Microsoft, Senior Product Planner, New Consumer Products

Are you passionate about the next generation of killer apps that will take the consumer market by storm? The New Consumer Products Group in Microsoft’s Home & Entertainment Division is a highly entrepreneurial team that is defining the next generation of consumer technologies for the consumer/home market. As a Product Planner, you will have the opportunity to shape product & business strategy in a fast-paced, startup environment by driving and evaluating new consumer market opportunities, analyzing key customer needs & trends, and developing new consumer products to best address these opportunities.

Responsibilities/Qualifications:

Market Requirements: Impact product strategy by defining & validating customer requirements, user needs, trends, customer segmentation, etc. Candidate must have strong experience in driving primary & secondary market research to identify & prioritize product requirements as the “voice of the customer market”, guiding the product team. Must be able to synthesize large amounts of information into crisp, coherent recommendations and discern clever & effective product ideas. Must have adequate technical comfort level to discuss feature & product roadmap tradeoffs with engineers & developers. Statistics background a plus.

Strategic Planning:
Identify new consumer technology opportunities by thinking strategically & analytically about the consumer technology landscape, emergent trends, etc. Proven entrepreneurial experience in identifying emergent technical innovations or user needs & building them into successfully building v1.0 consumer businesses a strong plus. Work across many groups in the company & external parties to identify new product opportunities & areas of collaboration, integration.


Business Planning:

Provide strong business leadership by driving the go-to-market strategy via market requirements documents. Collaborate closely with Finance in the crafting of v1 business models & plans. Candidate must have strong experience in setting business strategy at the product unit level or higher, think strategically about business issues & develop business cases, as well as possess strong leadership, communication, presentation & negotiation skills. Experience driving biz dev deals a plus.

Additional qualifications include minimum 4-6 years of product planning, product management, or business development experience at the product-unit level or higher in the consumer space. Candidates should be highly entrepreneurial and self-sufficient, managing multiple projects simultaneously and comfortable interacting with technical leaders, other product & marketing groups, and senior executives. MBA/Masters degree preferred. Candidate should have demonstrated excellent analytical, problem resolution, and decision-making skills. Initiative, excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to work as part of a team environment that demands excellence are essential.

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Contact Info: Send inquiries to mkim@microsoft.com

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