Microsoft Business Program Management 

India, Telangana, Hyderabad 

160907018

Role Purpose

has a mandate topartner with Area and Crop Delivery Leadership to achieve Operational Excellence.As a part of this endeavor we have an opening for a seasoned Planning & Insights leader to partner with the said stakeholders.

Ideal candidates should have 15+ years of Planning, Analytics, Finance and Operations experience and should be self-motivated, confident in working with Senior Leaders and comfortable working in a matrix organization. The candidate need to be able to achieve results through influence across multiple organizations.

• Bachelor’s in business, finance, information technology, or related field, and/or equivalent experience
• Proven stakeholder management skills, especially in a cross organizational matrixed team
• A strong business aptitude coupled with an affinity or appreciation for technology and the advancement of technology in thriving organizations
• Ability to effectively prioritize and coordinate multiple work streams of activities
• Knowledge and understanding of the financial and operational functions of a delivery organization (i.e., budget, utilization, optimizing cost, escalation processes, invoicing, capacity management)
• Ability to develop strong, productive relationships with colleagues and management to meet targeted objectives
• An analytical mind set with the ability define metrics, reports, interpret results, and make recommendations on appropriate courses of action
• Excellent communication, collaboration, organizational, time management, presentation, and writing skills
• Proactive, self-motivated, and team-oriented with strong capabilities to lead and thrive in start-up type organizations

• Deliver robust annual/ quarterly demand and capacity plans in partnership with Area Delivery Leaders and Corp stakeholders, based on sales signals, backlog, productivity and financial levers.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders such as Finance, Sales, Area/Regional Delivery Leaders, and act as a Trusted Advisor.
• Proactively monitor business health by identifying potential risks/ gaps, to trigger timely course corrections based on root cause analyses and synthesis of information across all the levers.
• Provide forward looking business visibility based on advanced statistical analytics, predictive models and deep insights (Scenario modelling, Trend Analysis, Correlations/ Knowledge Discovery, Machine Learning, Statistical Forecasting, Early Warning System etc.).
• Ability to handle large, complex and disparate data sets; build models ground up, interpret & orchestrate the story behind the numbers, and syndicate the output with broader set of stakeholders.
• Provide analytics and insights to the business leaders to have consequential business review rhythms (QBR/ MBR) by closely monitoring the Key Performance Indicators, Critical Success Factors, Scorecard Metric, Cost and Productivity levers, Sales Motion, Leading/ Lagging Indicators, Red Pockets, Root Cause Analyses, Recovery Plans, Investments/ ROIs.

Key Success Criteria and Competencies required

• Future orientation balanced with current state through strategic and systems thinking and a growth mindset
• Influencing stakeholders to achieve impact through collaboration, presence and strong communication skills
• Judgment – Scopes problems by identifying key issues, inputs, stakeholders, and outcomes. Applies a broad functional knowledge base to solve problems with confidence and persuades others.
• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Change Management
• Analytical problem solving