Microsoft Senior Cloud Business Manager 

United States, Washington 

133110237

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 6+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement OR equivalent experience.
• OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years business management or program management in a manufacturing or technology organization
• 2+ years in business operations or datacenter domain experience
• Proven project management, data analytics and organization skills
• Experience effectively collaborating across groups, to drive clarity and effectiveness in rhythm of business.
• Experience leading change management across a large organization
• Proven ability to work in an agile environment
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage complexity while driving clarity.
• Proven effectiveness driving complex multi-stakeholder planning processes, driving cross-team programs to desired results.
• Demonstrated capability in verbal and written communications

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 23, 2024.

Strategic Execution

• Drive strategic alignment and documentation in partnership with the Vice President and their leadership team
• Partner with The General Manager (GM), Leadership Team (LT) to build and drive short and long-term strategies that meet business goals
• Lead special strategic projects and drive measurable results to deliver business impact
• Working with the data insights team, establish clear methodology to distribute and integrate data analytics and insights to help inform and improve our business strategy

Business Management

• Understand the end-to-end business to most effectively manage priorities for the GM and manage interactions for GM; serve as the proxy for the GM, as needed
• Lead semester planning process, driving content and alignment across teams for Greenlight reviews
• Drive cross team initiatives to manage and drive reductions in operating efficiencies
• Act as the connection point with CO+I Chief of Staff to lead the team through all of the major annual C+AI, and CO+I milestones and Rhythm of the Business (ROB) activities, including work back schedules and tracking/driving to completion for MBR, Fundamentals, Pillar and Strategic Initiatives reviews

Communications

• Ensure success of GM meetings, speaking engagements, partner and team engagements (ex. Town Hall meetings, external speaking events)
• Tie the communication engagement plan into broader organizational rhythm and resources

Financial Management

• Manage the team's Opex and Capex budget, headcount and spend in partnership with finance to ensure effective budget management.
• Ensure teams have a deep understanding of people/discretionary and non-people spend and drive to quarterly and FY financial targets/accountabilities.
• Lead fiscal planning process for the team in partnership with finance