GitHub Business Strategy

Overview MCAPS-Core accelerates customer outcomes and business growth. By uniting product, engineering, marketing, sales, customer success, and partners around a common customer mission, we help customers realize value faster and turn innovation into measurable business impact.

Through deep technical expertise and differentiated go-to-market execution, we win competitively, capture market share, and scale repeatable growth motions. We differentiate through value creation - delivering world-class, AI-powered customer experiences that accelerate adoption, strengthen loyalty, and create sustainable competitive advantage, driving growth that outpaces the market.

The Business Strategy Team for Developer is responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of our Developer / GitHub business, coordinating teams across sales, engineering, finance, marketing and device partners. Essential for advancing Agentic success, This role manages long-term plans, spots areas for growth, and navigates challenges.

By harmonizing product and partner opportunities, the role supports the development of innovative solutions, business models and the modernization of established business practices, playing a key role in our overall AI growth strategy.

The role is responsible for

Driving strategic direction and execution for a business area. Coordinating across sales, engineering, finance, marketing, and partners. Identifying growth opportunities and long-term plans.

Leading cross-functional strategic initiatives. Influencing senior leadership decisions through data-driven insights and recommendations

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute business strategies aligned to organisational goals.
• Analyse market dynamics and competitive trends.
• Create strategic narratives and planning materials.
• Lead business planning and strategic initiatives end-to-end.
• Align stakeholders across engineering, marketing, finance, business planning, partners, and sales teams.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in business consulting, sales, sales operations, information technology (IT), account management, business development, marketing, IT field sales, or a related field
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience in in Near Term Strategy (1-2 years out), Management Consulting, or Finance.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years of marketing, strategy, sales, program management, project management, business planning, consulting, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
• OR equivalent experience.

Sales Strategy Enablement IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

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

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

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