Business Manager

Business Manager – Microsoft Belgium Governance Team

The Business Manager provides strategic support to the Microsoft Belgium Governance Team in developing and implementing growth opportunities for long-term value creation for Microsoft. The role has a key responsibility in driving the Governance Team strategic priorities. They will support key initiatives to improve employee engagement and drive strategic value for Microsoft Belgium. They will also provide support where necessary to the cultural change management required to realise the potential of our new campus.

The position requires an person who understands how to get things done at Microsoft through influence by leveraging your extensive interpersonal and collaboration skills. In addition, you must have experience in strategic planning, project execution, building relationships and working with executives at all levels.

The Business Manager should have strong analytical/problem solving skills, demonstrated success in driving complex strategies and projects, outstanding cross group organizational skills and agility, strong communication skills (verbal and written), proven project management skills and be a motivated self-starter. You should also enjoy working under pressure and deadlines, and be flexible with a tolerance for, and ability to manage, ambiguity and uncertainty. Passion for managing and leading people through business transformation is important.

Responsibilities

Key Stakeholder management

• Developing and managing a master site stakeholder matrix and engagement plan. Creating the rhythm and content for these engagements and executing on key employee engagement activities.
• Mobilising the cross-site leadership community in evangelising Microsoft Belgium’s assets with their internal and external stakeholders and leveraging all available opportunities to showcase the site’s capabilities with customers and partners.
• Developing an end-to-end experience for executives’ site visits to Microsoft Belgium to showcase the unique value proposition of the site’s capabilities and cross business connectedness.

Strategy Development

• Creating the programmatic structure that ensures all Governance Team priorities and goals are being delivered as planned, meeting the strategic outcomes and KPIs. Identifying where some goals are slipping and taking appropriate mitigation action to get these back on track.
• Supporting the site leader in delivering site strategy.
• Building business cases, employing internal and external industry-standard benchmarking and analytical data to support strategic business development for the site.

Program Management

• Orchestrating the monthly and quarterly Governance Team meetings to optimise these engagements and drive impact.
• Facilitating yearly planning cycle to help drive strategic planning and orchestrate business evaluation sessions.
• Protecting organizational value by keeping information strictly confidential as appropriate.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience Required:

• Excellent executive presence and ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Experience and ability to develop and implement business development strategies to grow Microsoft Belgium’s business capabilities and footprint.
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and on budget. Ability to work well on a number of different tasks – sometimes with conflicting deadlines. Ability to hold others accountable on project deliverables.
• Leading and managing virtual teams across internal and external organisational boundaries. Ability to operate effectively at all levels.
• Strong relationship management and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable moving from the strategic to the tactical.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and navigate through uncertain situations to drive for clarity.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously.