Sr Business Strategy Analyst

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 Windows & Device Sales team transforms how the world interacts with AI through the Windows Platform, devices and Microsoft Cloud services. We lead Sales and Go-To-Market for the Windows devices business, delivering transformative AI-powered devices and cloud experiences with our partner ecosystem for customers around the world.

You will help evolve Windows Retailer Investment program and spend in line with WDS strategy and ensure rigorous Retailer Investments management, i.e. drive accountability on budget, ROI and ST attainment in partnership with WW Category.

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.

•    Leads enterprise risk strategy, analytics, and insight generation by establishing best practices for risk modeling, datasets, scoring methodologies, and AI-enabled analytics; transforming risk data into actionable insights that inform prioritization, resource allocation, mitigation strategies, and leadership decision-making across a portfolio of projects and risks.

•    Provides organizational leadership in risk assessment and governance by overseeing risk management processes, ensuring teams gather and analyze appropriate internal and external information, guiding risk identification and evaluation efforts, managing stakeholder relationships, and driving accountability for risk ownership and mitigation activities across multiple business areas.

•    Drives risk remediation, controls, and compliance oversight by championing treatment plans, risk registers, governance frameworks, and risk exception processes; ensuring mitigation strategies are implemented effectively; coordinating with leadership across accountable teams; and monitoring risk trends to ensure appropriate attention and escalation.

•    Builds and develops high-performing risk management teams by modeling Microsoft leadership principles, coaching employees, establishing standards and best practices, fostering adoption of AI-enabled capabilities, and creating an environment of accountability, growth, and continuous improvement in risk management practices.

Required 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA degree
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, and make timely, informed decisions with incomplete information.
• Experience managing complex budgets, investments, forecasts, or financial operations across multiple stakeholders or geographies.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with the ability to translate detail into executive decisions and tradeoffs.
• Experience designing allocation models, measuring investment ROI, and driving in-year resource reallocation.
• Proven cross-functional influence with Finance, business leaders, regional teams, and program owners

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. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.