Senior Business Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

4d • Remote

About The Position

The Windows Cloud Experiences (WCX) organization is hiring a Senior 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, CVP, leadership team, Finance, HR, Global Talent Acquisition, Procurement, engineering and product leaders, budget champions, and administrative partners. The role combines horizontal and vertical responsibilities. It contributes to WCX 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 solid 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 Washington, but is designated as a mostly remote position. 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 6+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles. OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• 6+ 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 leveraging AI tools and processes.
• 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/ RAMP, Insights HR, and Employee Central.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates resource allocation and workforce planning for WCX and alignment to the Windows + Devices priorities.
• 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.
• Manages non-people and discretionary budgets across vendors, purchase orders, cloud and Azure capacity, AI token spend, and related investments.
• Delivers regular and ad hoc reporting on workforce, spend, forecasts, and investment performance.
• Supports the workforce-related dimensions of organizational health, including org hygiene, workforce and geographic mix, compliance training, and employee signals that affect workforce or investment decisions.
• Helps transform the portfolio of recurring workforce and budget-management work using AI.

Benefits

• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
• If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

What This Job Offers

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