Senior Talent Program Manager

The Executive Talent Management Team (ETM) is responsible for activating and sustaining our talent needs and priorities at the executive level of the company. As a **Senior Talent Program Manager**  on the ETM team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving our talent strategy forward. Through collaboration with our line Talent Management and Center of Excellence (COE) partners, you will support the holistic efforts, programs, processes and initiatives to ensure our organization has the leaders we need for today and in future.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset. We believe Microsoft is at its best when our people are thriving - when they feel energized and empowered to do meaningful work. Therefore, we cultivate careers that inspire individual thriving while strengthening our collective force as a company.

**Responsibilities**

+ **Program Management and Implementation**

+ Lead the work to manage and optimize our always on talent management rhythm and operating model, including rolling 12-month rhythms and other initiatives related to executive talent management. This role involves coordinating efforts within ETM and aligning with other talent management processes and HR priorities across the organization.

+ Develop methods to ensure the talent management community is aware, understands and executes against our rhythm and associated milestones.

+ Evolve our ETM resources and content to build understanding and increase adoption within the talent management and line partner community.

+ Partner across ETM and the broader talent management community to remove complexity from the system and strengthen the capabilities across how we know, grow and create mobility for the executive population.

+ Support the ETM team in crafting content and presentations for consumption by our senior-most leaders.

+ Partner to build discussion questions and narrative for community and executive sessions to drive toward the desired outcomes and input.

+ **Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis and Application **

+ Manage progress against our core priorities and success measures using both qualitative and quantitative metrics.

+ Utilize data and case-based recommendations derived from success metric work to drive continuous improvement across our ETM initiatives and rhythms.

+ Partner across ETM and broader stakeholders to analyze relevant data and trends, interpret results, and define insights for robust storytelling and impact/influence to define our overall talent narrative. 

+ **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/Minimum Qualifications**

+ 10+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management

+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field AND 7+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management.

+ 3+ years experience managing large-scale or complex projects/programs

+ 3+ years of Talent Management experience

**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**

+ Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development, Psychology, or related field.

+ Experience with developing, executing, and driving change for global, corporate Talent Initiatives.

+ Experience executing multi-faceted projects in Business and HR Initiatives.

+ Effective communication and leadership skills, ability to work in a complex matrix environment, essential for effective collaboration and driving organizational goals.

+ Experience in talent mobility, talent acquisition processes and practices.

+ Global Mindset - the ability to work across organizational, functional, and geographic boundaries to drive communications, business strategies and multi-geography projects and teams; and adapt to a highly matrixed environment.

Talent Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $103,800 - $200,300 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 $133,700 - $219,200 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 will accept applications for the role until September 23, 2024.

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) .