Director, E+D Strategy

2 Months ago • 4-12 Years • Finance • $129,200 PA - $268,900 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Microsoft's Experiences & Devices (E+D) Strategy team seeks a Director to drive growth. Responsibilities include developing product strategies, aligning resources, conducting market and competitive analysis, identifying new opportunities, leading cross-functional projects, fostering partnerships, and leveraging AI. The role requires navigating a complex environment, building stakeholder relationships, and driving impactful work across various teams. The ideal candidate will have experience in strategy, consulting, finance, or marketing, possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and excel in cross-functional collaboration.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree
  • 6+ years (or 4+ years with MBA) relevant experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience in strategy, consulting, or finance
  • Proven ability to manage stakeholders
Good to have:
  • 12+ years (or 8+ years with MBA) experience
  • Experience in product strategy and portfolio management
  • Experience leveraging AI for strategy
  • Experience with commercial partnerships

Job Details

Overview

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.  

 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

  • 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. 

Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ 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 8+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 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.  

Business Strategy IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $248,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $162,000 - $268,900 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 1, 2025. 

 

Responsibilities

  • 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.  

In addition to these responsibilities, the Director E+D Strategy will scale the team’s impact by coaching and developing talent on the team to create an inclusive high-performing organization. This role will 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.  

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