Senior Director - Emerging Accessories, XBOX Devices

Overview

The XBOX Devices team is shaping the future of gaming hardware and experiences, creating innovative products that bring players closer to the games and communities they love. The team is responsible for the end-to-end development of XBOX hardware, spanning devices and accessories, systems architecture, engineering, validation, manufacturing, and delivery. From XBOX consoles and controllers to new device experiences, the organization brings together world-class engineering, design, and product expertise to push the boundaries of how and where people play. Working across XBOX and with a global ecosystem of technology, manufacturing, and gaming partners, XBOX Devices is defining the next generation of gaming.

The Senior Director, Emerging Accessories Business will provide technical and organizational leadership across the definition, architecture, sourcing, manufacturing, and delivery of next-generation XBOX products. This leader will partner across XBOX and with first- and third-party game studios and external partners to build hardware solutions and a supply ecosystem that strengthen the broader XBOX platform. They will architect long-term strategic initiatives, steer executive-level decisions, and set the technical standard for how new hardware moves from concept to scaled, manufacturable product. They will also build and lead a small multidisciplinary team of engineers and product managers responsible for turning product concepts into scalable, manufacturable solutions. This leader will also bring an AI-forward mindset, using AI to speed up how new hardware moves from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver next-generation XBOX products, translating product vision and player needs into hardware strategy and executable engineering plans.
• Lead the system architecture, technical definition, and engineering direction for new XBOX hardware from early concept through product delivery, developing and governing robust, scalable, secure, and extensible architecture solutions that account for broad designs and future concepts.
• Direct hardware sourcing, supplier strategy, and manufacturing execution, partnering with external manufacturers, silicon and component suppliers, and internal engineering teams.
• Establish and scale a hardware and supply-chain ecosystem that connects XBOX Devices with first-party game studios, third-party studios, and strategic partners.
• Drive products from concept and architecture through development, validation, manufacturing, and launch, leading decisions that balance performance, quality, reliability, cost, schedule, and scalability, and setting the standard for how teams anticipate and mitigate the most significant project risks.
• Partner across XBOX engineering, product, business, studio, and executive leadership to align priorities, resolve dependencies, steer executive-level approvals, and drive complex cross-organizational initiatives.
• Champion faster, more iterative hardware development by challenging long-standing assumptions, applying AI to accelerate engineering, sourcing, and decision-making, and partnering with process owners to shorten timelines.
• Define the customer and partner value proposition for new XBOX accessory categories and lead make-versus-buy decisions with senior leaders, grounding hardware investments in long-term business strategy.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team of engineers and product managers, mentoring senior engineers and establishing clear technical direction, accountability, and execution standards.
• Model XBOX culture and Microsoft values, coach the team to clear objectives and outcomes, and attract, retain, and grow great people by investing in each person's development.

Qualifications

Hardware Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 per year. 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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