Chief of Staff

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

1d•$130,900 - $303,600

About The Position

Microsoft’s Engineering, Enablement, and Operations (EEO) organization enables its commercial business by designing, building, and managing levers that accelerate commercial growth and shorten the cycle between customer signal and delivery. The Chief of Staff serves as a trusted advisor and force multiplier for the Corporate Vice President, Data Strategy. In the context of engineering enablement and operational excellence in the era of AI, the role drives strategy initiatives and the rhythm of business, helping leaders clarify ambiguous situations, prioritize, and make decisions. The Chief of Staff leads strategy execution in partnership with the leadership team, designs and stewards complex budgets, champions organizational health, and drives cross-team projects in a fast-changing business environment. The role also supports executive communications and customer and partner engagement, and establishes measurement of organizational impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, or Computer Science, and 8 or more years of experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles; or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience driving and landing change.
Track record of cross-group collaboration and coordination at multiple levels of a company.
Relationship-management experience, including rapidly building stakeholder trust and confidence and influencing business decisions across boundaries and organizational levels, including in ambiguous situations.
Experience working with senior leaders and the ability to work independently.
Executive presence and strong written and verbal communication skills.
Global program orchestration and execution skills, including the ability to manage and deliver multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to learn and synthesize complex topics and needs.
Ability to deliver tough messages diplomatically and drive solutions quickly.
Experience balancing strategic priorities against operational needs.

Responsibilities

Drive the architecture and execution of the rhythm of business and business review cadence aligned to the scope of the business.
Lead strategy execution across stakeholders, ensuring alignment to priorities and scorecard needs, and contribute to organizational design.
Partner with Finance to design and steward complex budgets and long-term forecasts; advise on headcount and resource planning; and drive privacy, compliance, and corporate-governance accountability.
Execute business plans with program managers, as appropriate, to ensure business continuity in all conditions.
Serve as a thought leader and trusted advisor to the Data Strategy Team, synthesizing insights to influence the leader, leadership team, and organization.
Act as a proxy for the leader, cultivate senior relationships, drive the leadership team’s agenda and follow-up, and optimize the leader’s use of time.
Lead executive-level communications, including messaging on mission, strategy, and vision, and triage and ghostwrite on the leader’s behalf.
Maintain a healthy organizational scorecard and champion culture and inclusion initiatives aligned with the defined People Strategy and One Microsoft D&I guidance.
Partner with HR and the business management community to act on employee signals, accelerate culture progress, and drive training and compliance completion.
Lead program management for cross-team and organization-wide strategic projects requiring hands-on coordination across multiple disciplines.
Lead strategic innovation and experimentation.
Drive internal and external communications, shaping the organizational narrative, executive messaging, and high-visibility moments such as all-hands and leadership updates.
Support the CVP, Data Strategy’s customer and partner engagements through briefing materials, preparation, and follow-through.
Capture and drive measurement of impact across the team for stakeholder groups, creating a value story for internal use and external customer sharing.