Senior Director Business Analytics

Commercial Engineering & AI (CEAI) partners closely with stakeholders across MCB to radically transform Microsoft's commercial business into a frontier organization. We unite AI-native engineering, modern platforms, and deep commercial insight to fundamentally rethink how we deliver and support the business-moving beyond traditional reporting toward intelligent, connected experiences that anticipate needs, accelerate decisions, and drive impact at scale.

The Business Intelligence Center of Excellence (BI COE) within CEAI is seeking a bold, visionary leader to spearhead a radical transformation in how our Commercial Business is supported with data and insights. The leader will challenge and rethink in an AI-native way both how we engineer & deliver those insights and data, AND how our sellers and sales leaders consume those insights. Leveraging the latest Microsoft AI stack -including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Cowork, and more-you will simplify and modernize how insights are produced, delivered, and consumed, while keeping data integrity, quality, and consistency central to our mission: the right insight, at the right moment, through one trusted source of truth for Commercial Business decision-making.

What success looks like in this role

Transform insight delivery. Shift from static reporting to agile, agentic experiences that surface insights that matter and enable confident business decisions.

Co-create with the business. Partner across MCAPS to align insights delivery to business priorities and shape a transformative roadmap.

Connect strategy, data, and action. Translate sales priorities and go-to-market motions into forward-looking insights that guide action and improve performance.

Lead AI-first. Apply AI-native approaches to simplify experiences, accelerate BI delivery, and unlock value.

Shape the product as Customer Zero. Build a strategic feedback loop with the Fabric product group to advance internal transformation and customer outcomes.

Lead and inspire through change. Build an accountable, AI-ready team grounded in clear purpose, experimentation, and strong performance.

• Lead the BI COE team in radically transforming how MCB stakeholders access, understand, and act on business performance-delivering trusted, AI-powered insights through platforms such as MSXi, Copilot, Cowork, and Scout.

• Set the strategic vision and transformation roadmap for the MSX Insights (MSXi) Power BI platform, evolving it from a reporting destination into an intelligent decision-support experience for a commercial business generating more than $200B in revenue.

• Redesign the end-to-end BI delivery model using AI, automation, and modern engineering practices to improve speed, quality, scalability, and cost efficiency, including vendor spend optimization.

• Own governance and portfolio management across the BI COE organization, making bold prioritization choices, accelerating value realization, and ensuring alignment with MCB business priorities and Microsoft data governance and compliance standards.

• Partner across data engineering teams to reimagine the MCAPS data architecture and governance model, enabling trusted, consistent, and reusable insights across dashboards, copilots, agents, and other emerging surfaces.

• Sponsor the Customer Zero partnership and product feedback loop with the Fabric product group, using our transformation journey to accelerate product innovation and showcase Microsoft's AI-driven BI leadership to customers and the industry.

Required/minimum qualifications

• Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 6+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR
  • Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 8+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR
  • Equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years people management experience.
• Experience leading Data Analytics and/or Business Insights teams.
• Experience with Fabric, PowerBI and/or equivalent data platforms.

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Business Analytics M6 - 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.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft 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. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.