Program Manager
Logistics, Sales & Operations · Sales & Business Development · Program Management · Sales Operations
In short
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the integrated FSO program plan as the single source of truth for portfolio delivery.
- Translate priorities and leadership decisions into clear milestones, deliverables, owners and actions.
- Drive the day-to-day operating cadence across the portfolio, including planning, review and reporting forums.
- Ensure commitments progress to plan, and intervene early when execution moves off track.
- Coordinate execution across Intake & Demand, Bowler, Vendor Spend, Audit & Controls and individual transformation programs.
- Identify and actively manage cross-program dependencies, ensuring hand-offs and interlocks are understood and owned.
- Connect individual program managers' plans into a single, integrated portfolio view.
- Drive alignment and closure where delivery requires multiple teams or stakeholders.
- Own the portfolio-level process for risks, actions, issues, decisions and dependencies (RAID).
- Ensure material risks are identified early, with clear owners and mitigation plans.
- Escalate issues that require leadership intervention, with clear options and recommendations.
- Track leadership decisions through to execution and closure.
- Manage the inputs and execution rhythm that support the FSO Bowler.
- Ensure milestones, KPIs and commitments have clear ownership and up-to-date status.
- Surface performance gaps and drive corrective actions to closure.
- Maintain traceability between portfolio commitments, actions and delivered outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Operations, Engineering or a related field AND program or project management experience, OR equivalent experience.
- Program management experience in business operations or sales operations.
- Experience running integrated portfolio plans and portfolio-level RAID processes.
- Experience managing KPIs and scorecards (bowlers), including the operating rhythm that keeps them current.
- Exposure to vendor spend management, audit or internal controls.
- Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or an Agile qualification.
- Proficiency with Power BI, Excel and Azure DevOps (ADO).
- Strong executive communication, distilling complex program status into clear, decision-ready summaries.
- Drives for results, holding self and others accountable for commitments and following through to closure.
- Manages stakeholders effectively at all levels, building trusted relationships across teams and geographies.
- Influences without authority, aligning multiple teams on shared priorities and decisions.
- Applies structured problem solving, using data to frame issues, weigh options and recommend action.
- Embodies Microsoft's culture: a growth mindset, customer obsession and One Microsoft collaboration.
Desired Qualifications
- Travel: Less than 25%
- Work site: 3 days / week in-office
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/ireland-corporate-pay.html
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Company
MicrosoftJob Posted
3 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
€80,000 – €136,400 · Negotiable
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Ireland
Qualification
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