Business Development: MBA Internship Opportunities - Xbox
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 04, 2025 | |
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OverviewCome build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world.This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential-and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Business Development Manager intern, you will drive quality engagements by planning, structuring, and negotiating with strategic partners to deliver success for Team Xbox. You will create business value propositions based on company, partners, and/or customer needs that drive value by promoting and enabling creative gaming solutions. At Team Xbox, we are on a mission to bringthe joyand 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 workwith gaming publishers and developers from around the world to bring Xbox games and services to players. As an intern at Microsoft, you're stepping into a world of real impact from day one. You'll collaborate with global teams on meaningful projects, explore cutting-edge technologies like AI, and kick start your career while doing it. With a strong focus on learning and development, this is your opportunity to grow your skills, build community, and shape your future-all while being supported every step of the way.Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. This internship will take place during the summer of 2026.
ResponsibilitiesDevelops internal and external relationships to establish a network of business and technical decision makers for assigned accounts. Research technology, industry, and competitive trends, and works internally to understand how Microsoft is positioned. Shares research and insights with team and identifies actions based on insights. Works with stakeholders to develop target customer/partner list to close high-priority gaps across technology, product, business, and/or geography. Identifies opportunities and strategy and maps target customers/partners. Utilizes quantitative data (e.g., usage, revenue) toinform internal and external decisions. Provides input into recommendations on partners. Identifies actions to lead deal opportunities across deal stages (e.g., Strategic Approval (SA), Approval to Negotiate (A2N), Final Go-no-go (FGNG), take examples from the left) to closure and closes prescribed business opportunities. Assists with execution and deal management by communicating and reporting with Microsoft stakeholders. Tracks blocking issues and works with deal stakeholders to drive resolutions. Operational Support: Coordinate meetings, events, and communications with partners; maintain and improve the efficiency of tracking systems and databases. | |