Sr Business Manager - Office of the COO, Employee Engagement

The COO (Chief Operating Officer) organization enables Microsoft’s commercial business to better serve every person and organization’s transformation and economic success. How? We design, build, and manage the levers that accelerate commercial growth and shorten the cycle between customer signal and delivery.

The Executive Office team supporting the COO plays a pivotal role in this journey and is responsible for maximizing the scale, impact, and voice of the COO and the broader organization. We accomplish this through four pillars: business operations, people & culture, communications, and cross org strategic project & program orchestration.

We aspire to make our organization a magnet and launch pad for talent a place where people are supported to lead, learn, and level-up. Your role? In close partnership with our Leadership Team and key stakeholders, you will design, manage, and continually evaluate employee experiences within our organization meet this bold ambition. 

Responsibilities

Your core areas of focus:

• Lead Execution – Manage a set of employee programs that are in-sync with business rhythms across the company. When needed, recruit and direct volunteer teams to help scale and deliver those programs. Oversee project execution—including budget and timelines—while applying a test-and-learn approach and championing best practices. Act as a champion for best practices that can be leveraged by all.
• Organization Health - Lead efforts to strengthen team culture and well-being by gathering employee feedback, partnering with HR to track sentiment (e.g., Microsoft Signals), and driving action plans. 
• Employee Engagement – cultivate core communities across our organization, helping to ensure they aren’t just successful in the day-to-day but are able to thrive.

Every day is different. Our work requires agility, extreme comfort with ambiguity and a commitment to operating at the highest levels of integrity, trust, respect, and growth mindset. This individual will relish the creative design and collaboration while also have the capability to project manage and lead change.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 6+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 12+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
  • OR equivalent experience.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting