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The Director of Strategic Partnerships & Platforms owns Microsoft Azure’s most complex and economically material platform partnerships, spanning operating systems, enterprise software, and infrastructure. This role is accountable for partnership strategy, commercial models, and monetization, ensuring Azure remains the preferred destination for customers’ most critical workloads. The Director of Strategic Partnerships & Workloads will lead a senior team of business planners, operating at the intersection of product, engineering, finance, legal, and sales, translating strategy into durable, scalable business outcomes.
Job Responsibility:
Own Azure’s strategic infrastructure partnerships (e.g., VMware, Oracle, SAP, Windows Server, and select third party platforms), including longterm strategy, monetization models, and executive alignment
Define how each partnership fits into Azure’s broader compute, infrastructure, and migration strategy, balancing customer choice with Azure-first economics
Serve as the primary business owner for platform positioning, value proposition, and differentiation versus on prem and competitive clouds
Design and evolve commercial frameworks (pricing and promotional constructs) that drive profitable growth and improved utilization
Apply a yield management mindset to constrained or high leverage platform areas, ensuring capital efficiency and durable economics
Drive cross functional execution across Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Legal, and Marketing
Establish clear governance, metrics, and success criteria for partnerships, ensuring transparency and accountability
Lead and develop a team of senior business planners and partnership leaders
Build a culture of analytical rigor, ownership, and executive level storytelling
Coach talent to operate effectively with ambiguity, complexity, and senior stakeholders
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
7+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience OR equivalent experience
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
Demonstrated ownership of complex, global strategies that require cross functional execution and operational scale
Developed and effective analytical and economic intuition, including experience using data to inform pricing, yield, or demand shaping decisions
Executive level communication and influence skills
Experience with cloud infrastructure, platform economics, or capacity constrained environments