Engagement Leader, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Co-Innovation Program

at  Microsoft

Transformation in the age of AI, which is on the agenda of virtually every enterprise worldwide, focuses on reimagining how AI and other technology will create value for customers and enable them to maintain a competitive advantage as the world embraces AI. The Customer Engagement and Co-Innovation Team (CE&CI) leads from the front, focused on building strategic partnerships and identifying lighthouse innovation opportunities with the most impactful potential partners and customers.
For over five years, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Co-Innovation has been our approach to drive deeper alignment with select customers by bringing our executive teams together with leaders from engineering, R&D, and business to discuss future state market transformation opportunities and co-create solutions to complex and impactful challenges. We utilize a unique and curated sprint process to identify business visions and technology journeys that cultivate creative and deeply contextual conversations between CEOs.
The Engagement Leader, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Co-Innovation Program, works directly with our customers’ C-suite and business leaders – as well as across Microsoft’s full portfolio of teams; Engineering, Innovation, Data Science, R&D, and others. They drive both ideation and execution planning. They discover and highlight our customers’ North Star visions; invoking the art of the possible while also mapping backwards to find no-regrets starting points that help customers and Microsoft re-imagine their business and our technology together in new ways.
As a seasoned thought leader, the CEO Co-Innovation Principal Engagement Leader drives these critical and exclusive executive engagements to create high-impact, multi-horizon joint innovations and global industry lighthouses.
The CEO Co-Innovation team seeks out and embraces a diversity of skills and experience. We view each new hire as an opportunity to add fresh perspectives, personalities, and super-powers to a team of diverse talents and backgrounds. The Engagement Leader role is one that requires a wide range of skills and acumen.

Successful Engagement Leaders have:

• A willingness and desire to think outside the box with deep customer empathy and curiosity, creativity, and a learn-it-all mindset
• Established business, technical and product development acumen including design thinking / agile / product development methodology
• Proven executive-level aptitude to drive immediate value while maintaining multi-horizon focus
• Ability to confidently interact with Microsoft and customer leaders to rapidly gain/build trust and confidence
• A forward-thinking self-starter mindset; comfortable collaborating with others, working with ambiguity, and able to effectively manage competing priorities

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 6+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement
• OR equivalent experience.

ADDITIONAL OR PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS

• Innovation, Agile Methodology, and/or Design Thinking credentials and experience
• Quantitative, qualitative, analytical, and conceptual problem-solving skills combined with business acumen
• Experience problem-solving individually and in a group setting
• Knowledge of drivers within a technology business
• Experience shifting priorities, while maintaining organization and control
• Proven track-record of organizing, developing, and executing strategy projects that deliver results
• Experience partnering with cross-functional leadership to turn insights into actions
  Business Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,200 - $194,800 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 $142,200 - $213,200 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
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