Director Supplier Trust & Compliance

Successful business relationships are built on trust and shared values – this is an opportunity to lead a team as our Director Supplier Trust & Compliance that programmatically helps Microsoft suppliers understand our values and data protection expectations. We hold suppliers to Privacy, Security and Responsible AI standards that consider cybersecurity risk, regulatory obligations, data subject rights to name a few -- contributing to our company reputation, “Microsoft runs on Trust’. 

The Microsoft Supplier Security and Privacy Assurance (SSPA) program is a corporate control that sets requirements for our global suppliers and drives compliance to these standards. This is an opportunity to lead a team paying equal attention to enabling an innovative operation and securing high quality compliance due diligence records to provide assurance to the company while also serving auditors executing different types of audits, certifications and regulatory inquiries.

This role requires a skilled executive communicator who can effectively engage with leaders and peers across procurement, business functions and external companies. You are adept at conveying Privacy, Security, and Responsible AI policy positions with confidence and can reframe your arguments on the fly to ensure understanding and compliance. You handle difficult conversations with ease and can model and coach these communication skills to further develop your team. Your agility allows you to adapt quickly to changing circumstances and reframe positions for different target audiences.

You will partner with risk domain stakeholder leaders to understand priorities and be adept at anticipating directional changes considering near term and horizon scanning. You will need to provide strategic leadership, understanding the breadth and depth of supplier interactions across Microsoft to ensure the team builds and then maintains a viable baseline of due diligence that suppliers can pragmatically attain as they provide services on behalf of Microsoft.

You will manage relationships effectively, fostering collaboration and enhancing peer review practices to achieve well-balanced compliance decisions. Your ability to clarify problem statements, make strategic recommendations, and drive progress will be crucial in delivering timely and impactful results.

It’s an exciting time at Microsoft – you will lead the team with a growth mindset, encouraging them to think big, experiment, pilot, and re-iterate and embed into business processes. You will focus on systems thinking, building and integrating processes to drive optimization across procurement and the company. Your leadership will support our suppliers in becoming regulation-ready with foundational security practices to deliver high-quality outcomes.