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. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, 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 to achieve our mission. Microsoft Advertising is at the forefront of the digital advertising industry and empowers advertisers around the world to reach and expand their potential through our full-funnel digital marketing solutions. We aim to have industry-leading solutions for advertisers to help them achieve their marketing goals. This entails bringing new and innovative advertising products to market; delivering measurable results for marketers while safeguarding the privacy and trust of our users; and ensuring we enable our sales teams with product and audience details to help them design effective solutions for our customers. We are looking for an initiative-taking Senior Business Planner. In this role, you will be responsible for driving business planning to grow market share and land Microsoft Advertising as an industry leader in AI. **Responsibilities** + Leads workstreams across supply and demand strategy, opportunity sizing, demand profiling, and business requirements documentation. + Works with cross-functional teams to ensure business and demand plans are comprehensive and rationalized across all planning dimensions from channels to touchpoints. + Structures ambiguous situations into a defined plan, including identification of root causes, testing of hypothesis, proposal, and implementation of proposal for solutioning. + Evaluates current state business operations to identify issues limiting growth and develops solutions to remove barriers for scale. + Leverages insights across voice of customer, market research, and stakeholder input to develop recommendations and provide thought leadership around potential growth opportunities. + Communicates and advocates plans to business leaders and conveys viewpoints through written documents (e.g., memos, reports) and influence models (e.g., meetings, presentations). + Delivers recommendations and implications to stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Operations, and Sales, to facilitate discussions and decision making. + Other + Embody our culture and values **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development + OR equivalent experience. + 4+ years of professional experience in strategy, business planning, consulting, finance, product management, or related experience. + 4+ years analytical problem-solving skills and ability to synthesize data from multiple sources to drive data-driven decisions. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development . + 8+ years advertising experience with ad tech, product or product marketing experience. + Familiarity with the digital environment and a clear understanding of the media planning and buying process. + A proven track record of working across diverse stakeholders to define and execute strategic initiatives with passion, precision, and excellence. + Ability to navigate, build trust, and influence through hands-on engagement with leadership across business and engineering teams. + Solid business judgement and ability to make decisions leveraging strategic thinking complemented with a bias for action and operational excellence. + Ability to communicate at an executive level through visual, written, and verbal communication within a global context, technical and non-technical. + Comfort with work independently and effectively as part of a broad team, and drive successful outcomes with virtual teams. + Ability to thrive in a fast-moving and exciting, but oftentimes ambiguous environment. Customer Experience Program Mgmt IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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 13, 2025. \#MicrosoftAI #MicrosoftAdvertising Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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