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Microsoft · 6 days ago

Senior Business Planner

Microsoft is seeking a strategic and analytical leader to join their organization as a Senior Business Planner. This role is crucial in driving customer growth through innovative services and support models, and involves partnering across teams to design products that maximize customer engagement and lifetime value.

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Responsibilities

Partner across the broader Microsoft organization to develop strategic initiatives for growth. You will define and document growth strategies and ensure the initiatives are aligned, well understood, and prioritized across teams
Build and optimize business models for services that balance customer value, profitability, and competitive positioning. You will define monetization strategies, packaging, and pricing to drive attach, adoption, margin, and retention revenue
Create data-driven insights through a deep understanding of customer, product, and services to identify growth opportunities and inform investment decisions
Drive analytical decision making by sizing business opportunities, structuring pricing experiments, defining success metrics, and optimizing pricing, packaging, and portfolio positioning
Innovation & AI Integration: You will partner to drive transformational initiatives embedding AI into our offerings, detailing the experiential and economic impact of AI
Lead cross functional v teams inclusive of Engineering, Finance, Marketing, Services, and Sales to steer the launch and adoption of new services
Create executive grade narratives with clear strategic recommendations to influence senior leadership direction; drive decisions and change management with key stakeholders & partners

Qualification

Product managementStrategy consultingFinancial modelingCross functional leadershipData modeling toolsCommercial system requirementsAI integrationBusiness case developmentLifecycle managementStakeholder management

Required

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

Preferred

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
6+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience AND Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), or related field
Demonstrated ability to build business cases, create robust financial models, and take offers from concept to launch with measurable outcomes
Proven cross functional leadership across various stakeholders including Engineering, Finance, Product Marketing, Commercial Operations, Legal, and Sales/Partner communities
Experience launching products and services at a technology company and managing the lifecycle of commercial offers
Experience defining enterprise commercial system requirements
Proficiency in data modeling tools and experimentation/insight methods (e.g., conjoint/WTP)

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (9192)
2024 (9343)
2023 (7677)
2022 (11403)
2021 (7210)
2020 (7852)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
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