Business Strategy Lead - Hybrid Cloud

Overview

Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions-Core (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 (WDS) team is a sales organization accountable for the commercial partner business at Microsoft, and the mission is to build and sell Microsoft Cloud applications, services and devices with partners, empowering people and organizations to achieve more.

Windows & Device Sales (WDS) plays a critical role in achieving this mission. We build, market and sell intelligent edge and intelligent cloud devices and solutions with partners, including OEMs, device distribution channels, original design manufacturers, and Silicon providers. We work closely with our device ecosystem and internal business groups to build devices that consume our cloud, innovate with device partners, and transform how we sell devices and services with partners.

Opportunities in WDS are expensive because we span the entire product lifecycle - from incubation, prototyping, and portfolio planning to the design-in, sell-in, and sell-through motions that help our partners engage consumers, students, and businesses worldwide. As a member of our team, you’ll be part of growing a multi-billion-dollar business, charting new areas of innovation, and contributing to our partnership engagements that build, market and launch devices and solutions worldwide. You will also be part of a people-first culture leading with inclusion and values that support a growth mindset, diversity, and inclusion. If that appeals to you, it’s an exciting time to be here in WDS.

The Business Strategy Lead for Hybrid Cloud is responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of our Adaptive Cloud Infrastructure Strategy, coordinating teams across sales, engineering, and device partnerships. Essential for advancing WDS success, this role manages long-term plans, spots areas for growth, and navigates challenges. By harmonizing Azure and traditional on-premises approaches, the role supports the development of inventive solutions and the modernization of established business practices, playing a key role in our overall growth strategy.

This opportunity will allow you to:

• Influence future strategy and drive high-impact strategic initiatives.

• Gain visibility and engage with senior executives

• Develop deep business acumen and expertise in cloud and hybrid solutions.

• Hone your skills in strategic planning, partner engagement, and innovative problem-solving.

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

• Own and orchestrate business rhythm across sales, engineering, and partner teams to build, sell, and market our products and solutions.

• Manage long-range planning (LRP) across various departments and teams, ensuring partner impact and revenue opportunities.

• Develop a 1–3-year strategic vision for our adaptive cloud strategy, identifying growth opportunities and potential roadblocks.

• Lead initiatives bridging Azure strategy with on-premises strategy, justifying investments to meet hybrid customer needs.

• Ensure strategic alignment across engineering, marketing, partners, and sales teams.

• Define and drive priorities, initiatives, programs, and enablement to support sales growth.

• Act as a subject matter expert, contributing to playbooks, assets, and training materials for field sales teams.

• Collaborate with Multinational Account (MNA) partners to align and execute joint strategies for mutual growth.

• Other: Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) .

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.

• Proven expertise in revenue growth, scaling existing business models, and building new business strategies (business/channel development, change management).

• Background in infrastructure, infrastructure hardware, and/or the commercial hardware channel.

• Technical background in infrastructure to effectively understand and articulate our vision and strategy to partners.

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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)