Microsoft Director Business Management 

United States, Washington 

779603923

As a group, CO+I is focused on personal and professional development for all employees and offers training and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

Required 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
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in leadership positions, demonstrating the ability to work closely with leadership and promote collaboration among cross-functional teams.
• 8+ years of experience in leading large virtual teams.

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.
• Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years business or program management in a global manufacturing or technology organization.
• 2+ years in business operations or data center domain experience.
• Proficient executive presence and proven ability to influence technical peers and leaders.
• Project management, data analytics and organization skills.
• Proficient effectiveness driving complex multi-stakeholder planning processes, driving cross-team programs to desired results.
• Experience collaborating across diverse groups to drive clarity and effectiveness in rhythm of business and delivering projects on time.
• Proactiveness and a positive outlook and approach to change management.
• Proficient business acumen and agility to ramp quickly across our diverse business and offerings.
• Enjoy working under pressure and deadlines, with an ability to manage complexity while driving clarity.
• Proven effectiveness driving complex multi-stakeholder planning processes, driving cross-team programs to desired results.
• Ability to synthesize complex ideas into easy-to-understand concepts for communications. Demonstrated capability in verbal and written communications skills across a geographically dispersed audience.
• People management experience a plus, as the role is likely to grow as the organization grows

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 18, 2024.

Rhythm of Business

• Drive the development and execution of the rhythm of business and maximize use of the CVP and LT’s time.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive program roadmap aligned with the cross functional Americas Region and CO+I objectives.
• Sets business priorities for the year and focus areas for each period, in collaboration with the leader and LT.
• Drive business functions to ensure the team's operating rhythm is effective.
• Drive prioritization and prepare the team for weekly leadership staff; drive content alignment across teams for executive review.
• Prioritize and manage end-to-end business needs to an effectively for optimal outcomes.
• Leverage deep knowledge of organizational strategy and planned deliverables for the upcoming year to design and track people-related budgets (training, morale, T&E, etc.).
• Provide direction and support for org hygiene, culture, and diversity and inclusion initiatives in partnership with HR.

Strategy Planning & Activation

• Leads strategy execution & OKR management in partnership with the leadership team across the org.
• Facilitate execution of leadership team strategic planning, white papers, key results reviews, training, and organizational hygiene.
• Participate in overall group strategy decisions and assist in implementing policies and procedures to maximize team effectiveness.
• Leads multiple workstreams in conjunction with stakeholders and the leadership team (including continuous improvement processes).

Executive Communication Strategy

• Leads executive-level communications for a variety of internal and external audiences, from org-wide communications to customer speaking engagements.
• Develop and execute an org-wide engagement plan, including town halls and Employee Signals action plans
• Serve as an extension of the CVP; prep the CVP for stakeholder and/or customer meetings and lead work on exec presentations / white papers.

Strategic Programs and Initiatives

• Drive cross-team projects as needed to meet the changing business; create clarity on ambiguous projects and develop plans for execution.
• Establish and enforce program standards and best practices.
• Prepare and present regular status reports to executive leadership.
• Embody our and .