Business Support ATR-D

** Overview*
* ** Business Support ATR-D:
** Provides strategic calendar management and time planning support for manager(s). Aligns calendar based on knowledge of manager's preferences and operating styles. Continues to build and leverage network across organizations to enable their team and leader's work. Begins to provide leadership within the discipline and participates in the Business Support community. Facilitates team experience activities. Collaborates with Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) to facilitate internal and external recruitment efforts, and partners with hiring managers to ensure a smooth process.

Owns the coordination, logistics, and direction for events. Leads by example and serves as a role model to Business Support colleagues by maintaining a positive attitude, demonstrating executive presence, influencing others, and encouraging self reflection during challenging situations. Balances multiple projects end to end with varying deadlines, while maintaining executional and operational excellence within the business and across business groups as applicable.

Participates in discretionary budget tracking and reporting. Understands and helps to implement rhythm of business (ROB) in line with recognized patterns, and proactively takes action on business cadence. Maintains and manages up-to-date space-management processes and team spaces. Manages travel arrangements for manager(s) and/or group.

** Responsibilities*
* ** Calendar Management and Meeting Logistics:
** Provides strategic calendar management and time planning support for manager(s) (e.g., Corporate Vice President [CVP]). Aligns calendar based on knowledge of manager's preferences and operating styles (e.g., personal needs, allocation to business priorities). Ensures preparation of meeting setting and participant attendance, involving team members in tactical logistic support as appropriate (e.g., booking rooms, troubleshooting audio-video [AV] and technical issues). Gathers, prepares, and provides meeting materials (e.g., agendas, briefings, pre-reads).

Uses judgment and knowledge of business context to identify and provide delegates for meeting conflicts as needed, makes decisions around prioritization and keeps manager informed. Collaborates with peers (e.g., Chiefs of Staff, Business Managers, Human Resources) to enable decision making processes. Engages with leader and stakeholders/business partners (e.g., Communications Team, Chiefs of Staff, Business Managers, Human Resources [HR]) to cascade information as needed.

May attend meetings and/or ensure follow-up as needed. Manages ambiguous situations.

** Cross-Functional Collaboration and Communication:
** Continues to build and leverage network across organizations to enable their team and leader's work. Serves as a liaison between executives and teams. Gathers information from partners across organizations (e.g., business managers, finance partners, peers) to prepare key stakeholders to distribute information to their teams. Communicates with external partners/audiences and third parties. Represents their leader(s) and Microsoft.

** Discipline Growth and Development:
** Begins to provide leadership within the discipline and participates in the Business Support community. Actively seeks to mentors less experienced Business Support colleagues. Onboards and trains new Business Support staff. Contributes to their organization's culture by participating across the team and division. Engages in career development and trainings. Identifies and aligns growth opportunities for self and team. Develops and shares best practices and insights.

May participate in interviews for Business Support roles. Supports team building.

** Event Coordination and Logistics:
** Owns the coordination, logistics, and direction for events. Delegates as necessary. Proactively drives actions needed to ensure event outcomes (e.g., developing workback schedule, checkpoints leading up to an event). Acts as a point of contact for events (e.g., changes). Resolves preparatory setbacks and escalates to senior Business Support staff as needed. Collaborates and coordinates with stakeholders to set up events, as…