Microsoft

Senior Director, Head of MAVS Total Rewards

Microsoft • $130K — $277K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or related field with relevant experience (6-15+ years depending on degree)
  • 4+ years of project management experience
  • 4+ years of compensation program design experience
  • 2+ years of regional labor, compensation, and statutory context experience
  • 3+ years of people management experience
  • Deep knowledge of Total Rewards areas including compensation, equity, and employee transition
  • Proven ability to influence senior leaders and manage complex global initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the MAVS Total Rewards team, defining strategy and delivery standards for support across various transactions.
  • Advise executives on translating deal strategies into integrated compensation and benefits solutions.
  • Direct Total Rewards throughout all stages of transactions, from strategy to integration.
  • Establish governance and decision-making frameworks in a complex, global setting.
  • Develop tools and frameworks to enhance deal quality and efficiency.
  • Shape talent outcomes to support post-transaction success and integration.
  • Incorporate data and AI technology to evolve Total Rewards capabilities and influence program design.

Benefits

  • Generous health and wellness benefits
  • Comprehensive retirement plans
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Inclusive workplace culture
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Employee resource groups and networks
  • Access to AI and advanced technology resources.
Full Job Description
Overview

As Senior Director, Head of MAVS Total Rewards, you will lead the team responsible for shaping and executing Microsoft's global Total Rewards strategy across acquisitions and other high-impact transactions. You will set the strategic direction for the function, translate deal value drivers and talent priorities into integrated rewards solutions, and advise senior executives on complex, high-risk decisions. You will build organizational capability, establish scalable frameworks and operating rhythms, and ensure consistent, high-quality delivery across multiple concurrent transactions. You will also lead, coach, and develop a team of Total Rewards professionals while fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, learning, and partnership.

This opportunity will allow you to influence Microsoft's enterprise M&A strategy, strengthen how Total Rewards supports critical talent outcomes, and evolve the function through data, technology, and AI-enabled ways of working.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the MAVS Total Rewards team and own the global strategy, operating model, priorities, and delivery standards for Total Rewards support across acquisitions, divestitures, commercial partnerships, joint ventures, re-engagements, and strategic talent events.
  • Serve as the senior Total Rewards advisor to executives and cross-functional leaders, translating transaction strategy, deal value drivers, financial considerations, and talent needs into integrated compensation, equity, benefits, retention, and transition strategies.
  • Direct Total Rewards work from early strategy and due diligence through offer development, negotiation, close, integration, and stabilization; make or escalate high-impact decisions involving significant financial, legal, employee, reputational, or execution risk.
  • Lead through complexity and ambiguity across multiple concurrent global transactions, establishing clear governance, decision rights, operating rhythms, and accountability across Total Rewards, Corporate Development, Finance, Legal, Tax, HR, business leadership, and the broader MAVS ecosystem.
  • Build enterprise-ready frameworks, tools, standards, and insights that improve deal velocity, consistency, quality, and scalability while preserving the tailored strategies required for different deal types, talent populations, and global contexts.
  • Shape critical talent outcomes, including executive decision support, retention strategy, offer competitiveness, employee transition, workforce integration, and the successful realization of transaction objectives.
  • Anticipate emerging business, market, regulatory, and talent trends; use data, external insights, technology, automation, and AI to evolve the MAVS Total Rewards capability and influence broader Total Rewards program design.
  • Model, coach, and care as a people leader by attracting, developing, and retaining a high-performing team; setting clear expectations; building succession and capability plans; and creating an inclusive environment where employees can do their best work.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or related field AND 6+ years of experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or related field AND 8+ years of experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or related field OR equivalent experience.


Additional or Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or related field AND 12+ years of experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or related field AND 15+ years of experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or related field OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of project management experience.
  • 4+ years of compensation program design experience.
  • 2+ years of experience working in the position's relevant regional labor, compensation, and statutory context.
  • 3+ years of people management experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, high-risk, global initiatives and advising senior executives on business, talent, financial, or organizational decisions.
  • Deep knowledge across multiple Total Rewards areas, such as compensation, equity, benefits, executive rewards, retention, workforce transition, and global program design.
  • Demonstrated ability to set strategy, build organizational capability, and deliver through others across a highly matrixed, global environment.
  • Experience managing multiple concurrent transactions or programs with significant financial, legal, employee, and reputational implications.
  • Executive presence and judgment, with the ability to synthesize complex information, frame decisions, influence senior stakeholders, and communicate clearly under pressure.
  • Proven success building diverse and inclusive teams, coaching leaders and professionals, and creating clarity, accountability, and energy through change.
  • Experience using data, technology, automation, or AI to improve decision quality, operating efficiency, scalability, or employee outcomes.


Compensation M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 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.

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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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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
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