Friday, February 24, 2017

Director Business Operations Microsoft Redmond

Job Description: • 2-minute read •
We are seeking a business manager who is passionate about delivering business growth, has keen business acumen, and stellar communications skills.
This role will be in a unique position to have line of sight across all lines of business. In this role you will work closely with the CVP of Devices Marketing and their leadership team, and the leaders across WDG marketing, Engineering and the Field.
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The right candidate will bring a combination of great experience in marketing strategy, strong abilities in project management, cross-team collaboration, and partner relationships. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. Driving Devices Marketing Group Budget Planning and Quarterly Accountability with the WDG Finance Team - Manage the quarterly accountability reporting across Devices and work with leadership across WDG marketing on annual budget planning to ensure alignment that delivers on business goals.
2. Defining & Managing the Devices Marketing Group Rhythm of the Business – Lead the organization’s rhythm (including MBRs, Leads meetings, and other forums), ensuring people are connected to the business, we are making decisions together, and it’s all low-drag across the team (i.e. it’s built into the system versus more meetings). Establish accountability across teams without creating a lot of overhead process.
3. Team Culture – Partner with all the managers to elevate a conscious team system across many facets that drives strong team performance, a healthy environment, role clarity, and centers on our aspire to leadership principles and cultural attributes.
4. Lead a small team focused on device seeding. We use seeding and loaning of devices as a key investment to introduce people to our products. We need to ensure that this is done in a compliant manner and with increasing ROI across the world.

The successful candidate will also need to:
• Be organized, manage many projects simultaneously and be a proactive communicator at all levels.
• Be collaborative, have high quality bar, attention to detail, and solid business acumen.
• Have the know how to get things done at Microsoft and manage the complex matrix of stakeholders.
• Work independently across a variety of projects. He/she will need to be work under tight deadlines, show resourcefulness in gathering input, be open to feedback from a broad group of stakeholders, and ask for help when needed.
• Thrive on ambiguity and action while moving rapidly to deliver results

Qualifications:
• Minimum 5 - 7 years’ Marketing experience
• Product Marketing or Business Planning background
• Multi-dimensional thinker who smart business acumen and judgment
• Demonstrated success working in highly matrixed environments
• Must think strategically about business issues and organizational strategy.
• Strong networking and interpersonal skills. Ability to build positive working relationships across senior leadership teams.
• Skilled in translating ideas into clear communication and action plans.
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