
• Playing video games, of any type, is a plus.

Be a connector.You will, develop, and-based partners across the globe, new partners, competitors, investors, and thought leaders.  You willthese relationships to gather industrytransaction execution.

., ourpartners are supportedby aProduction Partner Managers,and marketing Product ManagersSenior Strategic Partner Manageryou willas well as,internal partners across legal, finance,e-commerce, Game Pass,support our partnerships.

Role Model a Growth Mindset., Game Pass, Mobilethe Cloud.  You will champion theGaming strategyand work closely with fellowo evangelizeand executethe strategy with

You will lead by exampleby listeningto and understandthe needs ofpartners and craft a strategy that delivers win-win solutions for the partner and for Microsoft Gaming. You will build strong internal partnerships both globally and regionally withs such asGame Pass,to bring together and evolve the long-term partnership strategies with our partnersto ensure it is relevant, executable, and sustainable.

Be an Intrapreneur.understand the costsmake a go/no-go recommendation and prioritize the opportunity. Where the opportunity requires a partnership with a Game Creator, you will partner with the Business Development team to creatively structure deal terms, develop a negotiation strategy andhelp drive, and together you willwith all stakeholders at all stages of the deal process to secure buy-in and approvals.In all aspects, share information and best practiceor effective and efficient waysto drive goals

Be partner feedback and data driven.You will collect partner feedback,and external trends to inform strategy and decision making. You willprogress against the strategy and investment areas to enable business success. You will synthesize partner feedback and industry signals/deal trends to influence Gaming product priorities, business models and deal structures.

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