Job Description

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud services. The team is responsible for designing, building, operating and innovating our global datacenters, managing demand planning and capacity utilization of our unified infrastructure, and responsible for all operations needed to run the physical infrastructure (including supply chain, critical environments, hardware, power, security, and workflow teams).

The CO+I Executive Office is looking for a proven expert to lead both internal and external communications. This leader is a self-motivated individual who can operate in a fast-paced environment without sacrificing results. The ideal candidate will be a strong-team player who has a vision for how first-in-class communications should be structured and delivered across the organization and externally. CO+I has a compelling story to tell our global workforce and our customers that requires alignment, structure, and thoughtful sequencing. This role requires the utmost discretion and will report directly to the CO+I Chief of Staff.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

* Define and develop an organization-wide marketing, communications, and engagement strategy for CO+I. This strategy and the corresponding plans should support our organizational culture, focus on our shared priorities of diversity and inclusion, and effectively communicate multiple steams of information to our various communities.
* Provide executive marketing and communications support to the CVP of CO+I and her Leadership Team (LT), to include profile development and drafting of messages and keynotes for internal and external audiences and content support.
* Partner with marketing, product, field, and communications teams to align on messaging both internally and externally. This will include proactive research into areas of focus and challenge and the ability to successfully navigate a large bureaucracy to ensure visibility into any corporate communications that may impact CO+I.
* Build the foundation of a strong and holistic communications platform that effectively leverages all relevant mediums to communicate with clarity and impact.

Required Qualifications:

* Minimum of 7 years communications, marketing, public relations or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience in communications, including executive communications, and/or public relations, journalism, and marketing
* Proven verbal and written communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate complex issues and deliver compelling information to different audiences
* A passion for communicating with clarity and impact and an interest in exploring new and compelling ways to connect with our workforce and our customers
* Proven organizational skills and the ability to successfully balance competing projects and priorities
Professional maturity, outstanding judgment, and the ability to communicate vertically to the senior leadership of CO+I, C+AI, and Microsoft
* Ability to scale content delivery and experience building multi-media communications strategies for a large, globally distributed, and diverse workforce
* Successful demonstration of cross-group and stakeholder collaboration
* Experience with tools and methodologies that measure the impact and effectiveness of communications methodologies
* Microsoft Office skills, particularly PowerPoint. Adobe Creative Suite experience a plus

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Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloudu202FBackground Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.u202F Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.

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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.

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