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In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Lead scenario-based planning and process optimization for our Stage Gate governance platform and process.
• Coordinate with all segments and functional organizations across CO+I at both the executive and project team levels, to ensure clarity on milestone requirements, workflow and process.
• Primary business point of contact interfacing with engineering and translating those requirements into an enterprise-level solution and platform that can scale to meet the capacity growth in CO+I.
• Own and drive cross-org user experience testing, capture actionable feedback and drive engineering engagement to ensure implementation to align with business requirements.
• Drive analysis on current inefficiencies and develop out-of-the box solutions that contribute to overall business goals and strategies, enabling us to scale to meet projected demand growth for our cloud business.
• Develop documentation and process mapping to ensure clear governance guidelines for all CO+I execution teams.
• Manage global communication channels, track adoption, and ensure compliance against new requirements and process changes.
• Drive quality control reviews at the regional and executive levels to ensure all accountabilities are met and the bar for leadership approval is achieved.
• Standardize and operationalize best practices across our global portfolio, while accounting for regional variances in execution.
• Lead development and tracking of success and performance metrics (OKRs) as well as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as adoption, volume, training, cycle time, and impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 4+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement
  o OR equivalent experience.

• Skilled at articulating process and workflow into technical business requirements.
• Able to work in a highly matrixed regionally dispersed work environment.
• Self-starter with business acumen and the ability to effectively manage competing priorities.
• High attention to detail with consistent delivery, all while juggling multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience coordinating and driving project accountability across multiple time zones and geographies.
• Experience with building and managing process flows, conducting training as required.
• Demonstrated influencing skills, with proven ability to handle multiple stakeholders and work streams across various levels of the organization, and prioritize as needed, including pushing back.
• Demonstrated experience and success at delivering cross functional programs and validated ability to influence without direct management authority, taking ownership and driving results.
• Become a trusted advisor - providing direction and guidance to internal stakeholders answering related questions or issues, while demonstrating a positive attitude.
• Construction-related experience is preferred.

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