Microsoft · 2 days ago
Business Program Management: MBA Full-time Opportunities
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$77K/yr - $152K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft’s Industry Solution Delivery Business Excellence team is seeking Business Program Managers to enable AI-first consulting services. The role involves identifying program opportunities, managing operations, and driving stakeholder alignment to enhance business performance and operational excellence.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Supports and contributes to performing program landscape research and analysis (e.g., internal and/or external market, sales, delivery), forecasting, and examining business trends (e.g., customer feedback and expectations) to identify audience size and program scope, and stay current, agile, and competitive
Collaborates with others to understand overall business goals, objectives, and strategies, as well as short- and long-term business priorities. Understands and identifies current program risks, impact, and mitigation plans in collaboration with others
Works with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering) to design programs from initiation to delivery with guidance. Collaborates to produce collateral (e.g., proposals, strategy walking deck, internal and external pitch content) to incorporate stakeholder needs and ensure the business objectives are met. Supports and contributes to define and track the success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]), such as quality, adoption, usage, impact, and effectiveness for the program
Collaborates to define and execute on landing and communication plans, such as the target audience(s) and communication strategy. Begins to maintain the rhythm of business (ROB) during plan execution to ensure participants and stakeholders are communicating and responding according to the necessary cadence. Begins to independently 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
Works with others to evangelize programs to stakeholders, partners, and customers to gain buy in. Leverages data and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]) to demonstrate the value of the program and show business impact with minimal guidance. Begins to adapt communication style and storytelling strategy according to audience and business needs. Demonstrates an understanding of mapping or how systems work and impact one another
Collaborates with others who work with other teams (e.g., Supply Chain, Engineering, Sales) to ensure program processes are rigorous and executed efficiently. Helps develop processes around scope and scheduled changes for programs, and communicates them to stakeholders
Collaborates with others to conduct cost-benefit analyses to examine performance to value drivers (e.g., profit and loss [P&L], return on investment [ROI]). Begins to contribute to monthly business review (MBR) and begins to run rhythms regularly to identify what is working and what is not, and helps make improvements accordingly
Begins to independently collect and evaluate success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]), such as acquisition, usage, impact, effectiveness, and customer feedback using scorecards and dashboards to monitor programs and ensure all activities align with business and program objectives. Collaborates with others to use data analytics (e.g., scenario analyses) to derive insights and training that help identify program risks and mitigation plans, as well as opportunities to streamline and optimize programs based on lessons learned
With minimal guidance, utilizes direction and strategy from leadership regarding business area of expertise in order to execute plans that shift current priorities to new organizational initiatives and objectives, and influences others to change behavior accordingly with minimal guidance. Begins to help define vision and strategy for change, broad and specific impact, and the flow of communication to the organization
Begins to ensure buy in and adoption of the new program or change by others in the organization. Begins to develop the collateral required to enable key stakeholders and others to be on board. Begins to contribute to the training, reskilling, and mapping of individuals in partnership with Human Resources (HR)
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Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 2+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement
OR equivalent experience
Preferred
Master's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 3+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 5+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
OR equivalent experience
Company
Microsoft
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