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You will have tangible impact on a growing organization, getting things done across large and diverse global teams and developing practices and reporting that streamline the business and drive results. You will support the CVP (Corporate Vice President) of EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) and partner with other business managers and the EPC leadership team to help us effectively and efficiently operate a complex and diverse organization. You’ll be a vital, trusted member of this tight-knit team and you’ll participate in challenging, fast paced execution to contribute big-picture thinking and strategic execution. A successful candidate will have cross group organizational skills, relevant financial planning and management experience, well developed analytical and problem-solving capabilities, experience in successfully leading complex strategies and projects to completion, and agile communication skills. We are looking to hire a Director Business Management to join our team.

This role is located in Redmond, WA

Relocation support will NOT be provided, and successful candidates must ​relocate or reside within 50 miles of the office location.

This role is eligible for hybrid or remote work, up to 50%.

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.

Responsibilities

Business Operations/Business Management

• Drives the architecting, developing, and executing the rhythm of business. Drives strategy initiatives and helps facilitate for rhythm of business (ROB); uses strategy plans to inform structure and business insights to predict business outcomes. Works with leaders to drive outcomes. Collaborates with internal and/or external partners to develop plans and articulate potential benefits of partnerships and how they provide mutual value. Drives business review cadence. Informs direction for processes related to adherence to privacy and compliance.

• Executes business plans to ensure continuation of business operations at all times, including in adverse conditions, in accordance with corporate governance. Ensures checks and balances are in place for the team to ensure Microsoft's best interest with regard to strategic partnerships necessary for continuity of business. Strategizes and develops business continuity plans with Microsoft corporate Crisis Management and Business Continuity teams.

• Leads strategy execution in partnership with the leadership team across the organization. Leverages knowledge of the business to drive the leader's and business's goals. Leads and oversees processes to ensure alignment across groups. Sets best practices for long-term company strategy within existing businesses, and advocates and presents business cases to leadership. Shares priorities with leaders to negotiate appropriate level of team's involvement on initiatives so as to help team drive execution of top priorities. Establishes key performance indicators (KPIs) in alignment with strategy to help streamline business strategy. Works with the organization to establish and report against targets, and adjusts targets if necessary.

• Leverages deep knowledge of organizational strategy and planned deliverables for the upcoming year(s) to design budgets. Develops forecasting plans in partnership with the leadership team. Works in partnership with Finance to approve the budgets. Oversees the development of metrics for budgeting and forecasting; identifies actions that can be taken to course-correct and drive performance improvement; anticipates business challenges based on forecasts and develops plans accordingly; contributes knowledge to strategic investment decisions. Works with Procurement team to coordinate future resources. Ensures that the leader is aligned on the headcount strategy and participates in or leads the organizational design for headcount allocation.

Maximizing/ Extending the Leader

• Leads in conjunction with stakeholders and the leadership team on multiple workstreams (e.g., workforce planning, culture, business health). Leverages key partnerships to drive the agenda for the leadership team and ensures follow up. Builds and cultivates relationships withleaders and executives. Advises leaders and key external stakeholders on industry and company insights as a key partner. Creates alignment within partnerships by providing an objective point of view, ensuring all voices are heard, synthesizing ideas, and creating an action plan.

• Leverages knowledge of the leader's goals and business approach to ensure business activities are aligned with the leader's objectives. Supports the leader and serves as a thought leader in multiple areas (e.g., setting key goals, priorities, and definitions; team culture and health; communications; budget/finance; industry/specific business knowledge). Synthesizes information into insights that inform business decisions, leveraging expertise to influence the leader, leadership team, and across the organization. Shares best practices across the Business Management community at Microsoft. Helps develop and lands organizational changes (e.g., employee data management, skilling plans, landing quota).

Organizational Health

• Drives team culture and health for the leader by getting a pulse on organizational health, as well as leading culture initiatives (e.g., Diversity and Inclusion [D&I], hiring, onboarding) while partnering with Human Resources to do so. Capitalizes on team strengths and identifies development areas, strategizing, planning, and executing trainings. In partnership with Human Resources, tracks Microsoft Poll responses and coordinates a response. Tracks the use of role-based compliance trainings and new trainings; drives the training completion rates. Ensures a healthy compliance scorecard for the organization.

Special Projects/Programs and Initiatives

• Drives cross-team projects as needed to meet the changing business environment and to manage complex business needs. Leads project/program management to ensure organization-wide implementation of strategic efforts that require hands-on coordination across multiple disciplines and business organizations. Leads strategic innovation and experimentation. Creates clarity on ambiguous projects and develops plan for execution

Specialty Responsibilities

• Leads executive-level communication with a variety of internal audiences. Optimizes the manager's time by structuring the communication strategy for the business and organizing the daily communications of the leader; performs triage and ghostwriting on behalf of the leader to expedite leader's time responding to emails. Develops presentations and messaging related to the team's mission and key projects, organizational/company strategy and vision; articulates this strategy for the leader. May perform executive-level communication with a variety of audiences. Ensures alignment with business priorities. Proactively seeks out relevant content to communicate to the organization.

• Drives accountability for the team and organization in executing core business activities. Reviews performance, commitments, execution, and leverages stakeholders to achieve results. Serves as a point of contact while understanding the business status and industry trends. Oversees corporate governance and performance management by providing insight and guidance into prioritizing performance metrics, defining and monitoring forward-looking key performance indicators (KPIs), communicating to leadership on progress, and evangelizing processes from the top levels of the company. Demonstrates achieved implementation and high-impact business value (e.g., executive-level recognition) for partners and the company.

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Supply chain, Construction, Business Administration, Management,) AND 8+ years experience in business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, or business-related roles in EPC environment

• OR equivalent experience.

• Experience in an Engineering, Procurement and Construction project delivery environment.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in an Engineering, Procurement and Construction project delivery environment.

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant (e.g., Engineering, Supply chain, Construction, Business Administration, Management,) AND 10+ years experience in business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, or business-related roles in EPC environment

• Master's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Supply chain, Construction, Business Administration, Management,) AND 7+ years experience in business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, or business-related roles (EPC environment)

• OR equivalent experience.

Business Management IC6 - 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 31, 2024.

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