Business Operations Manager

5 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Microsoft Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Business Operations Manager to join our team at Microsoft. As a key member of our Engineering Community, you will play a critical role in driving the success of our business operations and ensuring the smooth execution of our core priorities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the Engineering Site Leader in maintaining a rhythm of the business (RoB) that drives execution of core business priorities and encourages best practice sharing among development centers.
  • Support and participate in strategic initiatives or cross-group projects contributing to the overall strategy.
  • Create and implement accurate plans.
  • Develop success metrics and communication approach for these initiatives and projects.
  • Partner with corporate communications and local teams to deliver on an internal communication (meetings, presentations, milestones, etc.) and external communication (university engagement, customer, partner, PR, etc.) strategy that reinforces Microsoft's values, brand, and presence in the community.
  • Partner with HR, Global Talent Acquisition and Engineering leaders on an engineering-specific onboarding experience for new employees in engineering and engineering-related functions as well as learning and development opportunities across all of engineering in ANZ.
  • Partner with leaders, HR, Microsoft Garage, and D&I champs to shape and influence a positive, inclusive, and innovative culture at our development centers.
  • Collaborate with relevant teams to deliver programming that shapes a positive, inclusive, and innovative culture at our engineering and research centers.
  • Maintain relationships with peers outside the team to ensure cross-group strong collaboration.
  • Partner with the Finance team and business managers at each of the engineering and research centers to support financial planning and budgeting.
  • Participate in expense reporting, budget tracking, and reconciliation activities for the team as needed.
  • Plan and execute meetings, events, offsites, and partnerships both inside Microsoft and external with partners.
  • Continuously look for ways to simplify and drive process improvements and efficiencies.
  • Exercise sound judgment, tact, diplomacy, integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism in communicating information and working with all levels of employees.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 6+ years of experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience 7-9 years demonstrated experience in operations management and execution.
  • Exceptional influence and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to get things done working collaboratively across a highly matrixed organization.
  • An aptitude to work independently without significant oversight or instruction to achieve results with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail under deadline pressure.
Preferred Qualifications
  • 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 Master's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 5+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.
  • Ability to build real connections, display very strong people skills, high emotional intelligence.


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