Connecting people I'd hire with companies I'd work at

Matt Wallaert
companies
Jobs

Business Planner, Data & AI

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering, Data Science
USD 85,100-169,800 / year
Posted on Jun 14, 2025

Business Planner, Data & AI

Redmond, Washington, United States

Save

Share job

Date posted
Jun 13, 2025
Job number
1828811
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Marketing
Discipline
Business Planning
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

The Azure, Windows, and Industry Monetization (“AWIM”) organization is a big picture team at our core that encourages a diverse and inclusive culture. We are respectful, collaborative, honest, accountable, and caring. Employees on the team can expect to have opportunities to grow their own experiences and career while shaping the future of the major businesses with data-informed strategies.

We are growth strategists who enable the Microsoft mission by creating durable profit growth through impactful monetization strategies, packaging, and pricing. Our charter is significant and spans key growth engines for the company including all Azure solution areas, Windows client and cloud offerings, and our Education and industry offerings and programs.

You will be working in the Azure, Windows, and Industry Monetization organization in the Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Analytics group. In particular, the team you will work with focuses on building the future of Azure analytics. While analytics is already a meaningful portfolio, the team is on a mission to accelerate analytics growth even further in a market that is expected to grow 28% annually to $300B+ by 2030. With portfolio growth comes the opportunity to tackle interesting challenges and questions, work in a dynamic environment, and get significant exposure to leadership.

While the team covers many products, a key focus is on Microsoft Fabric. Launched in late 2023, Fabric is a Software as a Service (SaaS) analytics platform that is key to unlocking analytics growth for Azure in the years ahead. Fabric offers users a compelling seamless customer experience across a wide range of ever-expanding analytics workloads (including our Copilot AI capabilities) that is enhanced and complemented by the integrated business model the team has created.

As the team continues the analytics growth journey, we are looking for a Business Planner, Data & AI to develop business strategies, compelling monetization approaches, and effective packaging and pricing approaches to capture mindshare and create profitable growth.

Your role will be developing and implementing strategies and offers for organizations and users who are looking to unlock insights and better decision making. Your work will help build preference and revenue growth for Azure. This work will also build on and connect to the broader Azure efforts underway in Infra, Databases, Industry, as well as AI.

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.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • 3+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years experience working across diverse stakeholders to define and execute strategic initiatives.
  • 2+ years experience utilizing analytical problem-solving skills and ability to synthesize data from multiple sources to drive data-driven decisions.
  • 2+ years experience leveraging leadership skills to drive projects and build executive buy-in and support for key projects.
  • 2+ years experience exercising business judgement leveraging strategic thinking complemented with a bias for action and execution/operational impact.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience AND Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Computer Science, Economics, Business, or related field
    • OR 3+ years product management, strategy consulting, finance, business/corporate development, or related experience AND Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), or related field
    • OR equivalent experience.

Business Planning IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,100 - $169,800 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 $112,000 - $185,300 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 June 18, 2025.

Responsibilities

  • Growth Plans and Priorities – Work across the product management unit to develop the key strategic initiatives for growth. Define and document business strategies with the targeted audiences and ensure the initiatives are aligned with those strategies and are well understood and prioritized across teams.
  • Monetization Approach – Define how we maximize business value for Microsoft aligned to the growth plan. Develop the approach for how Microsoft monetizes space including building and optimizing freemium and paid acquisition and growth strategies.
  • Packaging and Pricing – Deliver the specific packaging, pricing, licensing, and offers that define what customers actually buy. Define and deliver plans for specific offers, stock-keeping units (SKUs), and other packaging options to implement the monetization approach.
  • Transactability and Execution – Drive at scale execution and create a coherent customer experience in support of the business. Leverage existing team processes, ensure Microsoft delivers a coherent customer experience across offers and channels.
  • Monetization Impact – Focus on what is delivering real results through close proximity to the business. Develop and share insights on what is working and what is not working to achieve business outcomes to enhance go-forward strategies.
  • Other

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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.