Senior Corporate Strategy & Development Manager

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our CEOs vision of Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge world. The Microsoft Corporate Strategy Team is a small specialized group that advises our CEO and executive leadership team on driving assessing and prioritizing the long-term strategic direction and growth for the company across its portfolio of existing and new offerings. The team has builta track recordof spotting trends early andsubsequentlyleading change throughout the company. The group broadly focuses on three sets of activities:

• Thought leadership on the future state of the industry (e.g. economics of the cloud) and potential impact to Microsofts overall strategy

• Counsel to senior executives on multi-billion dollardecisions (inclusive of needle moving growth drivers large strategic acquisitions and partnerships portfolio optimization etc.)

• Internal projects to ensure Microsofts processes and operations enable the company to grow and achieve our mission

This role puts you in the middle of one of the worlds largest companies ($130B revenue)in the midst ofseveral of the biggest disruptions the technology industry has ever seen. As a member of Microsofts Corporate Strategy Team you will drive formal quantitative and qualitative analytical decision support on high-priority cross-company strategic issues. Example project areasinclude:strategic acquisition evaluation value chain assessment white space opportunity sizing business model analysis new initiative ideation and competitive analysis and game theory.

Microsofts mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect integrity and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Corporate Strategy

• Develop and deliver divisional level analysis options execution plans and recommendations based on analytical rigor logic and subject matterexpertise

• Proactively spot strategic opportunities missed by others and plot insightful approaches to address them

• Investigates and provides an analysis of competitors partners business models market sizing and industry trends. Investigates and provides analysis of the merger and acquisition (M&A) venture funding and public market environment and market landscape analyses and reviews of companies of potential interest.

• Develops an understanding of Microsofts product portfolio strategic priorities competitive position gaps and potential and provides an analysis of the merger and acquisition (M&A) venture funding and public market environment and and reviews product roadmap go-to-market integration plans and related Issues.

Research Analysis & Framing

• Conducts market-based research by identifying and gathering information (e.g. financial statements reports analyses stakeholder feedback expert calls); interprets information with guidance from senior colleagues as needed including researching existing business and identifying new spaces for Microsoft; conducts analyses (e.g. financial modeling) to validate proposed ideas and inform business refininginitialframingestablishedby project lead for strategic questions and applies structure to analysis.

Problem Solving & Insight

• Guide project team problem solving through development of frameworks/methodologies to create insightful analysis and recommendations;identifythe right question to frame the teams work

• 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.

Communication

• Produce high-quality executive communications and arguments tofacilitatesenior discussions and decision making

• Deliver project findings recommendations and implications to senior executives clearly and succinctly

• Communicates and advocates insights to business leaders (e.g. Senior Managers Directors) and conveys viewpoints through written documents (e.g. memos reports) and influence models (e.g. meetings presentations) through multiple iterations of feedback and vettingcreatingand executing outlines. Delivers project findings recommendations and implications to business partners tofacilitatesenior discussions and decision making.

Business Partner Relationships

• Deliver project findings recommendations and implications to senior executives clearly and succinctly

• Establishes andmaintainskey points of contact with internal teams (e.g. Finance Marketing Engineering).Buildsworking relationships with junior project stakeholders and business partners. Shares knowledge with business leaders (e.g. Senior Managers Directors) on a particular area of expertiseleveragingand broadening deep technical/product knowledge and market awareness for a domain to inform strategic business decisions.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Business Finance Economics Liberal Arts Computer Science or related field AND 1 year(s) marketing strategy business planning consulting banking finance economics and/or partner organization experience OR equivalent experience.

Additionalor Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 3 years marketing strategy business planning consulting banking finance economics and/or partner organization experience OR Bachelors Degree in Business Finance Economics Liberal Arts Computer Science or related field AND 5 years marketing strategy business planning consulting banking finance economics and/or partner organization experience OR equivalent experience.
• 2 years experience in Strategy Management Consulting and/or Finance.
• 3 years experience in Strategy Management Consulting and/or Finance.

Business Strategy IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $86100 - $169800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $113300 - $187400 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations.

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