Microsoft Senior Business Strategy Manager 

United States, Washington 

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Required 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 (e.g., scaling a business, incubation, driving change in a large company, entrepreneurship, management consulting).
• 4+ years of experience in high-tech Supply Chain or Sourcing
• 2+ years of experience in Management Consulting, Supply Chain Strategy or Corporate Strategy

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master’s degree in Supply Chain
• 3+ years of experience in leading strategy projects involving cross functional teams
• Experience in owning exec-level communications (to GM/VP and above)
• Demonstrated capability in driving analysis, problem-solving and strategic thinking

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

The role of Senior Business Strategy Manager will be focusing on key areas:

• Drive direction: Provide thought-leadership and define strategic agenda for Microsoft Cloud Supply Chain
• Perform analysis and develop recommendation: collect external and internal cross-functional data, drive analysis, identify gap, recommend improvement actions
• Manage strategy projects: Partner with cross-functional teams to drive actions, bring strategy to life and deliver results
• Influence and communicate: Lead executive-level communication and influence cross-functional stakeholders
• Conduct analysis, synthesize findings, develop recommendations to drive supply chain strategies. Topics ranging from industry intelligence and benchmarking, mid to long-term operations/ supply chain optimization, to firefighting and resolving short-term Supply Chain and Sourcing challenges
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive implementation of strategic projects: from defining plan, monitoring progress, tracking KPI, removing roadblock to delivering result and institutionalize
• Partner with Supply Chain, Sourcing and Engineering teams to ensure supply chain resiliency is built-in at product launch, with diversified supply base and geography
• Lead executive communications to drive strategic agenda and report progress
• Engage with cross functional teams on Supply chain and Sourcing related initiatives, e.g., Sustainability, government policy
• Serve as trusted advisor and support other Supply Chain and Sourcing teams to form strategic agenda and executive communications

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