Microsoft · 1 day ago
Business Planner
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$85K/yr - $170K/yr
3+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company seeking a Business Planner to focus on monetization strategy for their Education customers. The role involves developing go-to-market strategies and leveraging AI-driven insights to optimize monetization models across various industries.
Application Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentData ManagementDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Develop and land Go-to-market strategy for some of the complex and high-impact launches by partnering across product business planning, sales, and finance
Lead cross-solution area initiatives that leverage AI-driven capabilities and insights to improve and re-design innovative deal strategies, optimize monetization models, and create integrated value propositions across solution areas
Leverage internal data and align with corporate sales strategy teams to evaluate and propose new opportunities to drive revenue through deal-making
Leverage your experience and expertise to identify areas to drive deeper readiness and execution globally that aligns to your deal-making vision
Gather competitive insights through research and direct interaction with in-field sellers and customers to refine deal making strategies to compete effectively by landing our business models and value proposition
Partner with your regional counterparts to uncover actionable insights and build a business case to drive change in business models, go-to-market approach and deal making
Run quarterly cadences with the cross-functional leadership to surface key accelerators and blockers to deal making and provide recommendations to drive change
Qualification
Required
3+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience OR equivalent experience
Preferred
5+ 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 3+ 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
4+ 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 6+ 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
Experience working across diverse stakeholders to define and execute strategic initiatives with passion, precision, and excellence
Exercise analytical problem-solving skills and ability to synthesize data from multiple sources to drive data-driven decisions
Applies business judgement leveraging strategic thinking complemented with a bias for action and execution/operational excellence
Use of communication and leadership skills to drive projects and build executive buy-in and support for key projects
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$1MKey Investors
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2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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