Do you want to play a significant role in our transformation to "Gaming Cloud"? Do you thrive in an incubation start-up environment? Do you have a passion for defining, influencing and driving strategy for a business? Are you a broad business leader, who understands market segmentation, technologies, product engineering, strategy, and operations? Are you a seasoned leader who seeks organic and inorganic growth opportunities? If so, this role may be a good fit for you. As the Director of Business Planning, you will help build and execute on a global strategy across all businesses in Gaming Cloud -- a new division within Microsoft Gaming. Our mission is to enable game-developer/publisher partners and enterprise customers to be successful in reaching the 2B gamers in the world through the cloud gaming platform offerings the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge . Check out a few recent press articles on the org announcement: https://winbuzzer.com/2018/03/15/microsoft-cloud-gaming-division-announced-to-introduce-next-wave-of-gaming-beyond-xbox-xcxwbn/
Be a strategic, innovative thinker to help reimagine what is possible for Gaming Cloud Strive to always put customers at the center of everything we do – understand who they are, their needs, and how we're uniquely positioned to serve their needs Exercise a growth mindset to try unconventional approaches to enable and support the rapid growth of the Gaming Cloud business for various customer segments globally Drive Gaming-Cloud strategic business planning efforts that will help product teams within Gaming Cloud to achieve and surpass its KPI targets Leverage research, data sciences and market analytics
Experienced and Professional o 15+ years of professional business and management experience -- business planning, market development, product management, marketing, business development, and strategic partnerships in a technology-related space o An MBA degree or equivalent experience o Experienced in enterprise B2B sales motion o An engineering background, as well as consulting experience, advantageous Demonstrated Leader o Proven experience of collaborating with and influencing senior leaders/executives to drive growth and scale processes across an organization o Experience delivering and executing