Are you passionate about empowering business users with the skills to excel in an AI-powered workforce? Come be a part of a team that's dedicated to charting the course for an educated, innovative and AI-fluent society. If you join Microsoft’s Worldwide Learning, you will join an organization whose mission is to inspire every person and every organization on the planet to maximize their growth through learning.

Use of generative AI has nearly doubled in the last six months, with 75% of global knowledge workers now using it. As a Director of Business User Learning Insights in Worldwide Learning, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of education for business users whose roles are being transformed by AI. Leveraging your deep expertise about how current and next generation business users learn globally, you will drive a unified Microsoft approach to create and land comprehensive and engaging learning content for business users around the world. You will hone your cross-company leadership capabilities while collaborating with multiple organizations across Microsoft to scale effectively. You will grow your people leadership skills as you establish a new and high-performing team. This role is flexible in that you will be able to partner with your manager to define the way that you’d like to work, whether that is in the office or from home. You will travel to Redmond (if not Redmond-based) and around the world for internal and external meetings.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire and grow a team dedicated to shaping the future of AI-powered roles through an innovative approach to educating business users around the world. The team will become thought leaders on how and where business users learn to thrive in an AI-powered workforce through deep audience insights, a relentless pursuit of experimentation and innovation, and cross-company partnership.
• Oversee the development and execution of innovative content and partnership strategies that resonate with different types of business users worldwide.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Microsoft to ensure a cohesive learning experience across Microsoft and non-Microsoft platforms.
• Utilize data-driven insights to inform content development and measure impact.
• Advocate for the business user audience, ensuring their needs and challenges are addressed in our learning solutions.
• Embody our Culture & Values
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Vocational qualification or higher education degree (e.g., Bachelor's Degree) AND/OR 7+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, HR, customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
• OR Master's Degree or equivalent AND/OR 5+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, human resources (HR), customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience
• OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience in learning strategy and development for general population audiences such as business users
• OR equivalent experience.
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Vocational qualification or higher education degree (e.g., Bachelor's Degree) AND 10+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, HR, customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
• OR Master's Degree or equivalent AND 8+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, human resources (HR), customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
• OR equivalent experience.
• Microsoft Fundamentals, Coaching (e.g., International Coaching Federation), Project and/or Program Management Professional, archival, or a similar certificate.
• Demonstrates commitment to career development and continuous or consistent learning through formal and informal efforts (e.g., change management, design thinking, management training, online courses).
• Proficient understanding of how AI is reshaping the workforce globally.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
  

Integrated Learning M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $273,400 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 $162,000 - $299,400 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 will accept applications for the role until September 17, 2024.

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