Director, People Business Partnership

Overview

As Director, People Business Partnership, you shape talent strategy for Microsoft’s high-growth Commercial units. You will connect people decisions to business outcomes, including delivery quality, capacity and cost-to-serve, using data insights. The role is hands-on: you build and scale solutions, not only advise; you act as a trusted partner to leaders across the business. You drive organizational design, workforce planning, and change management to enable transformation in an AI-native environment. This is a cross-functional, impact-focused leadership role with a clear growth mindset and collaborative culture.

Responsibilities

• Align people, organization, and culture strategies with business priorities across the Commercial business
• Provide strategic People guidance to support growth and transformation
• Coach leaders on team effectiveness, organizational health, and employee engagement
• Lead organizational design initiatives including workforce planning, restructures, and operating model changes
• Develop talent strategies and assess capabilities to close gaps and enable readiness
• Leverage people data to inform decision-making and identify risks/opportunities

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field and 9+ years in HR or related processes OR Master’s Degree and 6+ years in HR or related processes OR equivalent experience
• 5+ years partnering with a wide network of clients to deliver business solutions OR equivalent experience
• HR Business Partnership experience at senior level (IC6) preferred
• HR Professional Certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM, CIPD) preferred

• collaboration
• leadership coaching
• curiosity and sound judgment
• organizational design
• workforce planning
• change management

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