Business Program Manager, Global Intern Experience & Innovation
Logistics, Sales & Operations · HR & Admin · Program Management · Talent Acquisition
In short
Microsoft is seeking a Business Program Manager to lead the design and execution of its global intern experience, focusing on community, belonging, innovation, and skill development. This role involves collaborating across the organization to evolve the program, measure its impact, and ensure it aligns with future talent needs.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve the global intern experience, translating talent priorities into scalable programs.
- Own program strategy, experience design, and continuous improvement of flagship intern experiences like Intern Celebration.
- Develop globally scalable approaches that maintain consistency while allowing for regional differences.
- Partner with regional teams, vendors, and volunteers for high-quality global execution.
- Design experiences to strengthen community, belonging, and relationships within the intern population.
- Create opportunities for interns to experience Microsoft's culture and mission.
- Design experiences exposing interns to emerging technologies, experimentation, and evolving work methods.
- Create opportunities for interns to apply learning through meaningful work and problem-solving.
- Test new experience approaches, evaluate effectiveness, and recommend improvements.
- Identify opportunities to connect project scope with skill development and business needs.
- Develop and maintain measurement approaches for intern experiences (belonging, engagement, skill development, etc.).
- Establish success measures and use insights to evaluate program impact.
- Analyze trends, identify gaps, and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
- Develop clear reporting and narratives for stakeholders on program performance.
- Build collaborative relationships across various Microsoft teams and external partners.
- Lead complex initiatives through influence, collaboration, and accountability.
- Create clarity in ambiguous environments and translate objectives into actionable plans.
- Anticipate program risks and dependencies and drive resolution.
- Promote experimentation, continuous learning, and an outcome-focused approach.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 4+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience managing complex programs with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and workstreams.
- Experience translating organizational priorities into program strategies, plans, and execution.
- Experience using data, feedback, and insights to evaluate program effectiveness and inform decisions.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence across organizational and functional boundaries.
- Experience designing or managing employee, intern, university, early-career, learning, community, or talent experiences.
- Experience delivering programs across multiple geographies, businesses, or audiences.
- Experience with community building, belonging, learning, employee engagement, or experience design.
- Experience developing measures of success, dashboards, reporting, or other approaches to evaluating program effectiveness.
- Experience with programs involving emerging technology, innovation, experimentation, or future-of-work capabilities.
- Experience launching new programs or significantly evolving existing programs.
- Experience managing detailed program operations, including budgets, logistics, timelines, dependencies, and execution plans.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and convert ideas into actionable, scalable programs.
- Written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across a range of audiences.
Benefits
- Base pay range: USD $97,600 - $188,400 per year (US average)
- Base pay range: USD $125,000 - $206,400 per year (San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area)
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Skills
program managementprocess managementprocess improvementdata analysisstakeholder managementcommunication
#program management#internship#talent development#innovation#experience design#global programs#stakeholder engagement
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Company
MicrosoftJob Posted
8 hours ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
US$97,600–188,400 · Negotiable
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
United States
Qualification
Bachelor
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