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Microsoft

Builds workplace software, PCs and cloud services

Director – Business Program Management

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field and 8+ years of work experience in program management, process management, or process improvement, or equivalent experience.
  • Business-level proficiency in both Japanese and English.

Responsibilities

  • Perform program landscape analysis and examine business trends while contributing to programs impacting Microsoft.
  • Identify opportunities to develop and improve programs, surface upstream insights when delivery outcomes lag, and drive program strategy definition and project plan creation.
  • Drive strategic alignment across engineering teams, industry advisors, field teams, partners, and customers to design programs from initiation to delivery.
  • Use subject matter expertise to define and track success criteria and performance metrics at the portfolio level rather than the individual activity level.
  • Set best practices for landing and communication plans, own operating cadences and business rhythms that drive clear outcomes during execution, maintain a consistent playbook and quality standard across the portfolio, and promote programs to gain stakeholder, partner, and customer buy-in.
  • Oversee a portfolio of projects, keep program data current and progressing against leadership-agreed milestones, communicate status and risk to stakeholders, hold them accountable to schedules, drive collaboration between teams, and maintain portfolio hygiene for scalable operations.
  • Conduct cost-benefit analyses and capture, analyze, and report defensible, quantifiable business results traceable to customer impact; instrument return-on-investment frameworks to keep performance observable.
  • Optimize data analytics to derive insights and identify risks and opportunities, steward the close-out loop so impact is sustained and handed over after delivery, and drive material capability uplift through AI while influencing organizational change management processes.
  • Embody Microsoft culture and values.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field and 8+ years of program management, process management, or process improvement experience; or a bachelor's degree in those fields and 10+ years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
  • Willingness to travel up to 25%.

About the Company

Microsoft

Builds workplace software, PCs and cloud services

Microsoft builds workplace software, operating systems and cloud infrastructure for consumers, businesses and government agencies, from small organizations to global enterprises. Microsoft 365 combines Word and Excel with Teams communication and Copilot AI features, while Windows runs PCs and Surface supplies the company's own computers. Azure rents computing capacity, storage and databases to build and run web applications. Microsoft also sells Xbox consoles and games, collecting revenue through software licenses, subscriptions, usage charges and product sales. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Redmond, WA
Founded
1975

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