Chief of Staff

In this role, you will embody our leadership principles by:

• Model: Demonstrate integrity, accountability, inclusion, and a growth mindset in all interactions. Lead by example and consistently uphold organizational values and standards.
• Coach: Empower and develop others through ongoing feedback, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and support. Foster collaboration and help individuals and teams achieve their full potential.
• Care: Create an environment where employees feel valued, respected, and supported. Prioritize well-being, encourage diverse perspectives, and build strong, trusting relationships with colleagues, customers, and stakeholders.

Special Projects / Programs — Drives cross-team projects to manage business needs, leading program management for organization-wide strategic efforts that require hands-on coordination across multiple disciplines. Leads initiatives and projects on behalf of the Chief Technology & AI Officer and the Engineering leadership team, advancing both goal clarity and project execution. Communicates discoveries, progress, and results from initiatives to management and broader organization. Leads strategic innovation and experimentation. 

Maximizing / Extending the Leader — Serves as a thought leader and trusted advisor to the Chief Technology & AI Officer, synthesizing insights and data-driven recommendations across all facets of the Engineering org's operation to influence the leader, leadership team, and organization. Acts as a proxy for the leader and serves as a highly accessible Engineering information source for other major functions, builds and cultivates senior relationships at scale, drives the leadership team’s agenda and follow-up, and optimizes use of the leader’s time. Lead executive-level communications — developing messaging on mission, strategy, and vision, and performing triage and ghostwriting on the leader’s behalf. 

Business Operations — Drives the architecture and execution of the Rhythm of Business (ROB) and business-review cadence aligned to the scope of the business —building agendas, capturing key insights, and tracking action items to completion. Coordinates continuous planning across Engineering in collaboration with key stakeholders and leads strategy execution across stakeholders, ensuring alignment to priorities and scorecard needs. Partners with Finance to design and steward complex budgets and long-term forecasts, advises on headcount and resource planning, and drives privacy, compliance, and corporate-governance accountability. As appropriate, executes business plans with program managers to ensure business continuity in all conditions. 

Organizational Health — Ensures a healthy scorecard for the organization and champions culture and inclusion initiatives aligned to the defined People Strategy and One Microsoft D&I guidance. Researches, documents, and offers recommendations to keep the Engineering organization on a path of continuous improvement. Partners with Human Resources (HR) and the business management community to act on employee signals, accelerate culture progress, and drive training and compliance completion. 

 Communications and Customer & Partner Engagement — Drive internal and external communications — shaping the organizational narrative, executive messaging, and high-visibility moments (all-hands, leadership updates). Support the CTO's customer and partner touchpoints — briefing materials, engagement prep, and follow-through.

Business Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 per year. 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 $165,600 - $303,600 per year.

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

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.