Human Resources Director, Microsoft AI Squads

Microsoft AI's Mission is to use AI responsibly to make everyone more informed, capable, and supported. We are creating unique, beautiful and powerful products that will change lives. We are proud of what we build, how we build it and that our products will define the AI era. It's a time of huge change in the AI landscape, and this role will put you right in the heart of it.

We are seeking a highly motivated, agile Human Resources (HR) Director to lead the Microsoft AI Copilot HR squad. We're looking for someone with an abundance of positive energy, empathy, and kindness, in addition to thriving in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate excels at multitasking and pays unwavering attention to detail. You are self-motivated and can adapt to ambiguity and can demonstrate success in agile ways of working. If you can make informed decisions, remove roadblocks, collaborate across executive office staff to meet objectives, along with thrive in this environment, we invite you to join us.

As the HR Director, Microsoft AI Squads, you will play a pivotal role in architecting, developing, and executing the HR work across the employee, DRI and manager life cycle for the Copilot and AI teams. This role requires creativity and adaptability to deliver high performance with an integrated approach across Microsoft HR.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 12+ years experience in experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, performance management)
  • OR Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 10+ years experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, training, performance management)
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Human Resources, Business,
  • OR related field.
• 5+ years' experience with partnering with a wide network of clients and across Human Resources to deliver effective business solutions.
• 5+ years' experience in People Management.

HR Business Partnership M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $273,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $162,000 - $299,400 per year.

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 8, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Responsibilities

• People Management - Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.
• • Model - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles.
  • Coach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.
  • Care - Attract and retain great people; Know each individual's capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.
• Lead a team of HR Business Partners (HRBPs) to build and execute people solutions across the employee, Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) and manager life cycle, including but limited to:
• Talent Movement: Design and run the squad talent movement approach, resulting in the squads being resourced with the necessary capabilities. Put in place the required constructs to enable the movement of resources.
• Culture: Establish ways to embed self-organized squads whereby team charters, ways of working, feedback loops and recognition are empowered motions within the squad, under the guidance of DRIs and relevant leaders. Support the building of feedback culture within the teams so all team members are coached and supported to adopt the best of high-performance practices.
• Development: Work with employees, DRIs and managers to develop an approach to feedback and development to support high performance and career development.
• Onboarding: Create a high touch onboarding approach to accelerate employee's experiences and readiness to be successful at Microsoft.
• Performance: Ensure that we have a process for ensuring that individual performance within a squad is captured and shared with their direct manager. Determine how to evaluate impact and individual performance within a squad that is fed into their manager for coaching and impact discussions and talent movement once the cycle is over.

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