Overview
Are you ready to join an ambitious, innovative, and fun team of Human Resources (HR) professionals? If you're looking to challenge yourself, accelerate growth, and work with incredible people to drive strategic business outcomes, then the Small, Medium Enterprises & Channel (SME&C) HR team is the place for you! We're searching for a Sr. HR Business & Strategy Manager who can think strategically in a fast-paced, complex environment and turn ideas into impactful, scalable results through trusted partnerships. As a key member of our high-performing team, you'll help drive the people strategy across the global SME&C Sales organization. Reporting directly to the General Manager, SME&C HR, you'll collaborate closely with the HR leadership team and other key stakeholders. Your role will be pivotal in shaping, simplifying, and creating value in our ways of working for both our HR team and the business. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We're committed to this mission in every aspect of our company. Our culture embraces a growth mindset, encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best every day. Join us and help shape the future of the world!

Responsibilities
Business Management - Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to the SME&C HR Leadership Team, driving the Leadership Team’s agenda and effective strategy execution. - Lead the rhythm-of-business (RoB) across the HR function, including planning cycles, leadership team agendas, and business reviews, while ensuring robust infrastructure and streamlined processes. - Translate business and people data into actionable insights to inform decisions, measure impact, and optimize outcomes. - Lead executive communications, including internal narratives, stakeholder updates, and HR messaging for global forums, ensuring clarity and engagement. - Manage reporting, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and compliance to maintain transparency and support strategic goals. Capacity Management and Strategic Projects - Oversee workforce planning and capacity modeling across SME&C HR, ensuring alignment with business priorities and talent strategy. - Partner with SME&C HR leaders to assess and optimize team planning, monitoring capacity utilization, flex capacity, and talent movement for agile scaling and coverage of critical workstreams. - Lead and support cross-functional initiatives that drive transformation across SME&C, including manager capability, organizational health, and leadership effectiveness. - Orchestrate special projects tied to business imperatives - Support fiscal year planning cycles, including headcount modeling, budget alignment, and talent deployment globally - Other - Embody our culture and values -

Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 7+ years experience in experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, performance management) - OR Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 4+ years experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, training, performance management) - OR equivalent experience. - 8+ years of experience in HR, business operations, strategy, or project management roles. Preferred Attributes - Proven ability to lead through influence in a matrixed, global environment. - Strategic thinker with a bias for action and clarity. - Comfortable navigating, ambiguity and driving alignment across diverse teams. - Deep empathy for team culture and employee experience. - Familiarity with change management methodology, project management principles and frameworks, and AI-enabled HR systems is a plus. HR Business Partnership IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $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 $137,600 - $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 Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 06, 2025 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.

HR Business Partnership IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $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 $137,600 - $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.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.