Director Business Program Management - Security at Microsoft

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Program Management, Process Management, Process Improvement, Business Strategy, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Root-Cause Analysis, Performance Metrics, Sales Strategy, Competitive Analysis, Project Planning, Customer Feedback, Operational Excellence, Google Security Solutions, Innovation

Industry

Software Development

Description

Business Program Strategy, Planning and Design Performs program landscape research and analysis (e.g., internal and/or external market, sales, delivery), forecasting, and examines business trends (e.g., customer feedback and expectations) to identify audience size and program scope, and stays current, agile, competitive, and contributes to programs impacting the broader unit. Demonstrates thought leadership in contributing to overall business goals, objectives, and strategies, as well as short- and long-term business priorities. Understands and identifies current program risks, impact, and develops mitigation plans impacting the broader unit. Identifies and scopes opportunities to develop new programs and improve current ones impacting the broader unit. Leads the identification and resolution of root problems (e.g., root-cause analysis) and the definition of the program strategy. Gathers program requirements, identifies resource needs, creates the project plan and targets, and works across teams to align on the plan of record. Improves the operations of existing programs by applying industry methodology, defining highly complex program issues, assessing various scenarios, and selecting the optimal scenario to resolve issues. Drives clarity in highly complex program issues and strives for simplification. Leads others who work with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering) to design highly complex programs from initiation to delivery, independently. Provides expertise to produce collateral (e.g., proposals, strategy walking deck, internal and external pitch content) to incorporate stakeholder needs and ensure the business objectives are met. Leads the defining and tracking of success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]), such as closed opportunities, adoption, usage, impact, and effectiveness for the program. Establishes objectives and success criteria for the program in an inclusive, collaborative manner with all stakeholders. Provides insight to lead others to understand mapping or how people, process, technology, and systems work and impact one another. Develops processes around scope and scheduled changes for programs impacting the broader unit, and communicates them to stakeholders. Provides insight of business to value drivers (e.g., pipeline metrics, close rate, return on investment [ROI]). Provides insight to collect and evaluate success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Key Indicators [KPIs]), such as close rate, adoption, usage, impact, effectiveness, and customer feedback, and uses scorecards and dashboards to monitor highly complex programs and ensure all activities align with business and program objectives. Ensures buy in and adoption of the new program or change by others in the organization. Design, execute and continuously improve Google compete sales programs strategy and execution that accelerate competitive deals and sales motions for our global sales organization Build cross-company partnerships with sales, marketing, engineering and other core stakeholders to deliver impact through compete programs Design and execute targeted programmatic sprints to understand competitive challenges or test hypotheses and land accountability for GTM improvements Contribute to the discipline of program management by driving innovation and improvements and raising the bar on what a compete program can deliver Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience. Experience in Program Management functions, project delivery roles, and written communications to stakeholders at operational and executive levels. 5+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external) Master's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 12+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 15+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement - OR equivalent experience. Experience and understanding of Google security solutions

Responsibilities

The Director of Business Program Management - Security is responsible for performing program landscape research and analysis, identifying risks, and developing mitigation plans. They lead the design and execution of complex programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder needs.