Microsoft Advertising is seeking a Chief-of-Staff who serves as a strategic, trusted advisor to the CVP and Leadership Team. The CoS amplifies leadership impact, ensures the business runs effectively, and orchestrates cross-functional alignment in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment.
This role blends strategy, operations, communications, culture, and 'air-traffic control' to ensure the org operates as one unified, high-performing team. The ideal candidate is able to effectively context switch, always pivoting broadly across a number of connected and disconnected workstreams.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Advisor
Act as a thought partner and strategic ally to leaders, while simultaneously serving as an honest broker to teams across the organisation. You play the role of a true confidant and trusted advisor to the CVP and broader leadership team.
Executive Support
Partner closely with CVP to ensure vision and intent are effectively communicated, acting as a force multiplier connecting people, processes, and workstreams behind the scenes. Ensure CVP readiness for internal and external meetings and forums, partnering across the organisation to bring the right people and content together.
Leadership Operating Rhythm
Establish, run, and continually improve the Leadership Team's operating rhythm, inclusive of Staff Meetings, Offsites, Ad-Hoc alignment topics / meetings, people and talent rhythm (partnering with HR), etc.
Organisational Operations
Represent, advocate for, and manage a variety of needs required to running the business including, but not limited to: Annual planning, ad-hoc budget and HC investment needs, ongoing budget management, recruiting and HC management, office space.
People Management
Manage team of two FTEs who oversee Communications and Employee Experiences, ensuring full coordination and dot connecting.
Employee Experiences
Oversee the strategy and execution of employee programs across career development, onboarding, culture building efforts, D&I and Community management, and more. Partner across HR, Comms, and leaders to elevate culture, D&I initiatives, manager capability, talent health, and employee listening systems.
Executive Communications
Lead internal communications for the org, driving consistent storytelling of strategy, priorities, and changes. Lead external CVP engagements including customer meetings, EBCs, and industry events. Embody and promote Microsoft's culture and values.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources or business-related roles
- 5+ years people management experience
- Ability to influence stakeholders, partners, and peers at more senior levels
- Proven ability to drive cultural change, lead through complex organisational shifts, and build inclusive teams and operating models that foster psychological safety and collaboration
- High integrity collaborator who seeks win-win and broader organisational benefit while driving toward own goals
- Positive, can-do spirit and proactive problem solver
- Proven track record of exceptional performance, high productivity and meeting deadlines in a leadership role; high personal accountability for self and others
Salary Range: $130,900 – $277,200 per year
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