Senior Business Strategy Manager

The Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) group is an exciting and fast evolving group within Microsoft whose vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering cloud capacity differentiated at scale. The organization is responsible for planning, delivery and provision of all data centers globally powering Microsoft cloud properties.  CSCP supports over 200 online businesses including Bing, O365, OneDrive, Xbox and Windows Azure branded services. 

Cloud Sourcing, Spares, Sustainability & Security (CS4) organization within CSCP manages sourcing and supply of IT hardware for the data centers. Well-defined and executed sourcing and supply chain management ensures reliable on-time performance, optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We're looking for a strategist with consultant’s rigor, a storyteller’s clarity and bring along supply chain experiences — someone who can shape the strategy and tell the world why it matters.

The role of Senior Business Strategy Manager will focus on key areas:

• Shape strategic imperatives
• Synthesize and craft clear, compelling messaging
• Align communication across teams to ensure consistency and clarity 

• Distill complex supply chain strategic initiatives into clear, compelling external-facing materials.
• Translate high-level strategy into tangible messaging for diverse audiences.  
• Work closely with supply chain executives to synthesize insights and develop communication materials and influence.
• Bring a consulting-style toolkit — structured thinking, executive presence, and crisp storytelling — to drive clarity across initiatives. 
• Act as a thought partner to cross-functional teams, aligning on key narratives and ensuring consistent strategic messaging across the organization. 
• Conduct structured problem-solving, market analysis, and benchmarking to develop recommendations and inform strategic direction. 
• Support high-impact supply chain strategy projects from concept to execution.