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Chief of Staff

Microsoft· Business Management
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Redmond, WA, Hybrid (Multiple Locations)$130.9k - $277.2kfull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Chief of Staff to serve as a trusted advisor and force multiplier for the Corporate Vice President, Data Strategy. Drives strategy initiatives and the rhythm of business, enabling strategic execution, budget design, organizational health, and cross-team programs in a fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Drives the architecture and execution of the rhythm of business (ROB) and business review cadence aligned to the scope of the business.
  • Leads strategy execution across stakeholders, ensures alignment to priorities and scorecard needs, and contributes to organizational design.
  • Partners with Finance to design and steward complex budgets and long-term forecasts, advises on headcount and resource planning, and drives privacy, compliance, and corporate-governance accountability.
  • Executes business plans with program managers to ensure business continuity in all conditions.
  • Serves as a thought leader and trusted advisor to the Data Strategy Team, synthesizing insights to influence the leader, leadership team, and organization.
  • Acts as a proxy for the leader, builds and cultivates senior relationships at scale, drives the leadership team’s agenda and follow-up, and optimizes use of the leader’s time.
  • Lead executive-level communications—developing messaging on mission, strategy, and vision, and performing triage and ghostwriting on the leader’s behalf.
  • Ensures a healthy scorecard for the organization and champions culture and inclusion initiatives aligned to People Strategy and One Microsoft D&I guidance.
  • Partners with HR and the business management community to act on employee signals, accelerate culture progress, and drive training and compliance completion.
  • Drives cross-team projects to manage complex business needs, leading program management for organization-wide strategic efforts requiring coordination across multiple disciplines.
  • Leads strategic innovation and experimentation.
  • Drive internal and external communications—shaping organizational narrative, executive messaging, and high-visibility moments.
  • Support the CVP, Data Strategy’s customer and partner touchpoints—briefing materials, engagement prep, and follow-through.
  • Captures and drives the measurement of impact across the team for stakeholder groups, creating a value story internally and externally as a customer-zero impact story.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Strategy executionBudgeting and forecastingExecutive communications
Nice to have:Organizational designCross-group collaboration
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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