Remote Business Program Manager Job in California, United States Microsoft

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in Operations, Engineering, Finance, Business Management, Organizational Development, Computer Science or related field AND 4+ years’ experience in Operations, Process Design, Product Management, Program/Project Management, Strategy Consulting OR equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to thrive and drive clarity in ambiguous situations, with adaptability and growth mindset.
• Demonstrated ability as a project manager who can prioritize multiple activities to deliver on project scope and schedule.
• Structured thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Prior consulting experience highly preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Prior experience working across engineering, business planning, and operations teams (or similar) to clearly communicate improvement ideas and significant business impact, and obtain buy-in to improvement opportunities.

Desirables

• Proven ability to thrive and drive clarity in ambiguous situations with adaptability and growth mindset
• Structured thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Prior consulting experience highly preferred
• Excellent written verbal and presentation communication skills
• Prior experience working across engineering business planning and operations teams to clearly communicate improvement ideas and significant business impact and obtain buy-in to improvement opportunities

What the job involves

• Identify opportunities for improvement in product, packaging, and promotion launch processes and tools to help Microsoft launch more, faster, better
• Capture and analyze relevant data to clearly quantify and communicate the impact of workstreams to enable teams to prioritize accordingly
• Work across engineering, business planning, and operations executive teams to clearly communicate improvement ideas and significant business impact, and obtain buy-in
• Drive the building and operationalization of improvement initiatives through pragmatic implementation planning and thoughtful stakeholder engagement
• Project manage workstreams to completion with predictability, transparency, and clarity
• Manage teams of stakeholders from different organizations towards a common goal and timeline
• Execute change management to land changes and drive adoption
• Continuously listen and learn to surface additional high-impact workstreams
• Measure the success of the improvements you make to drive more investment and scale impact

Application process

• Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 9, 2024