The central Cloud Infrastructure Solutions & Services - Strategy Team is chartered with defining strategy areas for one of the most critical factors of Artificial Intelligence (AI) development and growth for Microsoft and OpenAI: Azure cloud infrastructure.  The organization is responsible for guiding multi-dimensional growth to enable worldwide planning, delivery, and operations at scale. This role will require deep partnerships across Microsoft as the associated responsibilities are on the leading edge of innovation.

 

The group broadly focuses on eight sets of activities:

Industry Insights: a future-back approach of identifying which macro-economic trends impact decisions the organization should be making today and forecasting the future market structure and business modelStrategic Mission: what is the long-term problem the organization should be solving, recommend where organization efforts should be focused, decide which strategic levers should be pulled to deliver on the missionBusiness Value: what operational and financial value does the organization contribute to the business, who are the organization’s internal and external customers, what is the operating modelInnovation Areas: what step-change capabilities should the organization invest time and resources inOrganization Design: what is the most intentional and effective structure given the responsibility and placement of the organization Talent: what modern skillsets are required to deliver the mission and how should the organization arrange centrally vs. regionally across the worldCulture Definition: how does the organization out behave competitionRoadmap / Objectives and Key Results (OKRs): translate the strategic outlook into executable strategic initiatives roadmaps with OKRs for progress tracking

For this Senior Strategist role we’re looking for someone with deep passion for technology, who has business savviness, and hungry to make an impact at one of the most interesting times in technology history.  The candidate will lead areas of the strategy portfolio, with opportunity for additional responsibilities and career growth, and will drive outcomes directly impacting the top priorities for the company.