[Hiring] Senior Business Manager @Microsoft

Role Description

The Senior Business Manager serves as a strategic partner to the General Manager, helping drive the organization’s business priorities, operating rhythm, and overall effectiveness. The role leads key rhythm-of-the-business activities, planning and budget processes, and coordination of business reviews and leadership priorities. It partners across the leadership team on organization-level people initiatives, workforce planning, communications, and employee engagement. The Business Manager also drives cross-team initiatives, tracks commitments and business performance, and helps identify and resolve issues that cut across organizational boundaries. The role enables the GM and leadership team to stay focused on the highest-priority business, customer, and organizational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead business strategy execution and operational excellence: Drive organizational planning, rhythm of business, governance, performance management, and execution of strategic priorities by creating clarity, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring measurable business outcomes.
• Own financial, resource, and continuity planning: Design and manage complex budgets, forecasting, headcount and resource strategies, business continuity planning, and performance improvement actions while ensuring compliance, accountability, and fiscal discipline.
• Maximize leadership effectiveness and organizational health: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders through executive communications, stakeholder management, strategic guidance, culture and inclusion initiatives, compliance oversight, and organizational development.
• Deliver enterprise-wide programs and strategic change: Lead large-scale cross-functional projects, influence decision-making across organizations, build alignment among diverse stakeholders, and coordinate complex initiatives that drive business transformation and operational success.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 6+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.
• Preferred: Master's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 12+ years experience in the same areas OR equivalent experience.

Requirements

• Business Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year.
• Different range applicable to specific work locations: USD $148,400 - $222,600 per year in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here .

Company Description

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.