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Posted date: Aug 08, 2025
There have been 6 jobs posted with the title of Business Strategy Manager all time at Microsoft.Category: Business Development & Ventures
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $164,500
Range: $106,400 - $222,600
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 100% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
There has never been a more exciting time to be working in healthcare at Microsoft. Our Health & Life Sciences Solutions organization is an interdisciplinary team of product managers, designers, engineers, and clinicians who are designing, developing and deploying next-generation healthcare solutions powered by the Microsoft Cloud for healthcare organizations around the world.The Business Strategy Manager-Healthcare role will sit on the newly formed Chief Operating Office (COO) team in the HLS organization, reporting to the Lead of the Portfolio Management & Business Acceleration. The COO team is tasked with preparing HLS for its next wave of growth and scale, delivering on operational excellence and financial integrity. In this role, you would drive the Business Acceleration scope, sitting at the intersection of strategy and operations to drive the health and performance of the HLS business. You would be tasked facilitate strategic initiatives cross-functionally, to ensure attainment of cloud growth objectives. You will serve as a connection point to Finance, identifying risk areas and mitigating tactics, and opportunities to accelerate revenue
We are looking for a Business Strategy Manager to join our team. Success in this role will require taking an analytical, resourceful, and organized approach to all problem solving, coupled with an ability to influence and successfully navigate through interpersonal dynamics. You will serve as a connection point across the entire portfolio, and as the connector from the team to internal and external partners, communicating insights in briefs, presentations or other medium to senior leaders to ensure a common awareness of the current landscape.
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.
Research, Analysis & Framing
Conducts market-based research by collecting and interpreting information (e.g., financial statements, reports, analyses, stakeholder feedback) including researching existing business and identifying new spaces for MicrosoftConducts analyses (e.g., financial modeling) and leverages analyses of others to synthesize solutions to key business problemsCreates initial framing for strategic questions with limited input and delivers structured output from analysesCreates & distributes frameworks and methodologies to drive problem solving and insights across the teamDevelops a deep understanding of the HLS product portfolio, strategic priorities, product position gaps, and potential opportunitiesExecution of business processes which rely on aggregation, summarization, and reporting of data from various sources
Financial Modeling
Develops a financial modeling framework to inform potential partner deal terms, identify divestiture value & costs, and define the latent value of existing assetsSupports evaluation of Microsoft strategic alternatives (e.g., buy, build, partner), including evaluating Independent Service Providers (ISVs) of interest and other acquisition alternativesReviews and provides guidance to finance teams in developing and refining financial forecasts and related analysesProvides perspective on targets including prospects, price expectations, returns, alternatives, potential interlopers, and key decision makersProblem Solving & Insights
Synthesizes findings into insights across projects, including implications that inform business decisions, leveraging executive presence to influence decisions and proactively identifying expansive ideas for company strategy, often missed by othersStructures ambiguous situations into a defined project, including identification root causes, testing of hypothesis, and proposal & implementation propose and implement of solutionsEvaluates current state business operations to identify issues limiting growth, and develop solutions to remove barriers for scaleLeverages insights to develop recommendations and seeks to provide thought leadership (e.g., trend identification, implications of competitor moves) around potential future growth opportunities and strategic issues for HLSCommunication
Communicates and advocates insights to senior business leaders (e.g., CVPs, VPs, Directors) and conveys viewpoints through written documents (e.g., memos, reports) and influence models (e.g., meetings, presentations)Builds end-to-end storylines with limited directions, leveraging data to demonstrate measurable outcomes of workDelivers project findings recommendations, and implications to senior executives to facilitate senior discussions and decision makingStakeholder Management
Establishes and maintains key points of contact with internal teams from Finance, Marketing, Engineering, Corporate Development, and Corporate StrategyContributes to large Strategy projects and manages small projects with guidance from directors as needed, leveraging team resources and less experienced colleaguesEmbody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 3+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experienceOR equivalent experience.2+ years of industry experience in the healthcare field. Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a related field AND 6+ years strategy, business planning, consulting, and/or partner organization experienceOR equivalent work experience3+ years experience in Strategy or Management Consulting focused in Healthcare2+ years experience performing financial modeling or data analytics
Business Strategy 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: US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 15th, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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