Our team is responsible for delivering datacenter capacity for Microsoft’s cloud business within Cloud, Operations, and Innovation (CO+I). We have a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-million, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects specific to safety, quality, schedule, and cost goals.

Be a part of a team that values collaboration and the idea of working better together. Principal Business Program Manager will support and influence optimization using predictive analytics across our organization in a fast-paced production environment. To help us accelerate achieving our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are looking for a candidate to strategically lead a team to evolve and transform our processes utilizing analytics. Model, Coach, Care and support the team and programs with; strategy, training, creating, and managing rhythm of the business, and leading process improvement within CO+I.

A successful candidate will have cross group organizational skills, demonstrate empathy, analytical and problem-solving capabilities, experience enabling action from data and a passion to automate processes. Be resilient and constructive when faced with changes and can quickly adapt.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• This role is located in one or all hub locations - Atlanta, GA, Washington, D.C., Redmond, WA, San Antonio, TX or Phoenix, AZ.

• Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates must relocate or reside within 50 miles of the hub office location.

• This role is eligible for hybrid or remote work, up to 100%.

Responsibilities

Business Program Excellence and Execution

• Translates the organizational vision and direction into team priorities when overseeing teams who define and execute on a landing and communication plan, such as the target audience(s) and communication strategy, and gets feedback from teams if communication has landed. Drives teams to maintain the rhythm of business (ROB) during plan execution to ensure participants and stakeholders are communicating and responding according to the necessary cadence. Oversees teams who work across teams (e.g., Landing, Design, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Technical Program Management) to ensure all program requirements are understood and can be met.

Business Program Planning and Design

• Oversees teams who work with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering) to design programs from initiation to delivery. Scales the delivery of collateral (e.g., proposals, strategy walking deck, internal and external pitch content) to incorporate stakeholder needs and ensure the business objectives are met. Simplifies complex inputs into program design.

• Oversees teams who perform program landscape research and analysis (e.g., internal and/or external market, sales, delivery), forecasting, and examine business trends (e.g., customer feedback and expectations) to identify audience size and program scope, stay current, agile, competitive, drive clarity, and deliver energy and results of outcomes impacting the broader unit and/or Microsoft.

Oversees teams solving complex problems and synthesizing across organizational boundaries. Provides strategic direction to help teams demonstrate thought leadership when contributing to overall business goals, objectives, and strategies, as well as short- and long-term business priorities. Ensures teams understand and identify current program risks, impact, and develops mitigation plans impacting the broader unit and/or Microsoft.

Qualifications

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.

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 & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local U.S. 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 via a valid passport

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years people management experience.

• Master's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 10+ years program management experience, process management, process improvement

• OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 12+ years experience in program management , process management, process improvement

• OR equivalent experience.

Business Program Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $273,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $162,000 - $299,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay %20 )

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 18, 2024.

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