Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, Microsoft AI

Microsoft AI (MAI)'s Mission is to use AI responsibly to make everyone more informed, capable, and supported.  We are creating unique, beautiful and powerful products that will change lives.  We are proud of what we build, how we build it and that our products will define the AI era. It’s a time of huge change in the AI landscape, and this role will put you right in the heart of it.  In Microsoft’s Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) organization, our mission is to engage and hire the people who empower the planet. We believe that when recruiting experiences reflect the value and diversity of talented people, everyone can achieve more.

We are seeking a highly motivated, agile Senior Talent Aquisition Manager, Microsoft AI to lead the Microsoft AI Copilot GTA for MAI Research squad.  We’re looking for someone with an abundance of positive energy and thrive in a fast-paced environment.  The successful candidate excels at multitasking and pays unwavering attention to detail.  You are self-motivated and can adapt to ambiguity and can demonstrate success in agile ways of working. If you can make informed decisions, remove roadblocks, collaborate across executive office staff to meet objectives, along with thrive in this environment, we invite you to join us.

This leader will empower a team of recruiters to accelerate the growth of the MAI division through the talent we identify and recruit. They will forge deep partnerships and collaborate with business leaders to drive recruitment initiatives. We are looking for someone who isn’t afraid to fail fast, leads with care, and gets energy from coaching, developing, and contributing towards the success of others.

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

People Management  

• Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. 

• Model - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles.

• Coach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.

• Care - Attract and retain people; Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.

Stakeholder/Client Engagement  

• Uses data and metrics, and an understanding of the long-term business requirements, to advise a division, set of countries, or subsidiary on the implications of talent gaps. Leads the development of staffing processes and strategies. 

• Consults business leaders on critical talent needs and opportunities. Presents and frames information in a way that speaks to the business needs and influences leaders to embrace differentiated and alternative types of talent (e.g., compete, diverse, nontraditional) that may not be typically considered. 

Candidate Attraction  

• Uses deep knowledge of competitor opportunities to differentiate Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advantages, and rewards and leverage a consistent, compelling message that conveys the most significant motivators to prospective candidates. 

• Coaches the client to represent Microsoft’s unique career possibilities, advant