Business Program Management INTERN (CO+I Exec)

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

The Business Program Management Intern will support Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) Executive Office, working across Strategy & Planning, Delivery & Execution, and DC Operations. The role serves as an operational integrator, connecting leaders, teams, priorities, and operating mechanisms so the organization functions as one system. It helps close functional gaps, improve handoffs, and connect decisions to execution.

The intern will help build and sustain the organization’s operating model through Rhythm of Business (ROB), governance, performance reporting, budgeting, workforce planning, executive communications, and business data management. The role applies systems thinking to anticipate downstream impacts, resolve friction across organizational boundaries, and design scalable mechanisms that improve end-to-end performance. It requires a high bar for first-pass quality so analyses, reports, communications, and decision materials are accurate, complete, and leadership-ready.

Microsoft interns work on real-world projects with teams across the world and are encouraged to build community, explore their passions, and achieve their goals.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field.
• Must have at least one semester or term of school remaining after completing the internship.

Nice To Haves

• Studying business operations, program management, strategy, business finance, and workforce planning.
• Experience supporting executive leadership teams and leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen and capabilities in business planning, workforce planning, and operational management.
• Experience building governance frameworks, operating models, reporting systems, and scalable business processes.
• Strong systems thinking, including the ability to anticipate downstream impacts and translate ambiguity into structure, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with a commitment to accuracy, completeness, and leadership-ready work.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the effectiveness and continuity of organization-wide operating rhythms, governance, and cross-functional execution.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, timeliness, and decision usefulness of executive reporting and communications.
• Drive closure of organizational gaps, dependencies, actions, escalations, and risks.
• Support alignment of budgets, workforce plans, and resources to strategic priorities.
• Help maintain reliable business and workforce data, standardized processes, and scalable operating mechanisms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern