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We are seeking an experienced Strategy Professional to join Microsoft’s Experiences & Devices (E+D) Strategy team. Experiences & Devices (E+D) is a product group within Microsoft creating trusted and loved productivity experiences and devices for people at home, work, and school. Some of Microsoft’s best-known products are supported by E+D: Microsoft 365 Copilot, Office, Windows, Outlook, Teams, Edge, Surface, and others. In this era of rapid technological change, the E+D Strategy team plays a crucial role in defining how E+D will drive the next wave of growth. The team’s charter includes Project-based quantitative and qualitative decision support for high-priority strategic issues. An ongoing focus on white space opportunity sizing, business model analysis, new initiative ideation, and competitive analysis and game theory. As a Director, E+D Strategy, this role requires you to be comfortable navigating a complex and dynamic environment, building solid relationships with senior stakeholders, and driving impactful work across a wide set of teams and disciplines. This role requires you to be onsite 3 days a week in Microsoft's offices in Redmond, WA.
Job Responsibility:
Product Strategy: Develop and frame product strategies and investment-ready plans in collaboration with product teams, business planning, marketing, and other disciplines
Resource Alignment: Inform allocation of resources to align with organizational goals, competitive pressures, and engineering execution across the Experiences + Devices organization
Market & Competitive Analysis: Identify opportunities, threats, and potential investments based on market trends, technology shifts, and competitor activities
Idea Factory: Identify transformative market shifts, forecast future trends, and develop actionable plans to capitalize on emerging opportunities
Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Lead key strategy projects, orchestrate workstreams across E+D and partners, and drive alignment between leaders and product organizations
Partnerships: Identify and develop opportunities for commercial partnerships
Strategy in the Era of AI: Help define the operational model for a high-impact strategy team, leveraging AI for maximum efficiency and impact
Scale the team’s impact by coaching and developing talent on the team to create an inclusive high-performing organization
Support a One Microsoft culture and influence horizontally across the company by partnering with teams from E+D, marketing, finance, corporate strategy, business development, and other central Microsoft teams
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ 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 4+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
4+ years experience in Strategy, Management Consulting, and/or Finance
A solid track record of driving strategic insight, considering product, technology, marketing, business model, and third-party/partner perspectives
Instincts for portfolio management, sound business judgment, and proven framing skills to support key trade-offs and decisions
Demonstrated hypothesis-driven, problem-solving orientation with the ability to leverage both quantitative and qualitative analyses for decision-making
Proven ability to engage, influence, and manage positive relationships with key stakeholders, including SLT/Corporate Vice President communities across engineering, marketing, finance, corporate strategy, business development, and external commercial partners