Microsoft Business Manager - Engineering Community 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

54414102

PM collaborates with local site teams, human resources, recruiting, finance, communications, corporate and legal affairs, and others to deliver programs that:

• Engages the region’s ecosystems of STEM students, universities, and tech communities as well as customers and partners.

• impactsour engineering and research employee experience.

• Encourages the sharing of best practices across the Engineering andother functions in the ANZ region

• Works withpeers in

a high level

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 6+ years of experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR equivalent experience
• 7-9yearsdemonstratedexperience in operations management and execution.
• Exceptional influence and collaboration skills. Ability to get things done working collaboratively across a highly matrixed organization.
• An aptitude to work independently without significant oversight or instruction to achieve results with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail under deadline pressure.

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:

• 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

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • o OR Master's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 5+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • o OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to build real connections, displayvery strongpeople skills, high emotional intelligence.

• Support the Engineering Site Leader inmaintaining

• Support andparticipatein strategic initiatives or cross-group projects contributing to the overall strategy. Create and implementaccurateplans. Develop success metrics and communication approach for these initiatives and projects

• Partner with corporate communications and local teams to deliver on an internal communication (meetings, presentations, milestones, etc.) and external communication (university engagement, customer, partner, PR, etc.) strategy that reinforces Microsoft’s values, brand, and presence in the community

• as well aslearning and development opportunities across all of engineering in ANZ

• Partner with leaders, HR, Microsoft Garage, and D&I champs to shape and influence a positive, inclusive, and innovative culture at our development centers

• Collaborate with relevant teams to deliver programming that shapes a positive, inclusive, and innovative culture at our engineering and research centers.

• relationships with peers outside the team to ensurecross-group strongcollaboration.

• Partner with the Finance team and business managers at each of the engineering and research centers to support financial planning and budgeting. Participate in expense reporting, budget tracking, and reconciliation activities for the team as needed.

• Plan and execute meetings, events, offsites, and partnerships both inside Microsoft and external with partners.

• Continuously look for ways to simplify and drive process improvements and efficiencies. Exercise sound judgment, tact, diplomacy, integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism in communicating information and working with all levels of employees