Job Description

Are you an experienced business or finance manager looking for an opportunity to have an impact? Are you a high-energy, detail-oriented team player with great communication skills, and have an affinity for fast evolving environments that include senior stakeholders, global coverage and a diverse set of partners? We are the Microsoft Edge team, a passionate and inclusive team within the Web Experiences Teams (WebXT) org and we build the browser for Microsoft. We believe that there is unique opportunity to craft a browser that not only connects people seamlessly to their work sites and applications, but also brings information to their fingertips and helps them be more productive at work.

We are looking for a Business Manager who can help us optimize our resources to deliver great business results. As the Edge Business Manager, you will report to the Edge Chief of Staff and partner closely with the Edge LT, Edge engineering teams and key partners across the company, including finance, recruiting, and HR.

This role will collaborate with our broader team to define core customer value, ensure our growth and adoption targets are met, manage the business, and help bring feedback back to the team to drive further refinement and innovation. They will be a customer obsessed, results-oriented and data-driven individual who has the horsepower to solve complex problems; an owner who does what it takes to make our team successful; upholds high standards for their work and operate well in an ambiguous environment. They should be inquisitive and creative in finding opportunities to make our business better, and you should have the drive to dive into those opportunities.

As a Business Manager, we are looking for candidates with the following attributes:

* Excellent interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills.
* Ability to exercise influence without direct ownership to work closely with senior leadership on the team and across organizations and reporting boundaries to get things done.
* Proactive, forward thinking and able to effectively and quickly synthesize disparate information into clear recommendations, actions and decisions.
* Organizational agility, with the ability to impact and influence leaders within the team.
* Strong project management skills, with the provide ability to drive for results across a distributed set of stakeholders across multiple projects.
* Ability to rapidly gain and build trust and confidence of internal and external stakeholders.
* Comfort working with technical engineering teams and ability to quickly grasp new ideas.
* Ability to story-tell business and financial analytics and reports to audiences spanning multiple disciplines & seniority levels, including senior executives.
* Proven effectiveness driving complex multi-stakeholder planning processes, leading cross-team programs to desired results, and managing risk.
* Partner with finance and drive the financial management process, including financial planning and execution, cost management, resource and service demand planning.
* Partner closely with stakeholders across the team, along with talent acquisition and recruiting, to set and manage people and non-people targets.
* Streamline business processes across the business unit, optimizing for quality, efficiency and effective resource management. Includes development of business processes and tools to continuously improve organizational efficiency.
* Create and manage on-going review cadence for key team metrics: budget vs forecast, business performance, product KPIs, and service metrics. Develop review structure, scorecards, and tools as needed in partnership with team LT.
* Drive and continuously improve the overall execution of the Edge strategy, find efficiencies and help identify any unnecessary spend.
* Help support cross-org projects and initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

* 5+ years of experience in business management, finance, or product/program management with track record of increasing scope of roles and responsibilities.
* Relevant experience with engineering environments working on rhythm-of-business activities, business operations, business management, finance, or other similar environments.

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. 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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