Director, People Business Partnership

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

4d•$130,900 - $277,200

About The Position

As a Director, People Business Partnership on Microsoft's Geo Commercial People Team, you will shape talent strategy for fast-growing and innovative businesses, connecting people decisions to business outcomes such as customer outcomes, capacity, delivery quality, and cost-to-serve. You will use people data and insights to guide decisions and help redesign work, roles, and teams so people and AI agents can work effectively together. This is a hands-on role: you will build, test, simplify, and scale solutions, while serving as a trusted advisor to leaders. The role calls for initiative, sound judgment, curiosity, a growth mindset, and a focus on collective outcomes. You will partner with Commercial leaders on people, organizational, and culture strategies; coach leaders and improve organizational effectiveness; lead organizational design and change initiatives; support talent strategy and workforce planning; and use workforce insights to provide actionable recommendations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field and 9+ years of experience in human resources or related processes, or a master's degree in those fields and 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience partnering with a wide network of clients and across human resources to deliver effective business solutions, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field and 12+ years of experience in human resources or related processes; or bachelor's degree in those fields and 15+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent experience.
Human Resources professional certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM, CIPD).
4+ years of experience partnering with a wide network of clients and across human resources to deliver effective business solutions.
For Frontier Company People roles, experience in a startup People function is preferred.

Responsibilities

Partner with leaders across the Commercial business to align people, organization, and culture strategies with business priorities.
Provide strategic People guidance in support of organizational goals, growth, and business transformation.
Build trusted partnerships with leaders to identify opportunities that strengthen organizational effectiveness and employee experience.
Coach and advise leaders on team effectiveness, leadership practices, organizational health, and employee engagement.
Facilitate discussions that strengthen collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and decision-making.
Support leaders in creating environments where employees can grow, contribute, and perform at their best.
Lead organizational design initiatives, including workforce planning, organizational restructures, operating model changes, and business transformation efforts.
Develop and implement change management strategies that support adoption of organizational priorities and business objectives.
Partner with stakeholders to ensure organizational changes are clearly communicated and effectively executed.
Collaborate with leaders to develop talent strategies that support current and future business needs.
Assess organizational capabilities, identify talent gaps, and recommend solutions for long-term success.
Support succession planning, talent development, and workforce planning to strengthen organizational readiness.
Use people insights, employee feedback, organizational health metrics, talent movement trends, attrition data, compensation information, and manager effectiveness indicators to inform recommendations.
Identify emerging organizational opportunities and risks through analysis of workforce data and trends.
Provide leaders with actionable insights that support informed decision-making and organizational health.
Build, test, simplify, and scale people solutions.