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Senior Strategy & Planning Lead, Microsoft Surface

Microsoft· Business Planning
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Redmond, WA, Mountain View, CA, Atlanta, GA, New York, NY$106.4k - $203.6kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Senior Strategy & Planning Lead for Surface Entry Premium portfolio. Own end-to-end business planning, strategy, pricing, packaging, portfolio architecture, and Marketing Plan of Record to drive revenue growth, profitability, and volume. Acts as single-threaded business owner coordinating Product, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, and Engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end strategy and planning for the Surface Entry Premium portfolio across consumer and commercial channels, owning outcomes including revenue, profitability, unit volume, and growth.
  • Define customer segments, customer value propositions, and market opportunities to attract new customers, expand addressable markets, improve competitiveness, and accelerate portfolio growth.
  • Own product and portfolio strategy, including lineup architecture, feature positioning, portfolio evolution, affordability strategy, SKU design, packaging, and lifecycle management.
  • Own pricing strategy, packaging strategy, SKU strategy, volume plans, and financial recommendations, ensuring a coherent customer-backed and financially optimized portfolio.
  • Own Marketing Plan of Record (POR) recommendations, aligning customer needs, product investments, commercial priorities, competitive positioning, and financial objectives into a unified business strategy.
  • Drive portfolio and business planning decisions through forecasting, demand modeling, business case development, sensitivity analysis, and scenario planning, quantifying opportunities, risks, tradeoffs, and mitigation actions.
  • Own market analytics, competitive intelligence, customer insights, and product analytics, translating findings into actionable recommendations that influence portfolio, product, and commercial decisions.
  • Develop and maintain the long-range business plan for the Entry Premium portfolio, identifying growth opportunities, business risks, investment priorities, and performance improvement opportunities.
  • Serve as the single-threaded business owner for Entry Premium, aligning Product, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Sales stakeholders for high-quality decision making and execution.
  • Create leadership-ready narratives, business reviews, and recommendations that support executive discussions regarding portfolio strategy, pricing, investment decisions, growth opportunities, and overall business performance.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Computer Science, Economics, Business, or related field AND 4+ years business planning, strategy consulting, finance, business development, corporate strategy, product strategy, analytics, or related experience OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Business planning and strategyForecasting and financial modelingExecutive communicationCross-functional influence
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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