The Business Development team at Microsoft is responsible for accelerating the company’s growth through the identification and execution of inorganic growth strategies including complex strategic partners, investments, and acquisitions.   

The role of the Manager, Partner Intelligence and Strategy is to develop deep partner expertise and insights into our key partners’ businesses, understand the competitive landscape to inform and influence our product and partnerships strategy. In addition, the team is responsible for proactive identification of discontinuous opportunities for Copilot growth across Distribution, Product Features, and Monetization

The role is an internal strategy role within Business Development and involves working closely with partner-facing business development teams along with product and strategy teams across the company.