Senior Program Manager Non-Tech - 154010-1

Job Title: Senior Program Manager Non-Tech - 154010-1
Location: Onsite - 1045 La Avenida, Mountainview, CA
Schedule: SVC, 3-4 days a week
Duration/Start Date: 7/7/2025
Salary: $81.63 /hourly

Candidates with previous experience working at Microsoft Corporation, either as a full-time employee (FTE) or contractor, are strongly preferred.

Typical Day in the Role
Purpose of the Team: At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As a part of that, we are seeking a Business Operations Program Manager to be the engine behind our teams' day-to-day operations. This role is an amazing opportunity to help Microsoft engineering and research be successful in the [enter site location] and shape the experience of our employees.

Reporting directly to the Microsoft Site Engineering Lead, the Business Operations Program Manager collaborates with local site teams, human resources, recruiting, finance, communications, corporate and legal affairs, and others to deliver programs

Key projects:
Engages the region's ecosystems of employees, as well as customers and partners.
Positively impacts our engineering and research employee experience.
Encourages the sharing of best practices across the Engineering and GSMO organizations across the engineering site.
Our ideal candidate will be a self-motivated individual who is willing to take on any challenges the day brings, with a high level of customer service and professionalism, someone who cares deeply about creating a vibrant and inclusive work environment for all.

Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required: 7-9 overall years of experience in the field.
• Degrees or certifications required: A degree is considered a preference rather than a requirement for the role. The focus is more on the candidate's experience.

• Living more than 30 miles away from the office.
• Not possessing the top three hard skills: strong partnership abilities, strong communication skills, and strong execution and organization skills.
• Lack of familiarity with Microsoft suite tools such as PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

• Support the Engineering Site Leader in maintaining a rhythm of the business (RoB) that drives execution of core business priorities and encourages best practice sharing among development centers.
• Support and participate in strategic initiatives or cross-group projects contributing to the overall strategy. 
• Create and implement accurate plans. Develop success metrics and communication approach for these initiatives and projects
• Partner with corporate communications and local teams to deliver on an internal communication (meetings, presentations, milestones, etc.) and external communication (university engagement, customer, partner, PR, etc.) strategy that reinforces Microsofts values, brand, and presence in the community
• Partner with leaders, HR, Microsoft Garage, and D&I champs to shape and influence a positive, inclusive, and innovative culture at our development centers
• Deliver on programs in support of strategic initiatives or cross-group projects contributing to the overall strategy for engaging communities and ecosystems in the region. Track and communicate progress against success metrics.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to deliver programming that shapes a positive, inclusive, and innovative culture at our engineering and research centers.
• Maintain relationships with peers outside the team to ensure cross-group strong collaboration.
• Partner with the Finance team and business managers at each of the engineering and research centers to support financial planning and budgeting. Participate in expense reporting, budget tracking, and reconciliation activities for the team as needed.
• Plan and execute meetings, events, offsites, and partnerships both inside Microsoft and external with partners.
• Continuously look for ways to simplify and drive process improvements and efficiencies.
• Exercise sound judgment, tact, diplomacy, integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism in communicating information and working with all levels of employees.
• Exceptional influence and collaboration skills. Ability to get things done working collaboratively across a highly matrixed organization.
• An aptitude to work independently without significant oversight or instruction to achieve results with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail under deadline pressure.
  
  

Top 4 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience
1. Minimum 7-9 years of experience with a Strong ability to partner with people outside of the group, particularly in cross-group collaborations.
2. Minimum 8+ years of experience with Excellent communication skills
3. Minimum 7+ years of experience with Microsoft suite tools such as PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
4. Minimum 7-9 years of experience with Strong execution and organizational skills

Hard Skills Assessments
1. Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP
2. Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include 1-2 rounds