Technical Services Org - Business Operations Manager

Overview

With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft's products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft's portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.

The Asia Technical Services organization is responsible for landing Customer Support, Customer Experience and One Services priorities including being the local incident commander for large-scale events and high-impact outages, driving in region quality requirements, deliver incident management, and assessing regional support needs. In addition, we deliver on Global Customer Success priorities including landing customer success plays in region, orchestrating the MACC end-to-end experiences, driving usage end-to-end experience and performance, scaling best practices through regional partners, and accelerating Get Well Plans in partnership with CSS.

We are seeking our BM for Business Operations, reporting to the Chief of Staff of Corporate Vice President of Asia Technical Services, to support our organization and enrich our team culture.
This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and operational execution. Key attributes include team collaboration, influencing senior leaders, broad business acumen, sound decision-making, and a strong drive to get things done. The ideal candidate is resourceful, self-driven, and excels in a fast-paced environment, leading by example with sound business judgment and problem-solving skills. Respect, integrity, discretion with confidential information, and professionalism are critical.
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.

Responsibilities

Business Operations:

• Supports day-to-day operations and execution reviews rhythm of the business (ROB) and recommends process improvements. Contributes to execution of continuation of business plans during periods of change or special circumstances
• Follows strategy execution best practices and contributes to management of corporate strategy initiatives across functions by driving accountability for processes, supporting communications, and reporting to ensure alignment across groups
• Ensures timely response to action items, fields and vets engagement requests, prepares for executive meetings, kicks off internal initiatives with relevant team leaders/members, and communicates team feedback and questions
• Follows criteria provided in adherence with the privacy and compliance
• Leads ROB execution in partnership with the leadership team across the organization
• Leverages knowledge of the business to drive the leader's and business's goals
• Communicates performance vs KPIs
• Contributes to projects as needed to meet the changing business environment- Contributes to execution of continuation of business plans during periods of change or special circumstances
• Ensures communication and alignment across key stakeholders in the creation of execution plans

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 5+ years of experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience AND 5+ years of experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science)
• Skills: Strategic Planning & Execution, Operational Proficiency & Efficiency, Collaboration
• Other Qualifications: Exceptional messaging and writing skills, superb attention to detail, strong ability to prioritize and execute in a complex environment, highly organized, and results-oriented.

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