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Director, People Business Partnership

Microsoft· HR Business Partnership
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Redmond, WA$130.9k - $277.2kPosted 4d ago

About the role

Director in the Geo Commercial People Team at Microsoft, shaping talent strategy behind fast-growing businesses, using people data to guide decisions and redesigning work, roles, and teams as the business becomes AI-native. Hands-on role building and scaling solutions, trusted advisor to leaders, driving organizational effectiveness and employee experience.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with leaders across the Commercial business to align people, organization, and culture strategies with business priorities.
  • Provide strategic People guidance that supports organizational goals, growth, and business transformation.
  • Build trusted partnerships with leaders to identify opportunities that strengthen organizational effectiveness and employee experience.
  • Coach and advise leaders on team effectiveness, leadership practices, organizational health, and employee engagement.
  • Facilitate discussions that help leaders strengthen collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and decision-making.
  • Support leaders in creating environments where employees can grow, contribute, and perform at their best.
  • Lead organizational design initiatives, including workforce planning, organizational restructures, operating model changes, and business transformation efforts.
  • Develop and implement change management strategies that support successful adoption of organizational priorities and business objectives.
  • Partner with stakeholders to ensure organizational changes are communicated clearly and executed effectively.
  • Collaborate with leaders to develop talent strategies that support current and future business needs.
  • Assess organizational capabilities, identify talent gaps, and recommend solutions that enable long-term success.
  • Support succession planning, talent development, and workforce planning efforts to strengthen organizational readiness.
  • Leverage people insights, employee feedback, organizational health metrics, talent movement trends, attrition data, compensation information, and manager effectiveness indicators to inform recommendations.
  • Identify emerging organizational opportunities and risks through analysis of workforce data and trends.
  • Provide leaders with actionable insights that support informed decision-making and organizational health.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 9+ years experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, performance management) OR Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 6+ years experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, training, performance management) OR equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years experience with partnering with wide network of clients and across human resources to deliver effective business solutions OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Strategic partnershipLeadership coachingOrganizational design
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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