Senior Corporate Strategy & Development Manager

• Develop and deliver divisional level analysis, options, execution plans, and recommendations based on analytical rigor, logic, and subject matter expertise
• 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 trends. Conducts market landscape analyses and reviews of companies of potential interest.
• Develops an understanding of Microsoft’s product portfolio, strategic priorities, competitive position, gaps, and potential opportunities. Investigates and provides an analysis of the merger and acquisition (M&A), venture funding and public market environment and trends. Supports and reviews product roadmap, go-to-market, integration plans, and related Issues.
• 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 decisions. Assists in refining initial framing established by project lead for strategic questions and applies structure to analysis.
• Guide project team problem solving through development of frameworks/methodologies to create insightful analysis and recommendations
• identify the right question to frame the team’s 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.
• Produce high-quality executive communications and arguments to facilitate senior 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 vetting, creating and executing outlines. Delivers project findings, recommendations, and implications to business partners to facilitate senior discussions and decision making.
• Deliver project findings, recommendations, and implications to senior executives clearly and succinctly
• Establishes and maintains key points of contact with internal teams (e.g., Finance, Marketing, Engineering). Builds working relationships with junior project stakeholders and business partners. Shares knowledge with business leaders (e.g., Senior Managers, Directors) on a particular area of expertise, leveraging and broadening deep technical/product knowledge and market awareness for a domain to inform strategic business decisions.

• Bachelor's 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.
• Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 3+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience OR Bachelor's 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.

• Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 3+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience OR Bachelor's 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.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.