Microsoft Philanthropies helps bring to life the company’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more by empowering communities and nonprofits to realize the potential of technology. We seek to create systemic change by investing in three strategic pillars that help drive inclusive economic opportunity: Digital Skills, Digital Transformation , and Nonprofit Capacity Building .
We are actively looking to hire an International Field Lead for our Microsoft Philanthropies team. The International Field Lead manages a team of social impact professionals across Microsoft priority markets that manage and execute Microsoft Philanthropy’s programs including: digital skilling, employee engagement, disaster response, and nonprofit capacity building programs. In addition to helping to achieve programmatic and operational excellence by supporting a globally distributed team across the Asia, Americas and Europe and Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions on Microsoft Philanthropy program priorities, the International Field Lead partners closely with Microsoft business and subsidiary leaders to ensure alignment with business and social impact priorities, as well external private and public sector customers and strategic partners.
Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, high ambition, a drive for results and ensuring our organization is a place where everyone can bring their full and authentic self, where all voices are heard, and where we do our best work as a result. In doing so, we drive inclusive economic opportunity and impact the lives of m illions of people around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 10+ years experience in digital skilling, corporate social responsibility, philanthropies, corporate affairs, or related area
- OR 12+ years experience in digital skilling corporate social responsibility, philanthropies, corporate affairs, or related area.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- 15 + years experience in corporate social responsibility, philanthropies, corporate affairs, or related area.
- 5 + years experience managing a corporate social responsibility or related program.
- 5 + years of people or team management experience.
- 5 + years experience working in or with a large, matrixed organization.
Corporate Social Responsibility M6 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $152,300 – $266,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $194,800 – $292,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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 .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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Responsibilities:
People Management
Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.
- Model – Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles
- Coach – Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn .
- Care – Attract and retain great people; Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others .
- Successfully manage and p rovide coaching, support, and leadership development to Philanthropy Area leads around the world.
Strategy/Program Management
- Develops strategic vision and/or program frameworks for achieving top-priority Philanthropy goals.
- Leads the formation and execution of Microsoft Philanthropy’s initiatives and programs on a broad range of issues and/or corporate responsibility topics, including designing and executing strategic initiatives, and identifying strategic business development opportunities for Microsoft to advance its long-term goals in Microsoft priority markets around the world .
- Provides advice and counsel to executive management on unusually complex and critical philanthropic digital skilling, digital transformation and nonprofit capacity building issues or matters of concern to Microsoft and the industry.
- Shapes Microsoft’s policy agenda that addresses complex societal issues and business priorities.
- Develops, implements, and executes philanthropic digital skilling, digital transformation, and nonprofit capacity building initiatives to address highly complex local, regional, national, and global community and civic engagement needs in alignment with Microsoft’s corporate social responsibility standards.
- Leads the management of large scale, executive level digital skilling, digital transformation and nonprofit capacity building initiatives that build resiliency, self-sufficiency, and opportunities for individuals and communities.
- Develops and manages large scale, executive level project timelines, budgets, and plans for philanthropic digital skilling, digital transformation , and nonprofit capacity building programs.
- Develops and implements processes to facilitate highly strategic program development, outreach, and execution, and assesses feasibility and impact of program extension to other executive level internal and external communities .
Business, Technical, and Societal Expertise
- Provides thought leadership and/or champions initiatives and solutions that significantly impact the advancement of Microsoft, industry, and/or community long-term objectives and priorities.
- Aligns and leverages resources across internal and external communities to ensure a positive impact of philanthropic digital skilling, digital transformation, and nonprofit capacity building initiatives.
Representing Microsoft
- Advocates for and communicates Microsoft’s perspective on highly strategic philanthropic digital skilling, digital transformation , and nonprofit capacity building issues with executive level internal and external decision makers, thought leaders, and garners their support to significantly impact the advancement of Microsoft’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda.
- Serves as a spokesperson for corporate social responsibility to drive and enhance company reputation.
- Understands and applies deep, contextualized knowledge of Microsoft and Corporate and Legal Affairs strategies to drive results and program integrity.
- Develops proposals for how Microsoft products and software can be used to solve societal issues and create opportunities in the community.
- Leads discussions in internal and external events to inspire outreach and communicate information on Microsoft corporate social responsibility (e.g., philanthropies, accessibility, sustainability) programs.
External Relationships
- Develops , influences , and represents Microsoft in strategic partnerships (e.g., nonprofit, advocacy, academic , government , and workforce organizations ) to advance philanthropic digital skilling, digital transformation , and nonprofit capacity building programs.
- Leads the implementation of improvements to major philanthropic digital skilling, digital transformation and nonprofit capacity building initiatives based on community and stakeholder feedback.
Internal Collaboration
- Provides thought leadership for identifying and closing high-impact business development opportunities, removing roadblocks to drive business results, and strategically partnering with Microsoft Philanthrop ies team members and other key business/client leads.
- Designs, leads, and collaborates on cross-group projects that are of strategic importance to Microsoft or that involve senior executive participation, to develop scalable and sustainable solutions.
- Leads the resolution of competing policy approaches or priorities by collaborating with Microsoft Philanthropies senior management and other Microsoft senior executives to ensure a coordinated approach on issues with Microsoft-wide impact or high external visibility.
- Proactively collaborates with and influences senior-level stakeholders across the company to guide business and product strategies, identify partnerships to grow the business, and ensure alignment of objectives , priorities, and resources.
Other
- Embody our culture and values