Microsoft Director Critical Programs Transformation 

United States 

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As theDirectorof Critical Programs and Transformation, you'll be

Partnership across all areas of the business will be crucial. You will ensure our CE&S programs and initiatives align with our stakeholders building working relationship and successfully navigating across various teams toward execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 8+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years management (e.g., people, project, process, vendor, change) experience.
• 6+ years of people management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement.
• Experience in the technology industry.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and deliver results across organizations and teams with excellent interpersonal skills to build positive working relationships across groups and all management levels.
• Passion for driving and landing change
• Track record of cross-group collaboration and coordination at multiple levels of the company, and across different cultures within a global organization
• Proven success with relationship management including ability to rapidly build trust and confidence of stakeholders, as well as influence business decisions across boundaries, at all levels of the organization, and often in ambiguous situations
• Business maturity and experience working with senior leaders, with the ability to work independently
• Executive presence and high proficiency with written and verbal communication skills
• Global program orchestration and execution skills, with ability to manage and deliver multiple projects simultaneously
• Track record of creating order out of chaos and clarity out of confusion
• Ability to learn and synthesize complex topics and needs
• Attention to detail and accuracy in all deliverables
• Ability to deliver tough messages diplomatically and quickly drive toward solutions to problems
• Proven ability to design and balance strategic priorities against operational needs
• Track record of leading through influence to deliver results
• Proven Organizational agility.

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 January 13, 2025.

• Coach M1’s and Develop High Performing Team: Lead / create a Thriving team of M1 managers and Business Program Managers (M1’s and IC’s) with career growth and development.
• Lead program improvements and growth, developing future strategies and engagement models to land our most critical initiatives including assessing and advising Leaders and Stakeholders on risks and mitigation.
• Identify areas to simplify, streamline and automate programs moving CE&S toward a truly transformational change
• Enable cross team collaboration through engagement
• Amplify the impact of programs through effective communication venues
• responsibility to develop a reporting and insights mechanism to share progress, report success metrics and adoption tracking with organization and stakeholders
• Weave data insights to inform decisions and drive change management leadership in everything we do