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Business Program Manager - Microsoft Corporation
Richmond, VA
Posted: Sep 29, 2022 05:11

Job Description

The role of theBusiness Manager (BM) is to work closely with the Vice President of the Services organization, The Services Chief of Staff and Executive Admin, and the extended team members and stakeholders to ensure the efficient operations of the Services organization.

The Global Partner Solutions US (GPSUS) Services team is made of Partner Development Managers (PDMs) who work across our Go-To-Market (GTM), Sell-With (SW), and Technical teams to help our managed partners drive joint success with our customers. Our team is responsible for driving consumed and billed revenue accountability across our field Operating Units (OU's) within Public Sector, Enterprise Commercial and Small Mid-Market Corporate (SMC) & Digital Sales.

The Services team helps our managed partners coordinate a consolidated partner business plan (PBP) and then helps execute that plan via the use of investments, programs and resources across GPS, M&O and our segment teams. We leverage co-selling resources, aligned to our Partner Field Integration (PFI) framework, to help our partners sell their co-sell ready and prioritized solutions with our Microsoft sales teams.

The BM function will lead activities in all aspects of strategy development, people governance, compliance, internal communications, and scorecard management. This position requires excellent PowerPoint design and readiness, communication and organizational skills due to cross-group coordination, volume of demands and the high impact work on short deadlines.

Responsibilities

  • Take a proactive role in running the office of VP and ensure we are adequately prepared and meeting the demands of all key stakeholders and the needs of our organization.

  • Drive all aspects of team communications

  • Plan and prepare content for speeches/communications e.g. All-Hands, LT meetings, Cross-groups presentations, Partner Meetings, Key Notes, Videos, Conferences, etc.

  • Lead and own the agendas for the following: Leadership Meetings, All Hands and Leadership Strategy off-sites.

  • Plan and coordinate internal Executive Visits, as well as customer and partner sponsor meetings and follow up

  • Be the -Champ- and own completion of organizational initiatives such as FastStart, Controls and Compliance activities and People activities before the required deadline

  • Execute rhythm of the business and ensure we are executing with excellence & organize all the notes / actions / outcomes with appropriate follow-up

  • Manage Opex and Headcount budgets working closely with Finance, to make investment recommendations to the LT and track progress.

  • Owning and leading successful implementation and delivery of the people plan, holding LT and v-teams accountable for meeting expectations set throughout the year

  • Run specific projects and take ownership for pulling together the right team and being clear about the desired outcomes, execution plan for that team.

  • Be the -objective voice of reason- for the VP and Leadership team and enable the individual leaders to consider and drive the bigger picture in addition to individual team priorities

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 3+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles

  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Seasoned business professional with multi-disciplinary experience -

  • Senior sales leader or sales management experience

  • Demonstrated excellent organizational, analytical, problem resolution and decision-making skills

  • Superior judgment, team building, budgeting, presentation skills, and the ability to work under deadline pressure

  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including slide concept creation, requirements documents and presentation-building

  • Strong networking and interpersonal skills with ability to build positive working relationships across senior leadership teams

  • Ability to work effectively in a loosely structured team environment that demands a high degree of cooperation, flexibility, teaming, cross group and real-time responsiveness

  • Strong project management and negotiation skills while working within established business priorities and constraints

  • Experience across Enterprise and Corporate segments and partner businesses a plus Minimum 5-10 years of business relevant experience

  • MBA

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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest) .

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