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Enterprise Business Transformation Director

Microsoft· Business Management
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Japan, Tokyo-to, Tokyofull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Creates clarity in ambiguous situations to facilitate and drive prioritization and decision making for leaders across the organization. Executes business plans to ensure continuity of operations, collaborates on execution plans, designs budgets, Influences strategic decisions, supports leader in key business management areas, promotes organizational health and D&I, drives cross-team projects, and leads executive-level communication.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with internal stakeholders and teams to supervise the creation and implementation of execution plans. Leads and oversees processes to ensure alignment across groups. Clearly communicates plans and mutual commitments across stakeholders, reviews process execution and performance to ensure results align with business priorities and scorecards. Sets effective practices for execution of strategies defined by leadership by leveraging consolidated information and advocating for and presenting clear business cases to the leader and business partners. Contributes to organizational design conversations and facilitates successful implementation of organizational plans and strategies (e.g., translates high-level strategic plans into concrete execution). Establishes key indicators of success in alignment with strategy to help streamline business strategy execution. Works within the organization to report against and adjust targets if necessary. Oversees corporate governance and performance management by providing insight and guidance on prioritizing and monitoring appropriate indicators, communicating progress to senior leadership, and evangelizing effective practices from the top levels of the company.
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  • As appropriate, executes business plans to ensure continuation of business operations at all times, including in adverse conditions, in accordance with corporate governance. When needed, ensures checks and balances are in place for the team to ensure Microsoft's best interest with regard to strategic partnerships necessary for continuity of business. May strategize and develop business continuity plans with Microsoft corporate Crisis Management and Business Continuity teams.
  • Leverages knowledge of organizational strategy and planned deliverables to design complex budgets. Works with Finance to approve budgets and develops forecasting plans in partnership with the leadership team. Tracks financial progress against budget and may manage complex budgets with significant negotiation. Provides input on budgeting/forecasting principles. Identifies actions to drive performance improvement. Anticipates challenges based on forecasts. Coordinates with Procurement for future resources. Collaborates with leaders on resource management planning. Ensures spend stays within budget aligned with headcount and budget strategy.
  • Leads executive-level communication with a variety of internal audiences. Develops content and messaging related to the team's mission and key projects. Proactively seeks relevant content (e.g., security requirements, priorities, updates) to communicate to the organization. Optimizes the leader's time by organizing daily communications. Performs triage and ghostwriting on behalf of the leader to expedite leader's time.
  • Supports the leader in key business management areas (e.g., goals, priorities, culture, communications, budget/finance, industry knowledge). Synthesizes insights to influence the leader and leadership team. Oversees content creation. Leads audits of Teams/SharePoint memberships and documentation storage for confidentiality/sensitivity. Leverages relationships to influence strategic decisions, manages relationships with leaders, interacts with high-level partners, drives leadership agenda, and creates action plans. Organizes executive visits and global events with customers.
  • Supports and enables a healthy scorecard for the team/organization and promotes culture initiatives aligned to People Strategy and One Microsoft D&I resources.
  • Drives cross-team projects to meet changing business needs. Engages in project/program management for organization-wide implementation of strategic efforts that require coordination across multiple disciplines.
  • Drives cross-team projects (duplicate entry highlighting ongoing responsibility)

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 15+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.
  • Business proficiency in Japanese and English is required.

Skills

Required:Budgeting and forecastingStrategic planningExecutive communicationsCross-team project management
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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