Overview
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work. The Microsoft Africa Development Center (ADC) East in Nairobi, Kenya, is a dynamic hub for engineering and innovation. Key teams include Microsoft 365, Identity and Network Access, Employee Experience, Windows and Devices, Cloud and Ecosystem Management, and Cloud Security.
These teams focus on developing productivity tools, enhancing security, improving workplace experiences, innovating on the Windows OS, managing cloud services, and ensuring cloud security.
In addition to engineering, ADC East emphasizes innovation and community engagement through initiatives like The Garage, a creative space for innovative projects, and programs such as Game of Learners and ADC Women Inspiring and Nurturing Students (WINS). ADC East leverages regional diversity to create globally impactful solutions, making it an exciting workplace for tech enthusiasts.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
· Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 6+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
o OR equivalent experience.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
· Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 8+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
o OR Master’s Degree in relevant field (e.g., Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Management, Computer Science) AND 5+ years experience in financial management, business planning, operations management, strategy, project management, human resources, or business-related roles
o OR equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
Business Operations
· Drives business direction and responsibility for leadership team to manage the planning process ensuring coordination with corporate planning processes as well as planning integration across the broader organization. Drives the architecting, developing, and executing the rhythm of business (ROB). Drives business review cadence. Ensures adherence to privacy and compliance.
Maximizing/ Extending the Leader
· Leverages relationships to influence and advise on strategic decisions, content, and/or expertise. Leverages key partnerships to drive the agenda for the leadership team and ensure follow up.
Manages and builds relationships with senior leaders and executive internal leaders. May interact with a broader array of high-level partners. Creates alignment within partnerships by providing an objective point of view, ensuring all voices are heard, synthesizing ideas, and creating an action plan.
Organizational Health
· Monitors team/organization health and supports the leader in responding to team culture issues, as well as leading culture initatives (e.g., Diversity and Inclusion [D&I], hiring, onboarding) while partnering with Human Resources to do so.
Tracks the use of role-based compliance trainings and new trainings; drives the training completion rates. Plans and executes on trainings. Ensures a healthy compliance scorecard for the team/organization. Capitalizes on team strengths and identifies development areas.
Special Projects/Programs and Initiatives
· Drives cross-team projects as needed to meet the changing business environment and manage complex business needs. Engages in project management or may act as a project/program manager to ensure organization-
wide implementation of strategic efforts that require hands-on coordination across multiple functional disciplines and business organizations.
Specialty Responsibilities
· Leads executive-level communication with a variety of internal audiences. Optimizes the manager’s time by organizing the daily communications of the leader; performs triage and ghostwriting on behalf of the leader to expedite leader’s time responding to emails. Develops presentations and messaging related to the team’s mission and key projects. May perform executive-level communication with a variety of audiences. Ensures alignment with business priorities. Proactively seeks out relevant content to communicate to the organization.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
-Industry leading healthcare
-Educational resources
-Discounts on products and services
-Savings and investments
-Maternity and paternity leave
-Generous time away
-Giving programs
-Opportunities to network and connect
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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.