Business Development Intern
Microsoft
Redmond, Washington
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February 7, 2023
Microsoft
Redmond, Washington
At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You ll be empowered to build community, explore your passion, and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. The internship is designed not only for you to do great work with the opportunity to learn and grow, but to experience our culture full of diverse community connection, executive engagement, and memorable events.
Imagine yourself as a Microsoft intern. Join Microsoft today and help us innovate and shape the business of tomorrow.
We re a company of learn-it-alls rather than know-it-alls and our culture is centered around embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Does this sound like you? Learn more about our cultural attributes.
Imagine yourself as a Microsoft intern. Join Microsoft today and help us innovate and shape the business of tomorrow.
We re a company of learn-it-alls rather than know-it-alls and our culture is centered around embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Does this sound like you? Learn more about our cultural attributes.
Are you ready to join us and create the future? Come as you are, do what you love start your journey with us today!
Responsibilities
Microsoft s high-profile videogame business. As Team Xbox, we are on a mission to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We deliver on that vision by putting players at the center, enabling you to play the games you want, with the people you want, anywhere you want. We work with gaming publishers, developers, platform, and technology partners from around the world to bring Xbox and Windows games and services (e.g., Game Pass, xCloud) to Microsoft s customers, and platform offerings (e.g., Azure, Playfab, Xbox Live) to its creators and partners.
Customer and Partner Focus
Maintains and develops internal and external relationships with business and technical peers for assigned gaming accounts.
Develops understanding of gaming customers and partners business and strategy and relevant industry trends through research (reading industry research reports, attending internal/external conferences, subject matter expert/mentor feedback, leveraging internal resources, talking with partner directly, gathering third party resources). Identifies consumer trends and key partners that address consumer needs. Develops understanding of Microsoft point of view/landscape. Applies understanding in execution of deal/plan.
Partnership Strategy
Supports senior gaming colleagues in articulating partnership opportunities for Microsoft to drive business value propositions.
Consolidates gaming information obtained through research in technology, industry, and competitive trends to understand how Microsoft is positioned in a given market for their team.
Works with gaming stakeholders to support development of target customer/partner list to close high-priority gaps across technology, product, business, and/or geography.
Utilizes process to support development and maintenance of pipeline; prepares information for reporting to key stakeholders. Escalates to manager as needed.
Defines gaming partnership strategies to secure opportunities to fill gaps in our current consumer journey.
Qualifications
Currently pursuing or have completed a bachelor s or master s degree in related field with at least one semester/quarter remaining after internship.
Excellent communication skills and strong writing and presentation skills.
Strong desire and business acumen for consultative solution selling.
Exceptional negotiation, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
Passion for technology, both consumer and enterprise.
Passionate and knowledgeable about all forms of interactive entertainment including the console and PC gaming spaces.
Some understanding of cloud computing, Microsoft Office 365, or devices preferred.
The base pay range for this internship is USD $4,320 - $8,670 per month. 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 $5,760 - $9,510 per month.
Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with Microsoft and the country work location. U.S.-based PhD, University, and Explore interns have access to medical and vision insurance, paid sick time (salaried interns accrue at 3.34 hours per pay period worked; hourly interns accrue at .03846 hour per hour worked), paid federal holidays, and software discounts. Puget Sound-based PhD, University, and Explore interns gain access to a bus pass and a fitness club membership. Discovery interns are not eligible for healthcare benefits or a fitness club membership, but they have access to paid sick time (accrued at .03846 hour per hour worked), paid federal holidays, software discounts, and a bus pass.
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Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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