Microsoft Director Business Planning 

United States, Washington 

44985835

You’ll have the opportunity to foster and grow a high-performing team focused on driving commerce business strategy, business models, and customer buying experiences that further increase market competitiveness. You’ll also define our long-term roadmap and business requirements, which you’ll use to influence and drive successful execution of launches in partnership with engineering and other stakeholders from around the company. You’ll focus on nurturing strong cross-organization partnerships, developing influence strategies to accelerate your team’s vision and prioritization, and bringing your own and your team’s ideas to life through business case proposals.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years people-management experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience AND Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Computer Science, Economics, Business, or related field
  • OR 8+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience AND Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), or related field
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years people management experience.
• Understanding and experience working in commercial cloud businesses, either in the industry or at Microsoft.
• Storytelling skills, executive presence, and ability to influence at senior levels.
• Experience engaging with engineering stakeholders to gain credibility and partnership quickly.
• A track record of effectively influencing and working across stakeholders to define and execute initiatives with passion, precision, and excellence.
• Strategic thinking and ability to learn, understand and connect complex business models quickly.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 18, 2024.

How you can make an impact:

• Attract, retain, and grow your team as a manager and support a diverse and inclusive team culture.
• Define and lead strategic vision for our New Commerce experiences and business models spanning across Azure, Modern Workplace, Security and Identity, Business Applications, and software.
• Build business cases to influence strategic decision making on business models, platform, and purchasing experiences.
• Coach your team to develop business capabilities to enact strategy; turn business problems into thoughtful business requirements and oversee execution/development.
• Work with senior executives and their organizations to foster cross-discipline collaboration, alignment and One-Microsoft business outcomes.
• Create concise and impactful presentations and targeted communications as required to drive new strategies.
• Lead with trust, embracing and valuing diverse perspectives and ideas.
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What we’ll do for you:

• Champion and sponsor your success and career goals at every level of our leadership.
• Provide you the opportunity to drive material impact to Microsoft, our customers, and partners.
• Provide consistent opportunities to gain new experiences, learn, grow, and advance your career journey.
• Support who you are as your authentic self and help balance priorities relative to your desired work-life balance.
• Provide an inclusive environment where trust and shared perspectives are rewarded.
• Empower you to identify additional areas of work and chart your own path!