Business Manager

Business Manager

India, Telangana, Hyderabad

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Job description

Company and benefits

Job number

200041455

Date posted

Oct 08, 2026

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

Less than 25%

Profession

Business Operations

Discipline

Business Management

Role type

Individual Contributor

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Microsoft Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) is a global organization hosting over 6,000 strategic sellers, industry and security experts, elite engineers, world-class data scientists and architects, consultants, and delivery specialists. Together with our partners, we help Microsoft’s most strategic customers worldwide to address their specific challenges and provide comprehensive and industry-specific solutions that meet their unique needs. ISD is at the forefront of innovation, driving value across the entirety of the customers’ digital and AI transformation journey through repeatable and customized cutting-edge solutions through strategic engagements with customers across the globe powered by Microsoft Cloud and AI.

Responsibilities

• Business Operations

• Drives business direction and responsibility for leadership team to manage the planning process ensuring coordination with corporate planning processes as well as planning integration across the broader organization.

• Drives the architecting, developing, and executing the rhythm of business (ROB).

• Works with senior leaders to drive outcomes.

• Provides direction for identifying and determining objectives to execute which are in alignment with the goals of the organization.

• Drives business review cadence.

• Ensures adherence to privacy and compliance.

• Executes business plans to ensure continuation of business operations at all times, including in adverse conditions, in accordance with corporate governance. Ensures checks and balances are in place for the team to ensure Microsoft's best interest with regard to strategic partnerships necessary for continuity of business. Strategizes and develops business continuity plans with Microsoft corporate Crisis Management and Business Continuity teams.

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders and Microsoft teams to oversee the creation and implementation of execution plans.

• Sets best practices for strategy leveraging consolidated information, advocating for business cases, and presents cases to leader and business partners. Leads and oversees processes to ensure alignment across groups.

• Establishes key performance indicators (KPIs) in alignment with strategy to help streamline business strategy.

• Works with the organization to establish and report against targets, and adjusts targets if necessary.

• Leverages knowledge of organizational strategy and planned deliverables for the upcoming year(s) to design budgets.

• Works in partnership with Finance to approve budgets.

• Develops forecasting plans in partnership with the leadership team.

• Oversees the development of metrics for budgeting and forecasting.

• Identifies actions that can be taken to course-correct and drive performance improvement; anticipates business challenges based on forecasts.

• Works with Procurement team to coordinate future resources.

• Collaborates with leaders regarding resource management planning.

• Ensures that the leader is aligned on the headcount strategy.

• Maximizing/ Extending the Leader

• Leverages relationships to influence and advise on strategic decisions, content, and/or expertise.

• Leverages key partnerships to drive the agenda for the leadership team and ensure follow up.

• Manages and builds relationships with senior leade