Microsoft is transforming its products and services and itself. We want to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. To help accomplish this, the Talent, Learning, and Insights Organization (TLI) seeks to hire a Director, Leadership Development within the Global Learning and Development Group (GL&D). This leader will develop and deliver learning and development strategies, plans, interventions, and programmatic solutions for our high potential employee programs. The Director will lead creation of learning tools, resources, activities, and programs to develop leaders at Microsoft.
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Key Accountabilities:
n The Leadership Development Director will determine development needs for leaders and specifically, high potential employees, worldwide and create and deliver programs and solutions that address those needs.
n Develop programmatic solutions that meet the developmental needs of leaders at Microsoft and create training, intervention, or other solutions that address those needs. Employ sound instructional and information design as well as a strong understanding of Microsoft’s culture, Leadership Principles, and learning styles in the design.
n Drive program execution including all aspects of program management. Partner with our operations team to set program schedules and budgets, communicate to internal audiences, evaluate results, and determine modifications. Manage vendors who help teach our courses, ensuring continued high quality offerings.
n Teach and consult with our participants, will include a combination of teaching classes and facilitating events for leaders and executives that generates energy. Employ strong facilitation and coaching skills while maintaining a strong sense of personal authority. Provide executive coaching services to leaders including partner level and above leaders. Enable our leaders to teach others.
n Be an excellent partner across the organization through strong efforts to collaborate with HR colleagues and other training organizations and stakeholders.
n Create clarity by learning about and employing best practices and standards. Provide training and consultation on best practices and standards as necessary.
n The director will demonstrate their own exceptional leadership capability to their team and the company. They will be looked upon to develop team members across TLI and other organizations both in terms of their functional expertise as well as in helping them to further their own careers at Microsoft.
n The director will partner with other human resources, compensation and benefits, diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, HR operations, talent management, learning and development, leadership/management/employee development, HR business insights, organizational development, and IT professionals to drive talent management strategies and approaches.
Skills and Qualifications
n Leadership Development expertise and experience
n Team and executive development expertise
n Strong management acumen
n High degree of business acumen and strategic thinking
n Ability to influence business leaders at an executive level
n Demonstrated problem solving skills, able to lead a team to make intelligent trade-offs in ambiguous situations
n The ability to deal with conflict and various constituencies while managing multiple simultaneous objectives
n Superior confidence, judgment, and integrity
n Strong written and oral communication skills
n Strong stand up teaching, intervention design, coaching, facilitation, and presentation skills
n Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate across broad range of seniority
Education and Experience
Education Level Required: BS/BA degree required, advanced degree specializing in Education, Human Resources, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organization Development or like disciplines preferred.
Years of Experience Required and Travel: 10+ years of working within leadership and/or organization development roles preferred. This position will require some travel.
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