Planning & Launch Program Manager

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The Planning & Launch Program Manager is a pivotal role responsible for engaging cross-company stakeholders and managing a portfolio of launches from design to deployment, impacting the Device Partner Sales organization. In this role, you will lead the launch of new capabilities and incentives designed to innovate and deliver earnings through partners, achieving strategic outcomes for Microsoft. You will utilize your subject matter expertise in business, project management, systems, and processes, along with process methodology knowledge, to drive business impact. Building relationships with clients and counterparts, you will lead discussions to operationalize work that directly impacts business vision and strategy. Once impacts are assessed and plans are built, you will lead a launch team leveraging the Microsoft Launch Process to bring these changes to market, tracking risks/issues, and ensuring excellence in delivery. Additionally, you will support launch readiness execution through artifact authoring and management. In partnership with the broader launch community, you will identify and execute process improvements, documenting the roll-out to the organization.

You are passionate about learning different parts of the Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) organization and contributing to Microsoft’s transformation journey. You are committed to bringing diverse perspectives to solution design, striving for excellence in design and quality execution. Excited by big, challenging problems, you see opportunities where others see failures. You are skilled at building alliances with stakeholders and are an effective communicator. You value diversity and are a generous listener. As a rigorous project manager, you take pride in delivering solid, clean projects. You are enthusiastic about understanding cross dependencies in program design and pro-actively identify and mitigate risks like a super-hero. Finally, you maintain a sense of humor and don't take yourself too seriously!