Senior Program Manager, Infrastructure Legal Affairs

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The Infrastructure Legal Affairs team has an immediate opening for a Senior Program Manager, Infrastructure Legal Affairs who will play a key role in helping our Land, Lease, Procurement, and Operations teams improve our legal engagement processes and scale our legal work and resources using Microsoft’s AI technology. This is a unique opportunity for a program manager to help support Microsoft’s rapidly expanding global cloud while using the latest AI innovations.

The Infrastructure Legal Affairs team provides support to the Cloud Operations + Innovation organization, the team behind one of the world’s largest cloud infrastructures, responsible for operating all Microsoft online products and services, including AI tools such as Copilot. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. This is a fast-growing division that is investing in datacenter capabilities and innovative projects around the world that can truly make a difference.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience navigating matrixed, cross-functional business structures.
• 2+ years program/project/change management experience in architecting processes to deliver legal support at scale and/or a background managing legal operations.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 12+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to manage, measure, understand and drive progress of complex programs across a diverse group of stakeholders. Can think through and address a range of challenges from small to grand and drive toward specified outcomes under deadlines.
• Desire and ability to work as part of a diverse and inclusive team.
• A passion for working in the technology sector and including a keen interest in applying technology, including AI, to improve legal work and efficiency.
• Proficiency in tools such as SharePoint, PowerBI, Excel, and other project tracking platforms.
• Training in LEAN Six Sigma or Kaizen process improvement a plus.

Business Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 8, 2025.

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• Lead the end-to-end management of key process improvement initiatives related to the land, leasing, and procurement workflows, including tracking milestones, managing dependences, and ensuring timely delivery across teams.
• Collaborate with Corporate External and Legal Affiars (CELA) Infrastructure team members to create a rhythm of business, communications plan, and execution strategy for the land, leasing, and procurement programs. Provide expertise to produce collateral to ensure stakeholder needs and business objectives are met.

• Support development and implementation of governance models for decision-making, risk escalation, and accountability.

• Ensure smooth rollout of process changes through documentation, training, and feedback loops.

• Support the team in driving strategic initiatives that support the team’s objectives both internally and externally.

• Collaborate with team members within and across organizational boundaries, including engineering teams, business teams, finance, and other attorneys.
• Embody our culture and values.