Director, E+D Strategy

We are seeking an experienced Strategy Professional to join Microsoft’s Experiences & Devices (E+D) Strategy team. 

Experiences & Devices (E+D) is a product group within Microsoft creating trusted and loved productivity experiences and devices for people at home, work, and school. Some of Microsoft’s best-known products are supported by E+D: Microsoft 365 Copilot, Office, Windows, Outlook, Teams, Edge, Surface, and others. In this era of rapid technological change, the E+D Strategy team plays a crucial role in defining how E+D will drive the next wave of growth.  

The team’s charter includes  

• Project-based quantitative and qualitative decision support for high-priority strategic issues.  
• An ongoing focus on white space opportunity sizing, business model analysis, new initiative ideation, and competitive analysis and game theory.  

As a Director, E+D Strategy, this role requires you to be comfortable navigating a complex and dynamic environment, building solid relationships with senior stakeholders, and driving impactful work across a wide set of teams and disciplines.  

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.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy: Develop and frame product strategies and investment-ready plans in collaboration with product teams, business planning, marketing, and other disciplines.  
• Resource Alignment: Inform allocation of resources to align with organizational goals, competitive pressures, and engineering execution across the Experiences + Devices organization.  
• Market & Competitive Analysis: Identify opportunities, threats, and potential investments based on market trends, technology shifts, and competitor activities.  
• Idea Factory: Identify transformative market shifts, forecast future trends, and develop actionable plans to capitalize on emerging opportunities.  
• Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Lead key strategy projects, orchestrate workstreams across E+D and partners, and drive alignment between leaders and product organizations.  
• Partnerships: Identify and develop opportunities for commercial partnerships.  
• Strategy in the Era of AI: Help define the operational model for a high-impact strategy team, leveraging AI for maximum efficiency and impact.  

In addition to these responsibilities, the Director E+D Strategy will scale the team’s impact by coaching and developing talent on the team to create an inclusive high-performing organization. This role will support a One Microsoft culture and influence horizontally across the company by partnering with teams from E+D, marketing, finance, corporate strategy, business development, and other central Microsoft teams.  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: