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Are you looking to make a difference for Microsoft to lead in one of the fastest growing and dynamic regions in the world? The Microsoft Customer and Partners (MCAPS) India & South Asia office is looking for a Business Program Manager to help develop and drive our strategy in the region, and partner with our CVP Office for India & South Asia daily to support our business operations, strategy execution and drive organizational health. The successful candidate will partner effectively with our senior leaders and work on diverse projects concurrently.

The Sr.Business Program Manager will have the highest levels of integrity, a broad business background, and a deep understanding of how Microsoft works, including experience working with Corp, in an MSA and ideally at Country level in some capacity.

Responsibilities

Business Operations

• 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 senior 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.

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders and Microsoft teams to oversee the creation and implementation of execution plans. Sets best practices for strategy leveraging consolidated information, advocating for business cases, and presents cases to leader and business partners. Leads and oversees processes to ensure alignment across groups. Establishes key performance indicators (KPIs) in alignment with strategy to help streamline business strategy. Works with the organization to establish and report against targets, and adjusts targets if necessary.

Maximizing/ Extending the Leader

• Leverages relationships to influence and advise on strategic decisions, content, and/or expertise. Leverages key partnerships to drive the agenda for the leadership team and ensure follow up. Manages and builds relationships with senior leaders and executive internal leaders. May interact with a broader array of high-level partners. Creates alignment within partnerships by providing an objective point of view, ensuring all voices are heard, synthesizing ideas, and creating an action plan.

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.

Specialty Responsibilities

• Leads executive-level communication with a variety of internal audiences. Optimizes the manager's time by organizing the daily communications of the leader; performs triage and ghostwriting on behalf of the leader to expedite leader's time responding to emails. Develops presentations and messaging related to the team's mission and key projects. May perform executive-level communication with a variety of audiences. Ensures alignment with business priorities. Proactively seeks out relevant content to communicate to the organization.*

• Designs and oversees the creation of foundational and storytelling content within the organization and may do so within the industry. Uses understanding of audience needs to ensure the optimal use of leaders' time. Synthesizes findings within workstream and identifies links to broader strategic efforts for content and external facing thought leadership. Provides direction for criteria used to break down complex information into actionable steps for audience; organizes executive visits, including global events with customers. Carries out related reporting and exception management as required.*

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Masters Degree in management AND 10+ years experience in sales, business planning, operations management, strategy or business-related roles.

• OR equivalent experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (Business Administration, Management, technology) and 12+ years experience in Sales, business planning, operations management, strategy, or business-related roles

• OR Master's Degree in relevant field (Business Administration, Management, technology) and 10+ years experience in Sales, business planning, operations management, strategy, or business-related roles

• OR equivalent experience.

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) .