Are you an experienced business professional who wants to enable our regional sales centers to execute against sales priorities and exceed sales targets? If so, then Microsoft's SMC & Digital Sales Team is looking for you! Microsoft is empowering every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more. We have set three bold ambitions for ourselves: create more personal computing, reinvent productivity and business processes, and build the intelligent cloud. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. The SMC Business Program Manager is a strategic role that designs and executes key business rhythms, as well as leads and drives key communications and milestones related to business planning for in-year and future-year workstreams and activities. The successful candidate will gain a deep understanding of the SMC operating model, rhythm of business, and be part of a dynamic, fast-paced, and quickly evolving sales organization. Responsibilities Business Program Evaluation and Improvement Independently collect and evaluate success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)) using scorecards and dashboards to monitor programs and ensure all activities align with business and program objectives. Collaborate with others to conduct cost-benefit analyses to examine performance to value drivers (e.g., profit and loss (P&L), return on investment (ROI)). Utilize direction and strategy from leadership regarding business area of expertise to execute plans that shift current priorities to new organizational initiatives and objectives. Business Program Excellence and Execution Work with others to evangelize programs to stakeholders, partners, and customers to gain buy-in. Collaborate to define and execute on a landing and communication plan, maintaining the rhythm of business (ROB) during plan execution. Business Program Management Assist others who oversee a portfolio of projects including project plan, timelines, milestones, and performance metrics. Demonstrate an understanding of mapping or how systems work and impact one another. Business Program Planning and Design Work with cross-functional stakeholders to design programs from initiation to delivery. Support and contribute to defining and tracking success criteria and performance metrics for the program. Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 2+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement OR equivalent experience. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances. #J-18808-Ljbffr