Microsoft Senior Talent Manager 

United States, Washington 

854466795

As theSenior Talent Managerfor career experiences, you will play a pivotal role in translating our career strategy into principles, practices, governance models and implementation plans related to internal movement at the company.

You will have aof thought leadership,, based on data, culture, internal customer needs and cross functional orchestration and alignment. Additionally, you will bring experience in planning and implementing complex change management initiatives.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field AND 7+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management.
• 3+ years experience managing large-scale or complex projects/programs.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development, Psychology, or related field.
• Experience with developing, executing, and driving change for global, corporate Talent Initiatives, including consulting with and influencing executive business and Human Resources leaders and stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking, demonstrated through execution of multi-faceted projects in Business and HR Initiatives.
• Effective communication and leadership skills, ability to work in a complex matrix environment, essential for effective collaboration and driving organizational goals.
• Experience in talent mobility, talent acquisition processes and practices.
• Global Mindset - the ability to work across organizational, functional, and geographic boundaries to drive communications, business strategies and multi-geography projects and teams; and adapt to a highly matrixed environment.

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 July 17, 2024.

• Thought Leadership - You will drive the process of creating and updating our philosophy, principles, practices that drive career experiences at the company, through the lens of internal movement; collect and synthesize internal and external insights and best practices, integrate them with existing approaches; drive cross-functional alignment; consolidate into clear guidelines and governance; assist in the development of engagement and integration strategies.
• Talent management consulting for scale talent programs – You will act as a subject-matter expert to consult internal clients and members of various cross-disciplinary teams on career/ talent management solutions and best practices in the industry; propose data-based recommendations, leveraging knowledge of best practices and company policies and procedures, as well as related laws and regulations. Utilize data to educate and influence buy-in and implementation of solutions.
• Change Design and Orchestration – You will evaluate business drivers that foster change adoption among a diversity of employees, managers and audience groups. Assess risks and benefits to ensure project feasibility, and collaborate with a multitude of partners to reach alignment, develop effective change-management strategies, plans and collateral, and ensure communications and readiness materials are in place to facilitate the launch, adoption and usage of Talent Management programs/processes.
• Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis and Application – You will define, design and manage objectives and desired key results - qualitative and quantitative metrics that enable the organization to assess the consumption, sentiment and impact of managed programs and tools. You will analyze a wide variety of data, identify trends and patterns, provide insights to stakeholders, and recommend solutions to correct and proactively prevent issues.

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