Job Category: Operations
Location: Redmond, WA, US
Job ID: 758245-44592
Division: Interactive Entertainment Business
Business Strategy Manager, PC & Web Gaming
Are you interested in working in one of the fastest growing areas in the consumer entertainment industry? Decisions you make will contribute to impacting millions of our LIVE customers globally, as well as attracting millions of new customers. Are you ready to deliver the services and features they want? If so, the Xbox LIVE Services Business and Strategy Team might be the right place for you. Microsoft?s Interactive Entertainment Business is revolutionizing entertainment. IEB has a rich set of entertainment products like Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Zune Marketplace, and more with a highly active and engaged customer base. Our newest innovation, Kinect, has sold over 10 million units since its launch in November of 2010. The set of services making up the Xbox Live cloud is optimized around social, casual and hardcore gaming, and modern entertainment experiences. We're fun. We're social. We're interactive. And, we?re growing!
The Xbox LIVE Services Business and Strategy Team is looking for a highly motivated and entrepreneurial individual to help grow our PC & Web business into a significant profit driver for IEB overall. PC & Web gaming is at a pivotal moment with the explosion of social gaming trends, and development and implementation of a solid plan is critical to establish Microsoft as the #1 player in the interactive entertainment space, and you will play an integral role in making that a reality.
Summary of Position:
This position is responsible for business planning, rhythm of the business coordination and other key projects associated with running the web & PC games business. Help drive strategic initiatives and assist in implementing strategies and tactics across the org. These initiatives may include driving revenue growth, developing competitive strategies, rationalizing product portfolios, and assisting in tradeoff decisions amongst other lines of business.
As the Web/PC Business Manager, you will also be the driver of the annual, monthly, and weekly PC/Web revenue commitments. A deep understanding of forecasting and multistep variance analysis is essential. An ability to effectively articulate your businesses performance in both written and oral form is also critical.
Responsibilities include:
Driving our Rhythm of Business process:
Revenue forecasting
Revenue actuals vs. forecast variance analysis communication
Revenue recovery activity if necessary
User level analysis on engagement, tenure, purchasing behavior and more
Extract and summarize key business insights on an ongoing basis
Facilitate internal and external partner evangelism and collaboration
Assist marketing team in determining the Gross Margin Return on Investment of programs. Work to gain consensus and adoption of ROI methodology throughout org
Analyze service usage and other metrics to develop business intelligence in order to further guide business planning.
Act as internal ?subject matter expert? and external face of the Web/PC Games business.
Develop effective plans to address the best market opportunities, communicating across the organization and gaining broad consensus and approval.
Work on ad-hoc projects as needed to meet the changing business environment.
Key Skills Required:
5+ years of Business Analysis, Consulting, Strategy, or Finance experience required
Bachelor's Degree Required
Experience analyzing Revenue, Trends, KPI's, or Business Performance required
Experience managing and analyzing a P&L required
Ability to use PowerPoint to tell a succinct business story based on data analysis
Gaming industry or Ecommerce experience highly preferred
Executive Presence and Business Maturity
Highly developed business management skills coupled with a broad understanding of the software industry
Ability to drive results within a matrixed environment via cross group collaboration
Solid relationship and communication skills in working with senior managers and Microsoft-wide groups
Ability to effectively develop key processes and procedures that facilitate efficient planning, reporting and control processes
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