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Director, Windows Category Manager

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead category strategy for Windows at Retail, driving P&L and ensuring plans map to year-over-year unit growth and share gain versus competitors.

Role type

Director, Category Management

Builds

Windows Consumer business strategy, programs, and investments across Retail and OEM partners

Domain

Technology (Windows OS) / Retail

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Category strategy, P&L management, stakeholder alignment, hiring and team leadership, transformation management, cross-functional collaboration, business planning, product planning, sales and profitability target management, complex project leadership, people management

Preferred skills

AI partnership, model coaching, performance management

Technologies

AI

Responsibilities

Align strategy, assortment, programs, and investments across internal and external stakeholders; lead hiring and slate planning for a team of Senior Category Managers; drive transformation on programs and investments; partner with Sales, Marketing, WW, and Finance teams to align strategy and execution; manage and expand category to attain sales and profitability targets; lead complex multi-year projects; manage people and performance.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on execution

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