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　　The TARI (Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards and HR Business Insights) team enables all employees to do their best work and to ensure Microsoft remains an Exceptional Place to Work. This team is responsible for global talent acquisition, people analytics, global and executive compensation programs, global benefits and mobility, and performance & development. This team works in a very matrixed way, collaborating with other centers of excellence and business partners within and outside of HR (Human Resources).

　　We are looking for a highly motivated and collaborative individual to fill the role of Senior Business Manager for the General Manager of the Global Talent Acquisition Excellence (GTAE) team. The role requires knowledge and experience in most of the following: global talent acquisition, Rhythm of Business (ROB) management, HR, project management, execution, communication, budget management, administration and collaboration. Success in this role means that you are able to think strategically at a global level and effectively develop key processes that facilitate business planning, execution and accountability. This position requires extensive cross-group coordination and effective influencing at all levels, and the ability to manage high volume, high impact work on short deadlines. This role helps drive organization strategy and successful implementation of initiatives enabling effective leaders and highly performing teams.

　　Responsibilities

　　Drive and execute rhythm of business activities

　　Drives business direction and responsibility for leadership team to manage the planning process ensuring coordination with corporate planning processes as well as planning integration across the broader organization.

　　Drives the architecting, developing, and executing the rhythm of business (ROB).

　　Works with leaders to drive outcomes.

　　Provides direction for identifying and determining objectives to execute which are in alignment with the goals of the organization.

　　Drives business review cadence.

　　Ensures adherence to privacy and compliance.

　　Business operations project management

　　Leverages knowledge of the leader's goals and business approach to ensure business activities are aligned with the leader's objectives.

　　Supports the leader in one or more key business management areas (e.g., setting key goals, priorities, and definitions; team culture and health; communications; budget/finance; industry/specific business knowledge).

　　Synthesizes information into insights that inform business decisions, leveraging expertise to influence the leader and leadership team.

　　Leverages people management/influence expertise to assist leader with people management as needed. Lands organizational changes (e.g., employee data management, skilling plans, landing quota).

　　Budget and financial management

　　Leverages knowledge of organizational strategy and planned deliverables for the upcoming year(s) to design budgets.

　　Works in partnership with Finance to approve budgets.

　　Develops forecasting plans in partnership with the leadership team.

　　Oversees the development of metrics for budgeting and forecasting.

　　Identifies actions that can be taken to course-correct and drive performance improvement; anticipates business challenges based on forecasts.

　　Works with Procurement team to coordinate future resources.

　　Collaborates with leaders regarding resource management planning. Ensures that the leader is aligned on the headcount strategy.

　　Organizational Health

　　Monitors team/organization health and supports the leader in responding to team culture issues, as well as leading culture initiatives (e.g., Diversity and Inclusion [D&I], hiring, onboarding) while partnering with Human Resources to do so.

　　Tracks the use of role-based compliance trainings and new trainings; drives the training completion rates.

　　Plans and executes on trainings.

　　Ensures a healthy compliance scorecard for the team/organization.

　　Capitalizes on team strengths and identifies development areas.

　　Special Projects/Programs and Initiatives :

　　Drives cross-team projects as needed to meet the changing business environment and manage complex business needs.

　　Engages in project management or may act as a project/program manager to ensure organization-wide implementation of strategic efforts that require hands-on coordination across multiple functional disciplines and business organizations.

　　Other

　　Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)Qualifications

　　Required 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.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　The ability to influence and act as a trusted resource and advisor to a wide network of colleagues with diverse personalities, and to partner and collaborate with cross functional teams.

　　Ability to partner with cross-functional teams in highly matrixed and global environment  

　　Experience in building effective business processes for diverse teams

　　Ability to maintain good judgment in a fast-paced environment

　　Ability to work well in an ambiguous environment and effectively triage several competing priorities

　　Impeccable attention to detail and a relentless focus on execution with the highest degree of quality 

　　Ability to translate ideas into clear, high impact communications 

　　Outstanding project management skills to organize a busy workload and deliver projects on time  

　　Business Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,200 - $194,800 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 $142,200 - $213,200 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

　　Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .