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We are looking for a strategic and analytical leader to shape how AIX plans, allocates, and manages the infrastructure that powers our AI experiences.\nThis role sits within the AIX Strategy organization and will lead cross-functional planning and decision-making for GPU capacity and related infrastructure investments. Working across Product, Engineering, Finance, and Infrastructure teams, you will develop forecasting models, establish resource-allocation frameworks, drive infrastructure governance, and ensure capacity investments are aligned to business priorities and product outcomes.\nThe ideal candidate combines strong strategic thinking, quantitative rigor, business judgment, and operational excellence. They are equally comfortable discussing infrastructure constraints with engineering teams, evaluating business tradeoffs with finance partners, and presenting recommendations to senior executives.\nAI Experiences employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft Hub in the U.S. are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.\nResponsibilities\nLead forecasting and planning for GPU capacity and other AI infrastructure resources across AIX.\n\nDevelop demand models that incorporate product roadmaps, user growth, model transitions, workload characteristics, and migration plans.\n\nCreate and maintain frameworks for evaluating, prioritizing, and allocating constrained infrastructure resources across products and business priorities.\n\nDrive governance processes for infrastructure requests, allocation decisions, escalations, and executive reviews.\n\nPartner with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Finance teams to connect infrastructure investments to business outcomes, including engagement, quality, revenue, efficiency, and customer experience.\n\nBuild quantitative models, scenario analyses, and business cases to support investment and resource-allocation decisions.\n\nDefine and improve the telemetry, reporting, and dashboards required to understand infrastructure utilization, capacity, throttling, costs, and business impact.\n\nLead cross-organizational initiatives involving infrastructure migrations, workload transitions, capacity reallocations, and cost-optimization efforts.\n\nIdentify capacity risks early and develop mitigation strategies that preserve business objectives while improving efficiency.\n\nTranslate complex technical and operational information into clear recommendations and executive-ready communications.\n\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nMaster's Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or related field AND 6+ years experience in strategy, business planning, finance, product management, operations, or program management,\nOR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or related field AND 8+ years of experience in strategy, business planning, finance, product management, operations, program management\n\nOR equivalent experience.\n\n6+ years of experience with AI infrastructure, cloud capacity planning, model serving, inference, training, or distributed systems.\n\n6+ years of experience building business cases and ROI models for technology investments.\n\n6+ years of experience partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Finance organizations.\n\n6+ years of experience with SQL, Python, Power BI, Kusto, Excel, or other analytical tools.\n\nExperience operating in fast-paced, highly ambiguous environments and creating structure where processes do not yet exist.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster's Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or related field AND 12+ years of experience in strategy, business planning, finance, product management, operations, or program management\n6+ years experience in Strategy, Management Consulting, and/or Finance.\n6+ years of experience with AI infrastructure, cloud capacity planning, model serving, inference, training, or distributed systems.\nExperience building business cases and ROI models for technology investments.\nExperience partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Finance organizations.\nExperience with SQL, Python, Power BI, Kusto, Excel, or other analytical tools.\nExperience operating in fast-paced, highly ambiguous environments and creating structure where processes do not yet exist.\nBusiness Strategy IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $155,800 - $277,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $202,400 - $303,600 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. 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