Our team - Modern Life Verticals incudes Microsoft’s premier communications apps – Teams for consumers; Skype; GroupMe, and Teams for EDU. We are looking for a Chief of Staff who will work closely with our leadership team to drive:
Product and strategy reviews.
The rhythm of the business (RoB).
Team and executive communications (external and internal).
Organizational health.
Budget management.
You will partner closely with the CVP to shape the mission of the team, lead and contribute to special projects, and continue to foster a great inclusive culture on the team.
Responsibilities
Business Process: Lead, coordinate and continually improve our RoB, providing insight and advice to the leadership team around operational excellence, headcount, resource and fiscal planning, working with Finance and HR organizations.
Running our teams: Partner with the LT to manage the overall group strategy decisions and assist in implementing policies and procedures while focusing in maximizing the effectiveness of the CVP, work with cross-division and cross-company/teams to ensure that we can deliver our communications apps on time. Make our team fun and productive organizing Demo days, Hackathons, morale events, etc…
Communications: Seek out and arrange several forms of communications, e.g. CVP vision statements; internal bi-weekly syncs; All-Hands; MPRs; meetings with partner teams. Help our CVP balancing priorities, communicate effectively, participate in the most relevant meetings, helping him connect with the team.
Team Development: Ensure that we have the right organization; ensure that we have amazing people; and ensure that we have a great, inclusive team. The metrics: MSPoll, retention, team output and delivery.
In order to develop and maintain intimacy with remote teams, travel is required (5 - 10% outside US).
Qualifications
Basic Qualification:
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to synthesize, prioritize, rationalizing and simplifying the many competing requirements, all with an exceptional attention to the details.
Ability to follow through on other people’s commitments, meetings decisions, etc. (especially within the LT), and not just your own.
Experience successfully managing consumer products and/or messaging apps, with both technical and business acumen.
Knowledge and passion for technology and products – including those external to Microsoft to build opportunities in our own products.
Inclusive and collaborative – driving teamwork and cross-team alignment.
Strong partner relationship management skills, with proven ability to influence for impact.
Excellent communication skills along with the ability to build compelling internal/external presentations and comprehensive business review materials.
Problem solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources, conflict resolution, and follow through with partners.
Ability to drive and collect feedback from peers and partners, interpret and prioritize findings, communicate insights and recommendations at executive level.
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