Chief of Staff - Federal

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Location:

United States, Virginia, Reston Salary: USD $130,900 - $277,200 per year

Employment type:

Full-Time Work site: 1 day / week in-office

Role type:
Individual Contributor Travel:
Less than 25%
Profession:
Business Operations Discipline:
Business Management Company:
Microsoft Overview We  are seeking a Chief of Staff - Federal to join our US Federal Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) organization. This leader will drive strategic business operations, executive communications, and special projects across an 800+ person consulting business.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do.

In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission. Responsibilities Business Operations Facilitates rhythm of business (ROB), creating clarity in ambiguous situations to facilitate and drive prioritization and decision making for leaders across the organization.

Leads and oversees processes to ensure alignment across stakeholders, and reviews process execution and performance to ensure results align with business priorities, mutual commitments, and scorecard needs.

Contributes to organizational design conversation and drives successful implementation of organizational plans and strategies (e.g., translates high-level strategic plans into concrete execution).Establishes key indicators of success in alignment with strategy to streamline business strategy execution. Works across the organization to report against and adjust targets if necessary.

Works in partnership with Finance on budgets and develops long-term forecasting plans in partnership with the leadership team.

Tracks financial progress against budget and may manage complex budgets with significant negotiation.

Facilitates hiring and headcount strategy for the organization.

Executive Leader and Team Communications Leads executive-level communication with a variety of internal audiences. Ensures alignment with business priorities.

Develops content and messaging related to the team's mission and key projects, organizational/company strategy and vision.

Articulates this strategy for the leader. Proactively seeks out relevant content (e.g., security requirements, priorities, and/or updates) to communicate to the organization.

Optimizes the leader's time by structuring the communication strategy for the business and organizing the daily communications of the leader.

Performs triage and ghostwriting on behalf of the leader to expedite leader's time.

Maximizing/ Extending the Leader Serves as a thought leader and trusted advisor to the leader in multiple areas (e.g., setting key goals, priorities, and definitions; culture and health; industry/business knowledge).Synthesizes insights and leverages expertise to influence the leader, leadership team, and organization.

Builds and cultivates relationships with leaders and executives at scale for the business while using understanding of audience needs to ensure the optimal use of leaders' time.

Creates alignment within partnerships by providing an objective point of view, ensuring all voices are heard, synthesizing ideas, and creating an action plan. Acts as a proxy for the leader.

Carries out related reporting and exception management as required.

Organizes executive visits, including events with customer leadership

Organizational Health Ensures a healthy scorecard for the team/organization, champions and influences culture initiatives aligned to defined People Strategy, connecting leaders and teams to One Microsoft Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) plan resources and guidance.

Partners with Human Resources (HR), leader, and business management community on best ways to apply company guidance, accelerate progress related to culture and inclusion, and define communications and action plans for the organization in response to employee signals.

Capitalizes on team strengths and identifies development areas, strategizing, planning, and directing execution of trainings.

Tracks the use of role-based compliance trainings and new trainings (e.g., security). As needed, drives…