HR Director, Microsoft AI

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Mountain View, CA, USA
In-Office
131K-304K Annually
Expert/Leader
Software • Quantum Computing • Metaverse • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The Role
Leads HR strategy for Microsoft AI, advising senior leaders on organizational growth, effectiveness, talent planning, workforce transformation, culture, and employee experience. Manages and develops an HR team, partners with Recruiting and HR Centers of Excellence, identifies talent risks, supports organizational change, and designs workforce strategies aligned with evolving business priorities.
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Overview
As an HR Director supporting the Microsoft AI (MAI) organization, one of Microsoft's fastest-growing businesses, you will lead and execute people strategies that enable organizational growth, talent excellence, and business impact. As a trusted advisor to senior leaders, you will serve as the strategic integrator across HR Business Partners, Recruiting, and Centers of Excellence to deliver coordinated people solutions that accelerate business outcomes. 
 
Operating within MAI's agile, mission-driven environment, where cross-functional squads work in rapid planning cycles, you will help leaders navigate growth, organizational change, and evolving business priorities. This role requires strategic thinking, business acumen, and operational excellence to deliver outcomes at speed while leading a team and supporting a rapidly evolving organization.
 
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. 
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Responsibilities
Leadership 
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team, ensuring delivery of high-impact people solutions that support business growth, organizational effectiveness, and employee success. 
  • Support leaders through organizational growth, change, and transformation by providing strategic guidance, change management expertise, and people solutions that enable business agility and execution. 
  • Influence and hold leaders accountable for creating high-performing teams while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement. 
Organizational Effectiveness 
  • Assess organizational health, team effectiveness, leadership capability, and operating rhythms, identifying opportunities to improve business performance and organizational outcomes. 
  • Partner with leaders to design organizational structures, workforce strategies, and operating models that enable business growth, organizational agility, and execution of evolving priorities. 
  • Anticipate organizational risks and proactively recommend solutions that strengthen execution, employee experience, and long-term business success. 
Talent 
  • Lead strategic talent planning efforts that align workforce needs, hiring plans, succession strategies, and talent investments with business objectives. 
  • Partner with business leaders, Talent Management, and Recruiting to identify critical talent needs, close capability gaps, and build high-performing talent pipelines. 
  • Leverage data and workforce insights to identify talent risks, improve retention, and inform talent decisions that strengthen organizational performance. 
Transformation 
  • Lead complex people initiatives that support organizational growth, workforce transformation, organizational changes, and evolving business priorities. 
  • Partner across HR to shape, adapt, and implement enterprise programs and people strategies to meet the unique needs of the MAI organization. 
  • Leverage employee feedback, organizational insights, and workforce trends to identify opportunities to improve culture, engagement, inclusion, and the overall employee experience at scale. 
Other 
  • Embody our culture and values 

Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 6+ years experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, training, performance management)
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 9+ years experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, performance management)
  • OR equivalent experience.
 
Additional or preferred qualifications
  • 5+ years people management experience.
  • Experience influencing senior executives and leading through ambiguity in fast-paced, continually evolving environments.  
  • Experience partnering with technical, product, engineering, or AI-focused organizations.  
  • Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing HR teams. 

HR Business Partnership M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 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


This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.



Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Skills Required

  • Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field and 6+ years of human resources or related process experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field and 9+ years of human resources or related process experience
  • Equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of people management experience
  • Experience influencing senior executives and leading through ambiguity in fast-paced, continually evolving environments
  • Experience partnering with technical, product, engineering, or AI-focused organizations
  • Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing HR teams

Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with preventive care coverage, vision options, and annual out-of-pocket limits. Feedback suggests medical, mental-health, and disability support are a major strength of the package.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family support is expansive, including parental leave, family caregiver leave, child-care assistance, family concierge services, fertility options, and college-advising support for eligible employees. Feedback suggests these benefits meaningfully ease caregiving and family planning demands.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include counseling and employee-assistance services, wellness reimbursements, product discounts, and charitable-matching programs. Feedback suggests these extras complement core benefits and support day-to-day quality of life.

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