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　　We are looking for a Program Manager who will show passion for driving data-driven decisions through business data and analytics necessary to deliver and manage finance and procurement workstreams for Entra. You will have experience delivering and coordinating procurement and reporting rhythm of business, collaborating with Engineering and Finance teams to ensure accurate and timely projections and assisting with new features and system functionality. The team’s focus is smart growth, high efficiency, and delivery of next level experience to our customers and partners worldwide. As a successful candidate you will support existing applications and services responding to emerging needs as well as addressing any outstanding issues within your specific area. By applying to this U.S. based position, while remote work is possible, relocation does not apply/is not provided for the role.

　　At Microsoft, our core mission is empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft Entra sits within Microsoft Security and our identity and security technologies are collectively the beating heart of the day-to-day technology experience for billions of humans globally. Microsoft Entra powers every product and service from Windows to Office, Azure to Xbox. We are a dynamic, inclusive, and diverse team which cares deeply about customers, solves complex problems on an extremely high scale, and we’d love to meet you!

　　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.

　　Identifies internal opportunities to develop new programs and improve current ones with minimal guidance. Collaborates with others to identify root problems (e.g., root-cause analysis), define the program strategy, gather program requirements, identify resource needs, create the project plan and targets, and work across teams to align on the plan of record. Begins to improve operations of existing programs by applying industry methodology, defining program issues, assessing various scenarios, and selecting the optimal scenario to resolve issues. Drives clarity in program issues and strives for simplification.

　　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.

　　Qualifications

　　Required/Minimum Qualifications:

　　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.

　　Other Requirements:

　　Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

　　Business Program Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $72,800 - $144,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $95,100 - $157,900 per year.

　　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 .

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