Business Planner - Azure

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

18h

About The Position

The Cloud and AI Platforms Monetization (“CAPM”) organization is a big picture team at our core that encourages a diverse and inclusive culture. We are respectful, collaborative, honest, accountable, and caring. Employees on the team can expect to have opportunities to grow their own experience and career while shaping the future of the Azure business with data-informed strategies. We are growth strategists who monetize product value and improve the buying experience for customers to drive business growth and profitability for Microsoft. The Cloud and AI Platforms Monetization (CAPM) team enables the Microsoft mission by creating durable profit growth through high-impact monetization strategies, packaging, and pricing. Enhancing our team culture and team experience is a top priority for our leadership, managers, and team more broadly. Our aspire-to team culture is one with cultural attributes encompassing transparency, growth and development, connection, and productivity and balance… all anchored on promoting diversity and inclusion. As the Business Planner - Azure you will help drive the monetization strategy for Azure AI and come up with compelling new ways to continue to improve our business strategies, packaging, and pricing. The right candidate can expect to have opportunities to grow their functional experience in business planning and domain expertise in AI and cloud technologies while driving decisions that will contribute to the growth and success of new and impactful products. We are a customer-focused team that takes an inclusive approach to problem solving. We collaborate with engineering, marketing and finance to define and execute business models and monetization strategies for Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Requirements

• 3+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience AND Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Computer Science, Economics, Business, or related field OR 3+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience AND Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), or related field OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years’ experience in Operations, Marketing, Process Design, or Project Management.
• Experience in launch operations, business planning, product management, or similar experience in the enterprise technology industry.
• Knowledge of and experience with artificial intelligence (AI) agents, including design, development, training, and implementation.
• Experience working with product and services catalogs and related systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex process initiatives and prioritize multiple activities to deliver on scope and schedule.
• Sound analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve the monetization strategy for services within the Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI) product line.
• Solve complex problems and establish business models for an emerging AI industry.
• Bring a quantitative perspective to support your recommendations (i.e. bring data to bear)
• Develop business model strategies and establish product pricing & packaging for new AI models.
• Identify pricing and licensing optimization opportunities by interacting closely with partners, sellers, and customers.
• Create business model proposals, present them to senior leadership and drive cross-functional alignment.
• Collaborate with pricing operations (i.e. Commerce and Ops) to implement business models and pricing.
• Drive revenue growth of the Azure AI portfolio.
• Understand different cloud business models: Provisioned, Serverless, Reserved Instance, Pre-purchase plans.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees