Culture & Inclusion Program Manager

We are hiring a Culture & Inclusion Program Manager to join Microsoft’s Culture & Inclusion Team. In this role you will drive cross-team programs that scale our strategy across the company. This role is pivotal in maintaining agile discipline, managing inter-team dependencies, and fostering collaboration so that our inclusion networks and related programs deliver tangible results efficiently. You will leverage data and insights to track progress and outcomes, providing transparency to leadership and guiding data-informed decision-making.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We are dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world. 

• Agile Program Management: Oversee the execution of multiple concurrent agile sprints across Culture & Inclusion workstreams, ensuring each team’s deliverables align with overall business goals and are completed on time. Facilitate sprint planning sessions so that teams clearly understand objectives, priorities, and deliverables for each cycle. Champion a culture of agility and continuous improvement, embedding agile principles into operational rhythms and team practices. Proactively manage interdependencies and swiftly remove obstacles to keep initiatives on track. Maintain clear and consistent communication about agile processes, scheduling regular check-ins, and providing practical examples and case studies to reinforce understanding.
• Continuous Improvement & Strategic Impact: Analyze insights and lessons learned from each sprint, recommending process improvements or adjustments to increase velocity, quality, or impact. Champion a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous learning within the team. Monitor and manage the Inclusion Networks budget for Culture & Inclusion programs, ensuring all spending aligns with approved financial guidelines and stays within established limits. Analyze insights and lessons learned from each sprint, recommending process improvements or adjustments to increase velocity, quality, or impact. Champion a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous learning within the team. Monitor and manage the Inclusion Networks budget for Culture & Inclusion programs, ensuring all spending aligns with approved financial guidelines and stays within established limits.
• AI-Enabled HR & Inclusion: Drive adoption and responsible use of AI-powered tools and analytics to maximize impact, efficiency, and inclusion across programs. Leverage AI to enhance data analysis, reporting, and decision-making, ensuring that insights inform strategy and resource allocation. Ensure all AI solutions and practices adhere to Microsoft’s Responsible AI principles: Fairness, Reliability & Safety, Privacy & Security, Inclusiveness, Transparency, and Accountability.

• Other

  • Embody our culture and values 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field AND 4+ years of experience in human resources or business roles
  • OR Master’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field AND 3+ years of experience in human resources or business
  • OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience leveraging AI tools and analytics to drive HR and inclusion outcomes, with a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field AND 8+ years of relevant HR or business program management experience
  • OR Master’s Degree in a related field AND 6+ years of relevant experience driving HR programs, operations, or D&I initiatives
• Proven track record in program or project management, with experience coordinating complex cross-functional projects or agile scrum teams in a business or HR environment
• Experience with agile transformation, coaching, or consulting in HR environments - (e.g. demonstrated understanding of agile methodologies and their application in HR and culture transformation contexts.
• Skills in data analysis and reporting (able to interpret KPIs, project metrics, and budget data to inform decisions)
• Communication and stakeholder management abilities – comfortable collaborating across organizational boundaries and influencing without direct authority

Diversity & Inclusion IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,100 - $169,800 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 $112,000 - $185,300 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 October 6, 2025.

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.

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