Manager, M&A Strategy & Operations

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

1d•$86,100 - $187,400

About The Position

This role is at the center of major mergers and acquisitions within the industry, operating in a dynamic deal environment. The position engages with all product groups across Microsoft, with projects spanning Cloud, AI, Security, Devices, Enterprise Software, Gaming, and Advertising. The individual will bring an owner's mindset to a team of M&A experts, supporting due diligence, integration, and portfolio-wide strategic operations. The Microsoft Acquisitions and Venture Success (MAVS) and Corporate Development organization leads comprehensive technical and commercial due diligence, integration planning, Day 1 and post-close execution, and deal performance governance across Microsoft's acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic ventures. They provide insights, clarity, and adaptable solutions for success across people, product, go-to-market, and operations, focusing on mitigating risk, defining strategy, building robust plans, and realizing the full value of every deal. The MAVS Integration Management (IM) team is responsible for driving the due diligence and integration/divestiture phases of the deal lifecycle, also serving in an overarching leadership capacity. Within the IM team, the Strategy and Operations (S&O) team provides project management support to deal teams, advances MAVS process and tool capabilities, and drives strategic M&A and transformation-related initiatives for senior leadership. The ideal candidate has experience in management consulting, business planning, or similar fields, with a proven track record of leading initiatives end-to-end, managing multiple priorities, and demonstrating strong AI fluency. They build trusted relationships with Engineering Group (EG) and functional partners, aligning diverse perspectives into clear, actionable outcomes, and possess executive presence.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Management, Human Resources, or Business
3+ years experience in project management, business operations, finance and analysis, strategic or relationship management role
M&A equivalent experience
Proven effectiveness in building case for change and in driving complex multi-stakeholder programs to desired results.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation experience and interpersonal skills.
Able to thrive in a non-static, high paced work environment under both direct accountability and influence structures.
Interest in technology M&A with intellectual curiosity to learn Microsoft strategy and business/operating models.
Detail-oriented; fluency with Microsoft productivity applications and AI products (Office 365; Power BI, Scout).

Nice To Haves

Leveraging AI not just as a tool, but as a strategic capability to scale diligence, integration, and operating rhythms across MAVS.
Possesses executive presence.

Responsibilities

Identify and lead opportunities to strengthen due diligence, integration, divestitures, and post-close value realization process across the M&A portfolio.
Develop smarter, more consistent processes, tools, datasets, and operating rhythms, leveraging AI and automation to improve insights, rigor, and efficiency.
Translate complex, ambiguous challenges into clear strategies and actionable outcomes, leading cross-functional priorities and special projects for senior leadership.
Partner with Integration Leads to orchestrate confirmatory due diligence, integration planning and execution, and deal performance tracking, bringing structure and governance to complex transactions.
Mobilize multi-functional teams around clear outcomes, translating strategy into robust end-to-end plans, managing milestones, dependencies, risks, and decisions, and driving accountability in highly visible, time-sensitive environments.
Build trusted partnerships across deal teams and leadership, establish effective communication and governance rhythms, and translate deal learnings into actionable improvements that strengthen future M&A execution.