Senior HR Consultant

An exciting role has come up within EMEA HR Consulting team, based in and primarily supporting Romania, with the opportunity to support other countries across the region as well, as part of our one team model and for overall growth and development. This role is an individual contributor role.

The HR Consulting team directs the diagnostics and resolution of employee relations and or performance management matters with increasing complexity and risk, while prioritizing employee experience to maintain a safe and professional work environment. You will be part of our EMEA HRC team in the activation of our global HR Consulting mission to empower Microsoft's business performance and inclusive culture through human-centred data, insights, and AI-powered coaching and global solutions for manager and employees.   

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

HR Solutions Consulting

• Provides expert consulting services to managers and employees in relevant areas related to HR programs, processes, and initiatives (e.g. Performance & Development, Rewards, ER, etc.; represents their focus area in the broader HR community; influences the future direction of HR work by synthesizing insights and contributing perspectives, expertise, and leadership.
• Leads data analytics and organizational health diagnostics by creating analysis plans and leading the collaboration with Human Resources Business Partnership (HRBP); generates and/or presents trends and insights on organizational health solutions; recommends action plans to business leaders based on analytics and business/local needs.

Employee Relations

• Directs the diagnostics and resolution of issues with increasing complexity, visibility and risk related to policy or culture concerns/violations and incident or threat response, independently or by collaborating with managers, peers in Human Resources and Legal profession as appropriate; recommends solutions to address issues from a systematic perspective (e.g., establishing new principles/tools) while prioritizing employee experience to maintain a safe and professional work environment.
• Assists/Partners with Employee Relations Investigations Team in investigations of serious cases and implements appropriate remediation in conjunction with a business, region, or geography.
• Interprets trends in employee relations issues; designs and recommends interventions and solutions to facilitate an open, inclusive, Microsoft values-based environment that enables effective employee relations for an assigned business, region, or geography.

Capability Building

• Identifies the appropriate approach and leverages resources to enhance manager capability by conducting one-on-one consulting/coaching with business leaders, or by engaging relevant stakeholders and HR partners in capability building conversations.
• Leads their area in the collaboration with peer disciplines or professions (e.g. Talent Management, Learning and Development), as well as global Human Resource partners, to contribute insights, leverage resources, and provide capability building support for the leadership of a business, region, or geography via scalable projects, programs, and/or initiatives.
• Identifies and aggregates training needs within the business, region, or geography supported; develops implementation plans to address the training needs identified, and partners with peer HR disciplines in developing and coordinating respective trainings as needed.

HR Project and Programs

• Partners with Centers of Excellence on implementing and capitalizing on scalable Human Resources programs and processes (e.g. performance and development cycle, management excellence communities, employee movement, ad-hoc projects); manages Human Resources processes for a business, region, or geography by reviewing progress and making recommendations on project/program management.
• Leads the design and implementation of local Human Resource projects or programs (e.g., critical positions retention, performance checkpoint) based on unique needs for a business, region, or geography; provides project guidance related to prioritization, timelines, budget, resourcing, and impac