Work in Washington Veterans Jobs

Do you thrive in situations where you can help make others successful? Are you looking for a role that provides continuous opportunities to learn, grow, and drive impact at scale? If you are passionate about fast-paced teamwork, apply to join our team today.

The Vice President of the Engineering Systems PM team in Azure Edge+Platform (E+P) is looking for an Business Administrator to join us in our mission! Our team is constantly evolving and innovating to meet the changing demands of our customers. We are looking for an outstanding candidate who enjoys collaborating toward shared goals and taking the initiative to solve, plan, and execute to move the team forward.

Azure Edge+Platform [E+P] is responsible for Microsoft’s Operating Systems, IoT and Edge products, Engineering Systems, and Health Platforms that span cloud-to-edge and edge-to-cloud. E+P is the platform team for the company and the foundation upon which virtually every Microsoft product and service, like Azure, Xbox, HoloLens, Visual Studio, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams, is built. E+P products and services enable engineers to build out, deploy, manage, monitor, and secure Azure, Windows, and the rest of Microsoft. Additionally, E+P is responsible for several multibillion-dollar businesses of its own including Windows and Azure Monitor. E+P’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, meeting them where they live, work, and make decisions – at the edge.

Engineering Systems [ES] is a team in Azure Edge+Platform that builds and operates the Engineering System for two of the largest businesses at Microsoft: Azure and Windows. We provide our engineers, who work on code ranging from Azure Services to Windows and Linux based products, with tools and services to empower them to deliver world-class quality and secure products, with efficiency and high developer productivity, in a fiscally responsible way. This in turn helps enable Microsoft to deliver more functionality, of higher quality, with better security, and do it faster and more economically.

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.

Responsibilities

Calendar Management

• Provides calendar management and time planning support to the Vice President. Manages and owns calendar and associated logistics based on knowledge of manager and business needs.  

• Exercises prioritization and a sense of awareness for high impact meetings and urgent business needs, following up as appropriate.  Manages through ambiguity and maintains composure.

• Understands and helps to implement rhythm of business (RoB) in line with recognized patterns, and proactively acts on business cadence. Creates, builds, and adjusts plans within areas of responsibility in partnership with Chief of Staff.

• Uses executive maturity and judgment with full knowledge of business context to identify and coordinate delegates, execute decisions around prioritization, and maintain constant communication with manager and central staff.  

• Proactively engages with leader and key stakeholders/business partners (e.g., Chief of Staff, ES admin team) to make decisions and cascade information as needed.  

Travel

• Coordinates travel arrangements (e.g., accommodations, transportation, etc.) for manager(s) and/or group. Works with the CoS to create itineraries/agendas for daily activities to maximize trip productivity.  

• Manages all aspects of travel logistics to maximize trip itineraries.  

• Ensure required documents (e.g., visas, passports, immunization records) are obtained for international travel. Disseminates and enforces travel policies and expectations. Manages and ensures compliance with Microsoft Travel Policies.  

ES Team Support

• As part of the ES admin community participates and steps in to help manage and support the ES team, where needed.

• As part of the ES admin community, steps in to help support the ES team with organizing team morale activities, lunches, socials, etc.

Leadership

• Leads by example and serves as a role model to Business Support team by maintaining a professional attitude, demonstrating executive presence, influencing others, and encouraging self-reflection during challenging situations. 

• Navigates with executive maturity and calmness in challenging situations. Uses executive maturity to escalate issues, proactively ensuring teams effectiveness and consistency.  

• Strengthens their network (internally and externally) across organizations to enable their team and leader's work.  

• Proactively drives communication and liaises between executives, central teams, and other business partners to share information and best practices that drive efficiency.  

• Uses executive maturity and independent judgment, discretion, business insights, and perspectives to direct and prepare staff to distribute information to their teams and/or supported leader.  

• Communicates with executive maturity to external partners/audiences and third parties. Represents and acts as extension of manager's/team's brand and Microsoft's core values. 

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of Administrative, Business Support, or customer service experience in an environment with an emphasis on scheduling meetings/events, travel management, and administration work for executive/upper-level management.

Other Requirements:

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Psychology, Sociology) 

• OR equivalent experience. 

• 5+ years Administrative, Business Support, or customer service experience in an environment with an emphasis on scheduling meetings/events, travel management, and administration work for executive/upper-level management.

Business Support ATR-C - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $23.56 - $41.68 per hour. 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 $34.71 - $48.22 per hour.

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 July 12, 2024.

#esjobs

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .