Role at a glance
- Job function
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Product, Strategy & Operations Program & Project Management
- Salary
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- Location
- Redmond, Washington, United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Internship
- Education
- Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field with at least one semester/term remaining following the...
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Role Summary
The Business Program Management Intern supports program evaluation, planning, and execution under close guidance from senior team members. The role involves coordinating with stakeholders and helping assess and improve business programs.
What You'll Do
- Learn to conduct cost-benefit analyses and help run monthly business reviews to assess program performance.
- Support adoption of new programs or changes and communicate program value to stakeholders, partners, and customers.
- Learn to manage program plans, timelines, milestones, metrics, resources, risks, and status communications.
- Work with cross-functional stakeholders to design programs and prepare proposals, strategy decks, and pitch content.
- Help identify root causes and program issues, assess scenarios, and improve existing program operations.
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View full postingQualifications
Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field, with at least one semester or term remaining after the internship.
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- Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field, with at least one semester/term remaining following the...
Original job description
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At Global Skilling, our mission is to inspire every person and organization on the planet to reach their potential through learning. As technology evolves rapidly, having a skilled workforce is more important than ever. We believe making learning accessible to all is key to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, helping people excel personally and professionally, and igniting innovation.
Responsibilities
Business Program Evaluation and Improvement- Learns to conduct cost-benefit analyses to examine performance to value drivers (e.g., profit and loss [P&L], return on investment [ROI]). Learns about monthly business review (MBR) and helps run rhythms regularly to identify what is working and what is not.
- Demonstrates the skills needed to help ensure buy in and adoption of the new program or change by others in the organization.
Business Program Excellence and Execution
- Learns to evangelize the programs to stakeholders, partners, and customers to gain buy in.
- Learns to adapt communication style and storytelling strategy according to audience and business needs.
Business Program Management
- Learns about project portfolios including the project plan, documentation of roles and responsibilities (e.g., responsible, accountable, consulted, informed [RACI] framework), timelines, milestones, financial management, performance metrics, and resource needs for programs. Communicates the program status to relnt stakeholders and holds them accountable for following the established schedule, risk mitigation plans and processes, under close guidance from senior team members.
Business Program Planning and Design
- Learns to work with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering, Marketing) to design programs from initiation to delivery. Learns to produce collateral (e.g., proposals, strategy walking deck, internal and external pitch content) to incorporate stakeholder needs and ensure the business objectives are met.
- Learns to identify root problems (e.g., root-cause analysis), define the program strategy, gather program requirements, establish and maintain alignment with stakeholders, identify resource needs, create the project plan and targets, and work across teams to align on the plan of record. Begins to develop the expertise to improve operations of existing programs by helping identify appropriate industry methodologies and best practices, define and diagnose program issues, assess various scenarios, and select the optimal scenario to resolve issues.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
- Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field with at least one semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.
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The base pay range for this internship is USD $4,700.00 - $8,350.00 per month. 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 $6,330.00 - $9,490.00 per month.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay
Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar
(September - April)
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
About the company
Microsoft
Large Enterprise
Microsoft is a global technology leader that empowers individuals and organizations to achieve more through innovative software, services, and devices. Founded in 1975, the company is best known for its flagship products like the Windows operating system and Microsoft Office suite. In addition to personal computing, Microsoft is a leader in cloud computing with its Azure platform, providing a range of solutions for businesses to enhance productivity and efficiency. With a strong commitment to sustainability and accessibility, Microsoft continues to drive technological advancements that shape the future of work and learning.