Business Program Manager: Full Time Opportunity

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Business Program Manager, you will identify, define and design opportunities to support and/or develop new programs or improve current programs. You will define the program strategy including gathering requirements, understanding business strategies and priorities and program risks and mitigation plans. You will advocate for and demonstrate the value of the program through clearly defined metrics in order to gain buy in from stakeholders, partners and customers. You will also monitor programs to ensure all activities align with program objectives and ensures program processes are executed efficiently including change management and/or program improvement efforts. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Responsibilities: • To stay competitive, you will help others perform program landscape analysis and examine business trends. With oversight, you'll also identify opportunities to develop and improve programs, and help others define program strategy and create project plans. • You will help others work with cross-functional stakeholders to design programs from initiation to delivery and also learn how to define and track success criteria and performance metrics. • You will help define and execute on a landing and communication plan, maintaining the rhythm of business during execution with oversight from others and also help promote the program and gain buy-in from stakeholders, partners, and customers. • As you contribute to standard projects, you'll receive oversight on communicating the program status to stakeholders and holding them accountable to following the schedule. You'll also help work with other teams to ensure program processes are executed efficiently. • You will help others conduct cost-benefit analyses, collect and evaluate success metrics, and use other analytics to examine performance, derive value and identify risk and opportunities. With oversight, you'll also help influence and manage change in the organization. Qualifications: Required Qualifications: • MBA in Business, Operations, Finance or related field • OR equivalent experience. Business Program Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $75,100 - $148,900 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 $98,800 - $163,300 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 January 31, 2025. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form . Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. Apply Job!