http://www.microsoft-entertainment-jobs.com/job/REDMOND-Business-Development-Manager-Senior-MGS-Turn-10-Job-WA-98052/683109/

Date: Jan 18, 2010

Location: Redmond, WA, US

Business Development Manager-Senior-MGS-Turn 10
Job Category: Software Engineering: General Management
Location: United States, WA, Redmond
Job ID: 708033
Division: Entertainment & Devices Division

Turn 10 Studios, the creators of the Forza Motorsport franchise and a division of Microsoft Game Studios, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior business leader to head up the studio's licensing and business management team. This leadership role will manage the studio's P&L, partner with executives to set strategy and drive high quality game content for our Next Generation games including the NATAL platform. This person is also responsible for managing the licensing and business management team that provides world-class support to the entire studio. The Senior Business Manager is an exceptionally strong communicator who can move seamlessly between Microsoft's financial, legal and business organizations, as well as form a strong partnerships with the technical and creative leaders in the game studio.

Job Responsibilities:
Partner with leadership team to develop and deliver business plans including goals, target audiences, opportunity assessment, competitive evaluation, business model and frameworks.
Lead the licensing team and ensure effective, long term relationships with sub license partners and auto manufacturers worldwide
Ensure strong production relationships with our overseas vendors.
Financial modeling: Monthly P&L updates and quarterly forecasting
Track and analyze product and business results and drive plans to improve key business metrics
Successfully drive key initiatives through cross group collaboration with product development, marketing, business management and finance organizations

Qualifications:
Long-term strategic leadership, results driven, superior cross-group collaboration skills and organizational agility.
Proven track record to deliver independent financial, competitive and global business analysis as well as excellent international business development and contract negotiation skills.
Knowledge of and passion for interactive entertainment business and the levers that drive hardware, software and services sales is required.
B.A/B.S. required. MBA/JD, legal/finance/consulting background in Microsoft and games industry experience strongly preferred.

*To consider similar job openings within Microsoft Game Studios on MS Career, use keyword: MGS

PGR using Natal for stuff?  Also interesting that they are calling Natal a platform.

This is awesome.

"If you build it, they will come" - and MS is certanly building it.

I'm starting to think that I won't have anything to lose with Natal (as a gamer and consumer I mean).
And since all the major MS studios (Rare, Lionhead, T10) and big publishers are working on it, it may have some perspective for me, an extreme hc gamer (casual games make me sick).
Good news.

I'm coming right now!

I see you are whoring it up with Tinker :)

Awesome news!

forza 4 with natal? if its implemented well, it will be awesome

To be honest, I hope it isn't Forza.  Maybe they will do an arcade racing game from the ground up using it.  But I can't think of anything it would add to Forza.  Head tracking seems neat but I really don't understand the purpose.  Turning your head seems to be an issue when you are looking at a tv.

lol, forza 4.

I still having finished Forza 3...and I did 1500 miles of racing.

Maybe a burnout style game? or perhaps PGR5