Corporate Development

Come Influence the Future Course of Microsoft
Bring your passion, procurement expertise and negotiation skills to revolutionize Microsoft’s diverse array of products and services to meet our customers’ evolving business and entertainment needs. In these high-profile positions, you will play a key role in making strategic decisions that will chart the creation of future products and initiatives.
Get ready to think big, because the deals you make now – backed by billions of dollars in revenue – will influence computing on a global scale for years to come.

Some of our Corp. Development/Corp. Strategy positions include:
Corporate Development Manager
Corporate Strategy Manager

Corporate Development Manager

Join our select team of Corporate Development pros to source, evaluate, and execute complex financial deals with $40 billion in revenue backing your efforts. Acquisitions are a key driver of our current growth strategy, and this high-visibility role offers you opportunities to lead landscape-defining transactions with impact on a global scale.

At Microsoft, we’ve closed approximately 75 acquisitions since the beginning of 2000, and the deal volume is expected to increase. We need exceptional talent like yours to help us chart our future course. As a Corporate Development Manager, you will hold end-to-end responsibility for:

•	Upfront idea generation
•	Strategic evaluation and business planning
•	Valuation and M&A analyses and modeling
•	Structuring and negotiation of term sheets and definitive agreements
•	Relationship-building with investment banking and venture capital communities
•	Special projects for business group CFOs and VP

Your ideas and efforts will have the personal attention of our senior management team, including our CEO and CFO. With this level of exposure and overall experience under your belt, the sky is the limit for your career ambitions.

Corporate Strategy Manager

Does strategic work in an environment where you can have real impact and ownership interest you? Are you excited by the dynamics and opportunities in the technology industry?

CSG, a team of strategy professionals with a passion for technology, advises Microsoft’s senior executives on the company’s growth strategy, helps launch new businesses and accelerates the growth of existing ones. CSG tackles some of the toughest strategic and operational challenges faced across all of Microsoft’s business groups. Past CSG projects have given life to several high-profile Microsoft products and initiatives, including Windows OneCare™ (subscription desktop management service), Microsoft® Office Live Meeting (web conferencing business through the acquisition of Placeware), Microsoft® Exchange Hosted Services (messaging-related services through the acquisition of FrontBridge) and the Security Business Technology Unit (a 1,000+ person organization). Sponsors of CSG projects are either senior executives of the company (VP through C-level) or the Chairman and Board of Directors.

In this high-profile role, you’ll think across the entire portfolio of Microsoft businesses in order to propose and analyze strategic decisions spanning multiple divisions. Key functional requirements for the job resemble those of an Associate or Junior Engagement Manager at top-tier consulting firms. Some of these include:

•	Work with business groups, analyze technology trends and data, interview customers and stakeholders, and develop creative solutions to key business issues
•	Frequent presentations to senior management
•	Opportunity to manage and run project teams comprised of other CSG individuals and virtual teams across multiple business units
•	Scope and plan projects and orchestrate the work streams across the team
•	Share recommendations across the organization to galvanize buy-in and execution

Corporate Strategy offers top-tier MBAs a challenging, high-impact environment from which to influence Microsoft’s future.