Microsoft’s Cloud business is experiencing explosive growth, and the Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) organization is responsible for the construction and management of the data center infrastructure underlying this growth. Microsoft has committed to become Carbon Negative, Water Positive, and Zero Waste by 2030, and is seeking a Senior Program Manager to drive the CO+I organization’s strategy on Services Supply Chain sustainability.
In support of Microsoft’s Carbon Negative commitment, a Senior Sustainability Progam Manager will be accountable to maintain a strategic roadmap to reduce fleetwide CO+I services supply chain emissions across multiple workstreams and peer functions. As a Senior Program Manager, you will need to build partnerships with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and account managers across the organization and within Corporate Procurement to help execute the roadmap and report collectively on progress to senior leadership within CO+I. In addition, this role will be responsible for partnering across measurement, quantification, and analysis of Scope 3 services supply chain emissions sources, including accounting methodologies used and improvements recommended.
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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 3+ years experience in corporate social responsibility, philanthropies, corporate affairs, or related area OR 5+ years experience in corporate social responsibility, philanthropies, corporate affairs, or related area.
• Other Requirements:
  The ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced ability to influence and manage stakeholders across multiple functions and levels of seniority, including exceptional communication, organizational, and change management skills.
• Understanding of data center or building emissions management, especially across refrigerants, diesel usage, and natural gas usage.
• Knowledge of carbon accounting and measurement.
• Comfort navigating fast-paced, complex environments.
• Ability to think strategically beyond day-to-day execution.
• Familiarity with software business models and software engineering environments
  Corporate Social Responsibility IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $101,200 - $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 $130,000 - $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.
  Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 4, 2024.
  

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• Lead across CO+I and the broader organization in managing and mitigating services supply chain emissions from CO+I, including the maintenance of a near-, medium-, and long-term supply chain decarbonization strategy and roadmap.
• Assess and coordinate existing workstreams impacting CO+I services supply chain emissions (MSFT-wide) and quantify impact to forecast, highlighting any gaps to target including via scenario modeling.
• Work closely with account managers (in CO+I as well as other organizations, such as Procurement) to drive actionable decarbonization strategies implementable by account managers.
• Partner on measurement, quantification, and analysis of services supply chain emissions sources, including management of accounting methodologies and recommendations to improve as deemed necessary.
• Track progress towards CO+I services supply chain emissions in collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs) and provide monthly updates for report-outs to senior leadership.
• Support development of workstream-specific emissions reduction targets in collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Partner with SME teams to research additional reduction opportunities. Quantify potential emissions impact and recommend high potential opportunities for further investigation and possible pilot testing.
• Embody our Culture and Values.