Director, Business Strategy, AI, Data and Azure Business Development
Are you passionate about leveraging your technical expertise in AI and strategy experience to impact the future of AI through strategic partnerships?
We are the AI, Data and Azure Business Development (AIDA BD) team, responsible for inorganic growth across Microsoft’s AI Platform from data center infrastructure to its core Azure offerings, up to its AI models and tools. We identify, develop, and execute initiatives to accelerate the growth in these areas through partnerships, strategic investments, and acquisitions. AIDA BD’s work includes developing and managing some of the company’s most critical partnerships and growth initiatives.
The Director, Business Strategy, AI, Data and Azure Business Development will advise AIDA BD on new technology trends and developments across the AI industry and also support the team’s day-to-day business operations.
For technology advisement, this person will track customers, partners and competitors on their AI platform technical journeys, analyze Microsoft product plans and industry needs, and identify business-relevant gaps and advise on how to close them. They will identify promising startups, developers and researchers, and academic and industry research groups with relevant technology and track their progress towards validation and adoption. They will contribute technical expertise to support AIDA BD on strategic initiatives and partnerships.
For business operations, they will drive the architecture, development, and execution of the rhythm of the business. They will act as an advisor to the leadership team to support the team’s execution of priorities and business performance.
The ideal candidate will bring a blend of technical expertise and strategy management acumen. They will be excited about tracking, analyzing and applying knowledge about AI models, tools, and infrastructure and will have experience advising corporate leaders and teams on management.
The individual hired will be based in San Francisco, CA.
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
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