Microsoft
Director of Product Strategy, Commerce
$131K–$272K
Mountain View, CA +1 · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Redmond, WA - Experience
- Required: 4+ years with a Master's Degree, or 6+ years with a Bachelor's Degree, in specified fields, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 8+ years with a Master's Degree or 12+ years with a Bachelor's Degree in specified fields, or equivalent experience; also 10+ years in product strategy, corporate strategy, strategy consulting, investing, or strategy-heavy product leadership.
- Education
- Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field, or Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Sets commerce strategy across Consumer, Merchant, Partner, and Payments, developing market analysis, monetization models, forecasts, investment cases, and executive-facing narratives for major product decisions.
What you'll do
- Develop a first-principles view of agentic commerce, its protocols, competitive landscape, and Microsoft’s position.
- Design and model monetization, market opportunities, forecasts, and investment cases to prioritize and defend strategic bets.
- Synthesize portfolio strategy and decision frameworks into clear narratives and recommendations for senior leaders.
What they ask for
- Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field and 4+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's Degree in a listed or related field and 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated ability to reason about business models and monetization, build opportunity models and forecasts, and structure ambiguous decisions.
- Commerce domain knowledge covering retail, marketplaces, and payments; strong communication and executive-influence skills.
Nice to have
- Direct experience in agentic commerce, digital payments, or commerce platforms, with familiarity with commerce protocols.
- Fluency in AI / LLM product economics; experience shaping investment or funding cases that cleared a senior bar.
Pay
USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year (base salary); USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year (base salary)
Tools
ACP, UCP, AP2, MCP
AI focus
Strategy for agentic commerce, including protocol and market analysis; preferred fluency in AI / LLM product economics and their effects on unit costs and monetization.
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