New 
Finance Director - Azure AI Revenue
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jul 13, 2025 | |
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OverviewDo you want to play a role in shaping the future? Do you want to drive transformation and be at the center of the action? Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (C+AI) is the fastest-growing business in Microsoft's history. As Azure continues to scale at multi-billion-dollar annual growth, there has never been a more exciting or compelling time to be a part of our business. We are looking for people who are proven team leaders, thrive under ambiguous challenges, work in a fast-paced environment, have a passion for technology, partner well with executives, and roll-up their sleeves to drive data-based analysis. They must have the ability to frame a complex problem, solid analytical skills, and intellectual curiosity are key to success within our team. Furthermore, experience managing teams is a critical requirement. We are hiring a Finance Director -Azure AI Revenue who will be focused on our 3rd Party (3P) Azure AI portfolio. This portfolio includes Azure's AI Infrastructure services, and AI partnerships including OpenAI and other AI model providers. This position would lead the team tasked with revenue planning and business health deliverables for these services. This individual will develop assertions triangulating between customer needs, competitive landscape, partner dynamics, value chain analysis, product roadmap, and financial evaluation. It is an exciting time for Microsoft and Azure. We thrive as a multi-disciplinary team and seek to constantly improve by bringing out the best in each team member. If you are passionate about Azure and AI, want to influence its growth, value partnerships, and enjoy working in a fun team environment, then come join us!
ResponsibilitiesSupport and lead a finance team; provide coaching, develop talent, priority setting, and leadership for all team members Lead 3P Azure AI revenue planning and business health to support business model decision making processes Lead financial assessment of 3P Azure AI new Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) launches and competitive landscape Lead financial analysis to support build, buy, partner analysis that may lead to Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) and commercial partnerships Lead the execution of annual business planning, forecasting, and monthly close processes for 3P Azure AI revenue. Completes analysis, modeling, and research to support preliminary and adjusted forecast cycles. Partners and solicits insight from business and commercial stakeholders. Thought-leadership for Azure long-range planning, together with stakeholders across marketing and engineering teams, as well as other finance teams. Act as the growth agitation agent for the business Collaborate with relevant groups from marketing, business development, Research and Development (R&D), and partner sales teams to drive both organic & inorganic strategy setting and decision-making Build and refine robust growth and decision support frameworks to drive partner & ecosystem success Conducting financial and scenario analysis to ensure business and financial success of new programs and offers from a customer + revenue growth, profitability and usage perspective Act as a culture champion driving continuous improvement & leading to "best place to work" environment Drives the right tone from executive leadership and ensures strict adherence and understanding of Microsoft policies on risk and compliance. Influences leadership to ensure compliance is a top priority and modeled throughout the organization. Directs team and holds others accountable to ensure financial control processes, policies, instruments, and procedures are executed. Guides team and encourages others to identify and share risks to compliance and take steps to mitigate. Drives a compliant culture through actions and decisions to instill trust. Advocates, educates and promotes best practices and new developments. Champions Microsoft privacy, security, and ethical standards. Advances key compliance initiatives. Other Embody our culture and values | |