Microsoft

Senior Business Manager

Microsoft • $116K — $203K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field and 6+ years of relevant experience OR equivalent experience.
  • Master's Degree in relevant field and 6+ years of experience OR Bachelor's with 8+ years.
  • Strong attention to detail and time management skills.
  • Ability to manage sensitive information responsibly.
  • Demonstrated adaptability in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with HR and Finance to manage headcount and budget alignment.
  • Ensure operational efficiency in headcount tracking and reporting.
  • Own the organization's budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes.
  • Monitor ongoing budget performance against plans and flag variances with recommendations.
  • Collaborate with Procurement to understand and implement new initiatives within the group.
  • Advise on procurement best practices and drive efficiencies.
  • Solve diverse operational issues on behalf of the Teamwork Experiences Group.
  • Partner on employee experience projects within the Business Management Community.

Benefits

  • Access to employee experience projects and engagement initiatives.
  • Opportunity to work with artificial intelligence and innovative features.
  • Collaboration with multiple departments including Finance and HR.
  • Exposure to high-level financial planning and budget management.
  • Work in a dynamic environment with a focus on operational efficiency.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Teamwork Experiences Group (TEX) focuses on teamwork as the product: how people-and increasingly artificial intelligence (AI) agents-share context, make decisions, and move work forward across chats, channels, meetings, communities, and tasks. Its portfolio-Teams, Engage, and Planner-spans this space.

We are looking for a Teamwork Experiences Senior Business Manager to drive headcount rigor, budget discipline, procurement effectiveness and some employee engagement projects while partnering with the Business Management Community, Engineering Teams, and Finance. We are also focused on being customer zero for the Teams, Engage, Planner and M365 platforms. So, bring your innovative spirit and love of tinkering with our newest features - we want our solutions to prove out and improve our products.

This role will report to the Teamwork Experiences Chief of Staff.

Responsibilities

Headcount & Organizational Operations
  • Partner with HR, Finance, and Chiefs of Staff to manage headcount (HC) and ensure alignment with approved budget.
  • Ensure Teamwork Experiences is operationally efficient in headcount tracking and reporting, maintain up-to-date records of current and planned headcount across teams; work with HC tracking stakeholders to improve workflows and look for agentic solutions to reduce operational toil in headcount management.

Financial Planning & Budget Management
  • Own and manage the organization's budget, planning, and forecasting processes, partnering with Finance and Chiefs of Staff. Ensure accuracy, alignment with business goals, and continued optimization.
  • Monitor budget performance on an ongoing basis, tracking actuals vs. plan and flagging variances with actionable recommendations.

Procurement & Vendor Management
  • Partner with the Procurement team to understand new initiatives and implement them with Chiefs of Staff, statement of work (SOW) and purchase order (PO) owners in Teamwork Experiences.
  • Advise on end-to-end procurement processes. Ensure alignment with procurement best practices and drive efficiencies in sourcing and vendor management

Business Operations
  • Serve as a resourceful problem-solver across diverse business functions, removing obstacles and handling day-to-day operational issues on behalf of the Teamwork Experiences Group.

Employee Experience
  • Partner with the TEX Business Management Community on employee experience projects / programs.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Attention to detail, prioritization and time management skills with the ability to manage sensitive information responsibly.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast paced, changing environment.


Business Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Learn more about Microsoft
Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
MSFT
* Ladders Estimates

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