# Senior Business Development Manager

OverviewMicrosoft is seeking an experienced Business Development leader to shape and execute strategic opportunities across AI, sovereign cloud and emerging technology. You will take opportunities from qualification and partnership strategy through negotiation and execution, working across Engineering, Product and commercial teams, as well as with customers and partners, to turn emerging ideas into scalable businesses. The role sits at the intersection of technology, strategy and commercial execution, with a particular focus on AI infrastructure, agentic applications, cloud and the emerging AI ecosystem. You will help develop new partnership and commercial models, build relationships with emerging technology companies, and connect market opportunities and customer needs with Microsoft’s product and engineering organizations. This is an opportunity to work on some of Microsoft’s most rapidly evolving technology and business areas, with significant ownership and exposure across products, geographies, and partners. Responsibilities Own and execute a portfolio of business development opportunities across AI, sovereign cloud and emerging technology, from qualification and partnership st

- **Id**: 4131826
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-senior-business-development-manager-3>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T11:12:52Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T02:36:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5346
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 487
- **Ghost share**: 0.006
- **Stale share**: 0.563
- **Repost share**: 0.047
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 79700
- **Max**: 133900
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 177872

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T02:36:56Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T04:37:49Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 177872
- **Is top pay**: yes

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