The Commercial Solution Areas (CSA) Team must stay at the bleeding edge of modern technology and company innovations to empower the field and deliver on our promises to customers and partners. The CSA Chief Technology Office (CTO) team will bring the latest technologies to the Commercial Solution Areas organization, support technical excellence, and onboard modern technologies and solutions to CSA.

We are looking to hire a Technical Advisory Analyst for the Commercial Solution Areas CTO. The primary focus will be on supporting our CSA CTO Technical Advisory (TA) efforts, the mission of which is to keep senior leaders aware of technology, competitive, regulatory, and other pertinent trends, patterns, threats, and opportunities. This will be a combination of both qualitative and quantitative skills as we produce reports, analyses, and updates of other various formats.

The purpose of this role is to bring a customer-centric and partner-centric perspective to the technical and non-technical developments occurring all around us by using modern resources, toolsets, and methodologies. The work of Technical Advisory analysis is to form an impactful and robust basis on which TA recommendations are made, citing examples, samples, and opportunities from outside the company and across all domains across all geographies and industries. This work will then be integrated into the CSA's and into the Commercial Solution Areas more broadly.

The selected candidate will be dynamic, passionate, empathetic, and self-motivated who is confident in collaborating with senior leaders as an individual contributor and is comfortable in a heavily matrixed organization. They need to be able to gain the trust and confidence of both the sales and research communities while driving towards results in a net-new set of subject areas. Finally, a sustained commitment to Diversity & Inclusion both within the team and the broader Microsoft is an essential component.

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

• Build out a Technical Advisory foundation that provides ongoing support to leader-led TA work across the CSA and its various leaders.
• Work with both internal and external teams to codify this foundation as TA needs evolve.
• Execute the analyst work by meeting regular deadlines and deliverables.
• Propose new forms of advisory thinking, frameworks, methodologies, toolsets, and more.
• Grow and scale the Technical Advisory work into the catalyst for innovative programs, new incentives, innovative approaches, new partnerships, and more.
• Scale through the CSA organizations’ existing execution vehicles based on their needs and requirements.
• Ensure that the right objectives and key results (OKRs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) are in place to achieve the right outcomes and to measure business impact.
• Create technical proposals, presentations, and documents that explain the value and benefits of different technologies and technical approaches to both threats and to opportunities
• Stay updated on the latest technological trends, product features, and best practices.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Support engagement with customers and partners where relevant.
• Collaborate across the entire CSA CTO organization.
• Drive a growth mindset and a focus on diversity and inclusion.
• Other
• Embody our culture and values
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 4+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement
• OR equivalent experience.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-3 years working in an analyst position
• Familiarity with analyst frameworks, methodologies, and tool sets
  
  

Business Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,600 - $183,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $122,000 - $200,500 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 11, 2014.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.