Business Manager, Financial Planning & Operations (Copilot, Apps, and Platform, CTO Exec Office)

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

10h•$97,600 - $206,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Copilot, Agents, and Platform (CAP) CTO organization is hiring a Business Manager to join its Executive Office. This role manages people, non-people, and discretionary budgets and provides reporting and insights that help leaders make informed workforce and investment decisions. It works closely with the Chief of Staff, CTO, leadership team, Finance, HR, Global Talent Acquisition, Procurement, engineering leaders, purchase-order owners, and administrative partners. The role combines horizontal and vertical responsibilities. It contributes to CAP CTO financial governance, workforce practices, reporting, AI-enabled process improvement, and cross-team initiatives, while supporting aligned leadership teams with their workforce and budget portfolios. Day to day, the work moves between financial analysis, data reconciliation, leadership reporting, workforce and funding actions, partner problem-solving, and support for organizational transitions. This opportunity is well suited to someone with strong financial and analytical judgment, exceptional organization and attention to detail, discretion with sensitive information, and the ability to create clarity when information is incomplete. Success means leaders have reliable workforce and budget information, risks and choices are communicated early, actions close on time, and recurring work becomes simpler and more scalable. This role is based in Redmond, WA and is designated as an onsite position. While the formal requirement is a minimum of three days per week in the office, the team typically works onsite approximately four days per week, flexing based on business priorities, collaboration needs, customer engagements, and key milestones. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 4+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.
Strong analytical and financial judgment, with the ability to move from accurate execution to forecasting, scenario analysis, and clear recommendations.
Exceptional organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholders.
The ability to build trusted relationships across Finance, HR, Procurement, and Business Support, and to present a clear point of view.
Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive employee, organizational, and compensation-adjacent information.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 6+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.
4+ years experience in financial management, business planning, budget management, business or operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles.
Demonstrated organizational experience, managing multiple projects with different deliverables and timelines simultaneously.
Ability to create and maintain positive relationships, influence and collaborate internally and externally.
Experience building or improving AI-enabled workflows that enhance human expertise and produce measurable business value.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate details and data into clear strategy for leadership and varied audiences.
Experience with Power BI.
Experience with resource allocation management tools, such as The Oracle/ The RAMP, Insights HR, and MSRA.

Responsibilities

Coordinates resource allocation and workforce planning for CAP CTO and aligned leadership teams, including consolidating inputs, developing scenarios, maintaining data, executing decisions, tracking actions, and communicating risks and options.
Manages funded headcount and position-number reconciliation, hiring and backfill plans, university and intern hiring inputs, transfers, mobility, location actions, workforce forecasts, and related system updates, applying guidance, coordinating approvals, and executing aspects of reorganizations and workforce transfers.
Manages non-people and discretionary budgets across vendors, purchase orders, cloud and GPU capacity, AI token spend, and related investments, including targets, controls, forecasts, audits, and reviews, and resolving variances.
Delivers regular and ad hoc reporting on workforce, spend, forecasts, and investment performance, identifying trends, risks, opportunities, and choices, and translating them into clear insights and recommendations.
Partners with the leadership team on planning activities and business reviews, coordinates with corporate planning processes, reviews privacy and compliance requirements, and supports continuity of business operations.
Supports the workforce-related dimensions of organizational health, including org hygiene, workforce and geographic mix, compliance training, and employee signals, partnering with HR and designated owners to apply guidance, define actions, and track progress.
Helps transform the portfolio of recurring workforce and budget-management work using AI, identifying manual work, building centralized tooling and automated workflows, measuring improvements, and sharing proven prompts, skills, and practices.