Chief of Staff, AI Partner Catalyst Team
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jul 24, 2025 | |
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OverviewOur AI Partner Catalyst Team (APC) will drive the future of AI innovation across our Azure ecosystem. This team will be accountable for empowering the next generation of AI native companies, including those focused on AI silicon, foundational models, and intelligent agents-to build, scale, and thrive on the Microsoft Cloud. The team's core mission is to fuel Azure AI cloud adoption and drive business growth for AI/Digital native, AI silicon, foundation model & agent companies. We will deliver on this by providing best-in-class technical partnership, go-to-market acceleration, and continuous platform innovation. This Chief of Staff, AI Partner Catalyst Team drives strategic business operations, partnering closely with senior leadership to align execution and company goals. It leads the rhythm of business, business continuity, and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) tracking, while shaping organizational health, sales excellence, and cross-functional initiatives. Acting as a trusted advisor and proxy for the leader, the role ensures seamless operations, fosters culture and compliance, and delivers high-impact results across the enterprise. 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.In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
ResponsibilitiesBusiness OperationsDrives the architecting, developing, and executing the rhythm of business. Drives strategy initiatives and helps facilitate for rhythm of business (ROB); uses strategy plans to inform structure and business insights to predict business outcomes. Works with senior leaders to drive outcomes. Collaborates with internal and/or external partners to develop plans and articulate potential benefits of partnerships and how they provide mutual value. Drives business review cadence. Informs direction for processes related to adherence to privacy and compliance.Leverages knowledge of the business to drive the leader's and business's goals. Leads and oversees processes to ensure alignment across groups. Sets best practices for long-term company strategy within existing businesses, and advocates and presents business cases to senior leadership. Shares priorities with leaders to negotiate appropriate level of team's involvement on initiatives so as to help team drive execution of top priorities. Manages the Sales Excellence team, ensuring Revenue, Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and Business reviews are on track.Manages actual Operating expenses vs forecasted in alignment with Finance, cascade and monitor quarterly accuracy across the teams.Executes business plans to ensure continuation of business operations at all times, including in adverse conditions, in accordance with corporate governance.. Strategizes and develops business continuity plans with Microsoft corporate Crisis Management and Business Continuity teams. Maximizing/ Extending the LeaderLeads in conjunction with stakeholders and the leadership team on multiple workstreams (e.g., workforce planning, culture, business health). Leverages key partnerships to drive the agenda for the leadership team and ensures follow up. Builds and cultivates relationships with senior leaders and executives. Acts as a proxy for the leader. Creates alignment within partnerships by providing an objective point of view, ensuring all voices are heard, synthesizing ideas, and creating an action plan.Leverages knowledge of the leader's goals and business approach to ensure business activities are aligned with the leader's objectives. Serves in the absence of the leader as needed to share their goals, objectives, and vision. Supports the leader and serves as a thought leader in multiple areas (e.g., setting key goals, priorities, and definitions; team culture and health; budget/finance; industry/specific business knowledge). Synthesizes information into insights that inform business decisions, leveraging experience to influence the leader, leadership team, and across the organization. Shares best practices across the Business Management community at Microsoft. Helps develop and lands organizational changes (e.g., employee data management, skilling plans, landing quota). Organizational HealthDrives team culture and health for the leader by getting a pulse on organizational health, as well as leading culture initiatives, while partnering with Human Resources to do so. Capitalizes on team strengths and identifies development areas, strategizing, planning, and executing trainings. In partnership with Human Resources, tracks Microsoft Poll responses and coordinates a response. Tracks the use of role-based compliance trainings and new trainings; drives the training completion rates. Special Projects/Programs and InitiativesDrives cross-team projects as needed to meet the changing business environment and to manage complex business needs. Leads project/program management to ensure organization-wide implementation of strategic efforts that require hands-on coordination across multiple disciplines and business organizations. OtherEmbody our culture and values | |