Director of Product Strategy, Commerce
Finance, Banking & Legal · Banking & Investments · Corporate Finance · Venture Capital · Business Analysis
In short
Responsibilities
- Own a first-principles POV on the agentic-commerce market, protocol landscape, and Microsoft's advantage.
- Design and pressure-test monetization strategies across Consumer, Merchant, and Partner.
- Build opportunity models and forecasts to justify investment asks.
- Bring repeatable decision frameworks to major product bets.
- Synthesize various commerce threads into one coherent strategy.
- Translate analysis into strategy documents and investment cases for senior stakeholders.
- Operate as a peer to senior leaders, forming and defending strategic POVs.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 4+ years of relevant experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years of relevant experience OR equivalent experience.
- 10+ years in product strategy, corporate strategy, strategy consulting, investing, or strategy-heavy product leadership.
- Demonstrated business-model & monetization judgment.
- Ability to build credible market or monetization models from the ground up.
- Track record of bringing structure to large, ambiguous product or investment decisions.
- Fluency in the economics of retail, marketplaces, and payments.
- Ability to turn dense analysis into one clear, defensible story.
- Excellent communication and executive-influence skills.
- Direct experience in agentic commerce, digital payments, or commerce platforms.
- Familiarity with the emerging commerce-protocol landscape.
- Fluency in AI / LLM product economics.
Desired Qualifications
- Preferred: Master's Degree and 8+ years of experience OR Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience OR equivalent experience.
- Experience shaping investment or funding cases that cleared a senior bar.
- Experience in platform or marketplace businesses.
Benefits
- Potential eligibility for benefits and other compensation.
- Access to additional benefits and pay information via provided URL.
Skills
About Microsoft
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Company
MicrosoftJob Posted
2 weeks ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
US$130,900–251,900 · Negotiable
Hours per week
32
Experience Level
Director
Locations
United States
Qualification
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