Business Program Manager
Redmond, Washington
Employer: Microsoft
Industry: Business Operations
Salary: $94600 - $183800 per year
Job type: Full-Time
The public and private sectors have a unique opportunity to work together to address the world's most pressing challenges. Microsoft is committed to do its part, by working closely with governments and others to help achieve important economic and social goals. To that end, t he US Government Affairs (USGA) team is looking for a Business P rogram M anager to lead State Government Affairs (SGA) team operations and project management . The Business Program Manager w il l play a critical role in helping to facilitate our work with government leaders to develop and achieve the company's political, policy and relationship goals in a way that reflects the goals and values of Microsoft.
The Business Program Manager will be responsible for supporting the team that manages and advances Microsoft's government relations and public policy initiatives. This role involves overseeing operational and business management tasks to ensure the efficient functioning of the SGA team. The manager works closely with the SGA team, Microsoft personnel, and various internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute strategic campaigns that align with Microsoft's long-term goals.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications
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 October 7, 2024.
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 process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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The Business Program Manager will be responsible for supporting the team that manages and advances Microsoft's government relations and public policy initiatives. This role involves overseeing operational and business management tasks to ensure the efficient functioning of the SGA team. The manager works closely with the SGA team, Microsoft personnel, and various internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute strategic campaigns that align with Microsoft's long-term goals.
Responsibilities:
- Operational Management: Oversee the daily operations of the SGA team, including managing the rhythm of business, task triaging, and team administration. Ensure that operational processes are documented and communicated to team members.
- Business Planning: Support the annual planning process for the SGA team, including the development of team and organization-level plans. Facilitate the completion of association engagement plans, consultant plans, and evaluations. Track progress against annual plans and key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
- Event Coordination: Organize and manage events, including internal reviews, standup meetings, and business reviews. Ensure that events are well-planned and executed, with clear objectives and outcomes. Prepare event plans, briefings, and post-event summaries to document key learnings and achievements
- Communication and Reporting: Prepare and deliver presentations, reports, and other communications to inform and engage internal and external audiences. Provide regular updates on policy developments and their potential impact on Microsoft.
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 4+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement
- OR equivalent experience.
- 2+ years management (e.g., people, project, process, vendor, change) experience.
- Minimum 2-years experience working on complex projects with multiple stakeholders with different priorities with proven ability to bring forward a solution to drive impact
- Experience working in government or with government policymakers
- Experience managing project and/or team budgets
- Desire to partner with stakeholders across the company to learn how others work and how the work in USGA supports other teams
- Skills in organization and communications, together with the ability to partner across disciplines.
- Self-motivated and able to work in an efficient, informed, and accurate manner.
- Confidence and ability to quickly identify, analyze and develop creative and smart solutions to difficult problems and challenges.
- Regularly thinks outside the given parameters to see if there is a more effective way to accomplish the task than what is currently in use.
- Desire to work independently in a demanding and fast-paced environment without sacrificing high attention to detail.
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 October 7, 2024.
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 process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#CELA
Created: 2024-09-17
Reference: 1767127
Country: United States
State: Washington
City: Redmond
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