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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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The Director of Global Business Planning joins the Microsoft Advertising team to drive strategic business planning aimed at growing market share and establishing the company as an industry leader in AI. The role involves developing strategic plans to transform the business across demand, supply, products, and platforms while influencing the prioritization of key initiatives. Day-to-day responsibilities include leading workstreams for opportunity identification, sizing, demand profiling, and business requirements documentation. The successful candidate will leverage insights from the voice of the field to provide thought leadership and develop recommendations for stakeholders. Core competencies include data analysis, modeling, and synthesizing complex inputs into actionable plans. Required skills include experience in engineering, product development, or data analysis within a digital advertising environment, specifically understanding media planning and buying processes.
Develop strategic plans to transform the business across demand, supply, products, and platforms.
Lead workstreams for opportunity identification, sizing, demand strategy, and business requirements documentation.
Ensure business and demand plans are comprehensive and rationalized across all planning dimensions.
Leverage field and stakeholder insights to develop growth recommendations and provide thought leadership.
Communicate and advocate strategic plans to business leaders through memos, presentations, and influence models.
Deliver recommendations and implications to stakeholders to facilitate data-driven decision making.
Partner across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business teams to ensure organizational alignment.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field and 6+ years of relevant experience.
Master's Degree in a relevant field and 8+ years of experience, or a Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience (preferred).
4+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects (preferred).
2+ years of experience with the digital advertising environment and understanding of media planning and buying (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex business, customer, and product inputs into clear strategic recommendations and actionable plans (preferred).
Exceptional written and communication skills to create executive-ready narratives and simplify complex topics (preferred).
Solid analytical and modeling skills to evaluate business opportunities, forecast impact, and build scenario analyses (preferred).
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