Business Planner
Microsoft· Business Planning
Redmond, WA, Mountain View, CA, Atlanta, GA, New York, NY$86.1k - $169.8kfull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Role focused on shaping the business model, pricing and packaging, and growth strategy for a portfolio within Microsoft Security. Partners with Engineering, Product Marketing, Finance, and field to build business cases, define licensing/monetization, and translate market insights into actionable recommendations. High-impact individual contributor with cross-functional collaboration and executive communication responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Define business strategy, business model, pricing, packaging, licensing, discounting and compete strategies
- Orchestrate usage analysis, research and financial modelling to identify market growth opportunities and drive business case development
- Derive insights from telemetry, customer research, and market analysis, and turn them into clear, actionable recommendations for stakeholders
- Drive decision making with cross-functional stakeholders and orchestrate implementation and execution for launching new business models and offers
- Engage closely with engineering to inform product development and drive alignment between product and monetization strategy
- Partner with product marketing and sales teams on go to market strategies to land new offers in market, create promotions and enable compete strategies
- Support launch and licensing readiness by partnering with operations, commercial licensing, and field teams on execution details
- Represent Business Planning in cross-company business planning forums, field, and partner events, etc.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Marketing, Computer Science or related field AND 2+ years business planning, business strategy, finance, consulting, or related experience OR equivalent experience
Skills
Required:Business planningCross-functional collaborationExecutive communication
Nice to have:Pricing and monetization strategy
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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