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Senior Business Planner, Consumer Strategy and Portfolio Management - Microsoft Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Posted: Sep 29, 2022 05:14

Job Description

With tremendous growth in the last few years, the Microsoft Consumer organization is looking for strong, passionate leaders who can further accelerate growth. We are investing to fuel the business, and our team's charter is to define, pitch, fund, and track strategies to grow our consumer business across a broad product portfolio including Windows, Office, Edge, Bing, Gaming, and many more. Our portfolio consists of services and devices with hundreds of millions of users that are backed by our mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

In this highly visible role, you will be part of a high impact team that drives the overall consumer strategy, inclusive of product, experiences, and monetization. You will partner with engineering, marketing, and finance to develop business cases and bring those ideas to life.

This role requires strategic thinking, business leadership & acumen, cross-group collaboration, analytical skills, and solid executive communication skills. This is a tremendous opportunity to drive measurable impact in one of the company's strategically important customer segments.

Responsibilities

How you can make an impact:

  • Identify and build business cases to assess new business opportunities, both organic and inorganic, in the consumer portfolio

  • Develop and drive new portfolio monetization strategies across licensing, subscriptions, and advertising

  • Strategically partner with senior executives and their organizations to foster collaboration, alignment, and drive positive customer and business outcomes

  • Ensure mechanisms are in place for new initiatives to drive execution, including success metrics and accountabilities

  • Collaborate closely with engineering, marketing, finance, and corporate development on new business opportunities, monetization and distribution initiatives

  • Lead with trust, inclusion, and valuing diverse perspectives and ideas

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

  • 5+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience

  • OR equivalent experience

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

  • 8+ 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 6+ 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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest) .

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