Sales Business Development -- Startups

Microsoft Incubator team (CSI) works directly with many of the top startups in the world. We spend our days interfacing with founders of startups, top accelerator and incubator leadership teams, many early-stage angel and VC investors, and navigating cross-Microsoft to enable startups to realize outsized success. The team aims to drive high-impact initiatives across whole Microsoft to build the startup ecosystem in Greater China region and support the next generation of startup entrepreneurs. This is a great opportunity to get plugged into the center of the global startup ecosystem and disruptive technology evolution that is reshaping and redefining how we live. We’re seeking driven and talented team members who are passionate about startup life and helping startup founders. Candidates must possess both business and technical background to enable the candidate to drive effective engagement with startup founders, engineers and builders. Top candidates will have worked in a structured and rigorous environment, whether in a corporate structure (e.g. major technology platform companies), later-stage startup environment (e.g. reporting to a Board of Directors), investment banking, and/or consulting. The candidate must have demonstrated the ability to think strategically about market, industry, business, product and technical challenges, convey compelling data-driven decisions, and work collaboratively to build consensus.