OverviewPartners with and builds relationships with leadership teams to enable a One Microsoft approach and may coach the leader and leadership team as needed. Leads, manages, and drives clarity for geography/client governance committee. Ensures and maintains contemporary knowledge of laws, regulations, standards, and emerging trends that may affect Human Resources (HR) policies and execution of these. Acts as employee advocate by looking beyond process implementation into the lived experiences of employees, managers, and leaders. Executes or leads projects, programs, and initiatives. Identifies opportunities and engages local communities while promoting culture with stakeholders such as professional networks, schools, community-based organizations, etc. Partners with the leadership team to design and orchestrate crisis management strategy, including emergency responses, disaster recovery, risk management, communications, and business continuity.
Responsibilities Statutory Accountability
Ensures and maintains contemporary knowledge of laws, regulations, standards, and emerging trends that may affect Human Resources (HR) policies and execution of these (e.g., legal signatories, court representation, health and safety, benefits, local documentation requirements, General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR], legal localization). Translates what requirements mean for the employer and offers correct solutions to adapt and localize policies. Ensures compliance with applicable labor laws and regulatory environment (e.g., HR suppliers). Collaborates with worker councils to ensure continued relationship. Partners and negotiates with union representatives, workers councils, etc., where applicable. Oversees HR issues involving legal and financial risk to the organization and represents HR in Compliance Governance Committee, in service to the Microsoft brand, values, and image.
HR Governance
Leads, manages, and drives clarity for geography/client governance committee (e.g., establishes and manages governance and policies for a geography or area/client). Ensures Human Resources (HR) are aligned across businesses and stakeholder businesses within the specific area. Ensures HR information across the organization is accurate and up to date (e.g., immigration, mobility, offer governance). Drives compliance with Microsoft practices around HR activities. Provides corporate opportunities for improving HR processes. Contracts with various stakeholders to ensure the work lands (e.g., Finance, Payroll, Procurement, Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs [CELA]).
Employee Experience/Engagement
Acts as employee advocate by looking beyond process implementation into the lived experiences of employees, managers, and leaders. Collaborates with internal communications to ensure alignment on messages with a minimal degree of supervision. Leads and develops strategies to improve engagement. Designs and manages programs and activities aimed at creating a positive workplace environment (e.g., employee resource groups [ERGs]). Executes optimal investments in employee experiences while contributing to the end-to-end employee experience for business impact (e.g., new campus, related return on investment [ROI]). Promotes fair and inclusive employee experience for all (e.g., local policy, training, perks).
HR Community Leadership
Partners with and builds relationships with leadership teams to enable a One Microsoft approach and may coach the leader and leadership team as needed. Promotes and creates clarity and intentionality for consistency/differences across the relevant People Priorities by business, area, or country, creating synergies, and avoiding duplication of work. Partners across the Human Resources (HR) model to ensure seamless, high-quality delivery of HR services (e.g., onboarding, offboarding, statutory reporting, tracking and reporting). Participates in and helps drive leadership team's HR governance inclusive of HR Business Partners/HR Directors and Centers of Excellence (COEs). Supports the businesses/teams including budget management for the HR team. Influences and facilitates leadership, customer-first culture, and mindset activities.
Projects, Programs, and Initiatives
Executes or leads projects, programs, and initiatives (e.g., applying and executing existing centers of excellence programs/initiatives, assessing new acquisitions, developing talent needs for new companies, pension plans/health plans, implementing initiatives) with a minimal degree of supervision. Develops project plans and executes as needed. Identifies, responds, and takes action to meet emerging requirements.
Crisis Management Team (CMT) and Disaster Recovery
Partners with the leadership team to design and orchestrate crisis management strategy, including emergency responses, disaster recovery, risk management, communications, and business continuity. Ensures assistance for employees by activating the company’s Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and employee well-being programs, during and after a crisis.
External Impact
Identifies opportunities and engages local communities while promoting culture with stakeholders such as professional networks, schools, community-based organizations, etc. (e.g., IWD, DigiGirlz, local Human Resources [HR] professional events), in service to the Microsoft brand, values, and image. Networks and influences external HR leaders for engagement with external customer business decision-makers to share and inspire current or future customers to drive business, as well as communities to shape policies and programs supporting future work. Interacts with and promotes long-term relationships with the broader community by leveraging social media (e.g., LinkedIn) and professional media (e.g., Society for Human Resource Management [SHRM], best workplace).
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources (HR), Legal, Business, Psychology, or related field AND 7+ years experience with HR
or related experience (e.g., hiring, training, performance management) involving applicable employment laws and policies OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualificationsMaster's Degree in Human Resources (HR), Legal, Business, Psychology, or related field.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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.
