Talent Director, Early In Career Program

The Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Talent Management Team is a global team that works to activate a strategic plan to attract, develop & retain talent with the right capabilities to achieve business objectives for both today and tomorrow. Talent management is a core, ongoing business strategy that allows Microsoft to:

• Understand our organizational capabilities
• Identify the gaps between the current state and future requirements, and assess and act on talent risks
• Ensure that talent is contributing to organizational performance, growth, and culture
• Set up the organization to be better tomorrow than it is today

As a Talent Director for the Early in Career (EIC) program, you would be accountable for EIC processes and experiences (from internship to full-time employee). This role will be responsible for developing a robust EIC talent strategy with the aim to grow our talent engine of the future, and ensuring EIC talent have the right skills and capabilities to take on critical roles of the future. The Talent Director will be working with central and worldwide learning teams. This role will will focus on developing intentional, programmatic, rich, and varied career development experiences for our EIC talent, which enables all EIC employees to explore opportunities and build a career that embraces their passion, curiosity and desire for learning.

This opportunity will allow you to develop skills in strategic thinking, business acumen and running programs and business rhythms at scale. It will enable you to connect with all aspects of the talent management lifecycle from how to get to know talent, how to grow that talent, and then enable them to move along their career pathways.

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.

Qualifications:

Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs)

• 15+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field AND 10+ years experience in HR practices or Program/Project Management.
• 5+ years managing large-scale or complex projects/programs.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

• Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development, Psychology,
  • OR related field.

Talent Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $124,800 - $266,800 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 $159,000 - $292,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Responsibilities:

Program Design and Implementation

• Refresh and define Talent Management strategy for Early in Career (initially for MCAPS, but identify opportunities at Geo-level) to align to evolving business context and priorities and embed in global MCAPS Talent Management strategic talent plan
• Translate strategy into the design of major talent programs (e.g identifying organizations as an EIC talent incubator, accelerate capability-building, programmatic talent movement) in alignment with Center of Excellence strategy by partnering with business and HR leadership, broader Talent Management community, and other organizations
• Manage and oversee large-scale programs and/or leverages deep business acumen to identify and implement EIC program needs across businesses; coordinate with leadership to achieve alignment, overcome barriers, and ensure overall program success; define future talent management initiatives by identifying short-term and long-term business needs.

Talent Management Consulting

• Drive coordination of related disciplines (e.g., Finance, University Recruiting, MCAPS Academy, Enablement & Operations) in the implementation of EIC programs, and interface with leaders to achieve business outcomes; gain buy-in of strategies from executive leaders and stakeholders (HR and business); put governance in place to ensure alignment of goals/investments, resource management, decision making, and buy-in across interdependent teams and strategies.

Change Management

• Evaluate business drivers to make a case for change adoption; assess risks and benefits of the changes, develop effective change-management strategies, and ensure communications and readiness materials are in place to facilitate the transition of Talent Management programs/processes.