Business Program Manager II

Azure makes business possible across every industry, and every region in the world. Customers rely on Azure as their on-demand, infinitely scalable platform that powers their business applications, the lifeblood that keeps things running. Cloud technology is what makes business possible today, and Azure core technology provides the critical foundation for Microsoft's cloud and hybrid offerings. We need a communications program manager to work with our Director of Communications to ideate, develop, and deploy communications projects and programs that help improve communications at both the leadership and individual contributor level.
In collaboration with the Director of Communications, you'll b uild and maintain sustainable and scalable communications programs and services within the team . You'll drive logistics for regular, large-scale communications projects through various channels /leads spanning external and internal communications.
You'll also help establish and maintain rhythms associated with communications, facilitate cross- organization initiatives, triage incoming executive engagement requests and help champion communications skills improvements among employees .
Our ideal candidate is a business program manager or c ommunications professional who has an affinity for technology , is an exceptional project manage r with strong writing and communications skills , and has a proven ability to build, launch and run programs . Their passion for putting the customer first, creativity and storytelling skills will help them develop and execute projects with great workback plans/timelines, while support ing the logistics of content creation in many formats - e.g., written communications , speeches, blog posts , articles, papers, event content, videos and internal channel content for SharePoint, Teams, etc.
This role is a key member of our executive communications program, so at times will be working directly with senior leads and executives to help them communicate with customers, partners, employees, and other audiences . The collaborative team relies on partnership s with a broad group of stakeholders and orchestrate s work across group s - spanning engineering, c ommunications , m arketing, public relations, analyst relations, etc .
Our inclusive team has grit and heart, and we value and operate with the highest levels of integrity and trust. As part of a growth-mindset culture, we are committed to excellence, celebrate our wins and learnings as a team, experiment, roll up our sleeves to help each other as needed .
If the above sounds like you, and y ou are self-motivated, creative, accountable , and can operate in a fa st -paced environment - we want to talk with you! This is a great opportunity to work in one of the high-profile and fast est -growing areas of cloud at Microsoft!Responsibilities

• Collaborates with a broad group of stakeholders to define, build, execute, maintain and monitor scalable communications-related programs and projects aligned with our communication strategy. Orchestrate these projects across groups and audiences.
• Identify internal opportunities to develop new programs and improve current ones, with input from manager, stakeholders, executives and others.
• Define and track the success criteria and performance metrics for communications programs, projects and executive engagements.
• Help define and execute on a landing and communication plan, for programs, and use existing communications channels to help evangelize programs to stakeholders, partners, and customers to gain buy in.
• Contribute to team projects, including project plan, timelines, milestones, financial management, performance metrics, and/or resource needs for programs.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses to examine performance of programs, and collect and evaluate success criteria and performance metrics.
• Successfully manage detailed logistics to ensure project/engagement goals are met and deliverables are on-time
• Navigate a hybrid workplace via virtual, asynchronous, and face-to-face communications.
• Support the team's engagement request process, by triaging new executive engagement requests and engaging with team members, requestors, executive assistants, executives and others. Apply project management excellence to the request process for triaging, and later impact analysis.
• Documents and maintains rhythms associated with communications, facilitate cross-organization initiatives, and champion communications skills improvements among employees.

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 4+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in business communications project management, or related areas with a proven track record of delivering impactful projects and programs
• 2+ years of experience as a business or communications program manager demonstrating the p rov en ability to create, build and launch programs, and monitor, manage them beyond launch in medium to large organizations , preferably in the technology sector
• 2+ years using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and Word and SharePoint for communications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to work effectively with diverse groups of people to develop understanding of stakeholder groups, customers, partners, and individuals and apply that understanding to projects and programs
• Proven track record of excellence in project/program management preferably communications projects using proven strong writing skills and high attention to detail in medium to large organizations, preferably in the technology sector
• Business maturity, confidentiality, and experience in working with senior executives
• Business program manager or c ommunications practitioner with a proven track record creating, launching and managing impactful internal and external communications programs and projects in medium to large organizations, preferably in the technology sector
• Flexible, and capable of dealing with ambiguity, change, adversity and real-time adjustments to projects and plans - under tight deadlines
• Strong knowledge and understanding of communications practices and techniques, including strong working knowledge of communications platforms and channels
• Ability to work effectively and partner with diverse groups, including executives, engineering teams, communications and marketing teams, and build strong cross-group collaboration
• Passion to foster a culture of efficiency and high performance through initiatives with a willingness to try new things and learn from both failures and successes
• Systems thinking; ability to manage a high degree of complexity and to distill information into simple messages; ability to think strategically and develop programs, processes and systems to enable the strategy

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Business Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $91,800 - $178,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $117,900 - $195,000 per year.
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