Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is a global leader in technology and innovation, and they are seeking a Skilling Strategy Manager to enhance their Global Skilling delivery and operations. The role involves developing and executing skilling strategies that align with business objectives, managing stakeholder communications, and driving impactful learning initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Drive accelerated business Outcomes - Translate business priorities into skilling programs that accelerate execution and drive measureable results
- Championing Scale - Design strategies that prioritize high-impact initiatives while achieving balance between scalability and the agility to adapt to evolving business needs
- Drive Impactful skilling strategies - Develop comprehensive skilling plans that align stakeholders, measure effectiveness, and adapt to meet organizational goals and evolving needs
- Serve as the primary account manager for core business stakeholders
- Align skilling strategy to business priorities with actionable plans
- Coordinate stakeholder communications across Sales Skilling to ensure clarity and eliminate redundancy
- Partner with core enablement teams, role owners, and Global Skilling content managers to develop skilling strategies for customer and partner-facing roles
- Deeply understand business needs, role functions, and skilling requirements
- Advise on how tenure, level, and capability influence individual skilling plans across career stages
- Act as a learner advocate, prioritizing time and focus on critical business and learner success areas
- Drive cross-functional engagement to align Global Skilling programs with skilling needs and identify gaps for improvement through Business Needs Analysis requests
- Contribute to program and content development as the voice of the business
- Develop and manage ROB to ensure timely creation and communication of skilling plans
- Manage skilling plan input and executive approval processes
- Lead change management for adjustments to approved plans
- Identify and evangelize process improvements for agility and efficiency
- Build trusted relationships with enablement leads, role owners, and key stakeholders
- Help stakeholders prioritize critical skilling needs and understand Global Skilling’s scope of support
- Provide thought leadership to articulate actionable learning outcomes
- Identify anchor and inherited roles based on business imperatives
- Ensure accurate entry of skilling plans into targeting tools and learner portals
- Manage updates and changes to targeting tools and portals
- Partner with Global Skilling Insights team to define success indicators and report on skilling impact
- Establish clear, measurable business outcomes for skilling plans
- Leverage data to gain insights and advocate for plan or content adjustments
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent AND 2+ years of experience in learning and development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, HR, customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management, corporate education
- OR Master's Degree or equivalent 1+ year(s) experience in learning and development, relevant technical roles, business development, quota management, human resources (HR), customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, program/project management, or corporate education
- OR equivalent experience
- 3+ years of experience translating business priorities into scalable skilling strategies aligned to organizational goals and measurable outcomes
- 3+ years of experience in stakeholder management and executive influence skills, including experience partnering across sales, product, marketing, and enablement teams
- 4+ years of experience in learning strategy development, including needs analysis, role-based skilling, and capability gap identification
- Demonstrated ability to integrate emerging technologies such as AI into skilling strategies, driving AI fluency through scalable training programs and change management approaches that enable adoption and practical application
- 2+ years of change management strategies to drive the adoption of new skills, behaviors, processes, or tools
- Demonstrated ability to define success metrics and use data to measure impact, optimize programs, and inform strategic decisions
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with strong project and program management discipline
- Effective communication and executive storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear business narratives
- Working knowledge of sales enablement, go-to-market strategy, and customer-facing roles, including training, onboarding, and readiness programs
Benefits
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