Senior HR Director- Germany

Microsoft Germany is a geography which covers more than 3.500 employees across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Engineering, and Corporate Support Functions. The Germany HR leader is responsible for developing and overseeing the people strategy and execution across the country by working closely with the Country Corporate functions, the Country leadership team, and regional teams to accelerate business outcomes through talent.

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. You can help us achieve our mission.

There is no better time to join the German organization and to be part of the HR team empowering the exciting transformation of this dynamic market. This role therefore requires big ambition, the passion to make a difference, leadership that builds capability, and the ability to deliver results through others.

**Responsibilities**:

- ** Organizational Diagnostics** - You partner with business and HR leaders on organizational diagnostics. You integrate and interpret data, identify trends/themes and present findings to senior leadership. You use diagnostics and data to analyze organizational problems and lead improvements in talent management processes/programs, employee engagement/satisfaction and organizational effectiveness; you provide recommendations on strategy and goals, outline action plans and influence adoption.
- ** People Plan** - You collaborate with business leaders to identify business priorities and leverage the all-up HR People Plan to build consistency across the company. You ensure alignment of the people plan, people programs, and tools with business strategic goals, and advise on the development and implementation of the holistic people plan (e.g., talent management, leadership effectiveness, diversity and inclusion, culture) for the organization.
- ** Strategic Talent Management** - You identify and predict current and future talent needs and influence the design and implementation of strategic talent management solutions. You develop strategic talent plans and ensure the alignment with organizational strategy, data and budgets. In partnership with other teams, you design talent movement plans for critical roles and establish a talent pipeline. You identify strategies to influence talent development plans and programs, and establish a roadmap to build capabilities. And, you lead the partnership with Diversity and Inclusion to develop diversity and inclusion plans for a business and drive vital programmatic efforts.
- ** Change Design and Orchestration** - You define the direction and scope of change and lead changes to new or existing programs or processes. You introduce advanced, large-scale, and or/complex change management plans and facilitate change implementation across the organization. You guide organizational leadership on business and culture transformation processes, and collaborate to develop global change management strategies.
- ** People Management** - You lead and coach the HR Organisation in Germany, both directly and indirectly. You help employees identify growth opportunities, develop skills and build development plans. You drive the execution of projects. You establish and communicate performance expectations, identify and address gaps and monitor performance to ensure plans are met.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources,(HR) Legal, Business, Psychology, or related field
- Employee Relations - Knowledge of Employee Relations that can deal with a wide variety of employee needs and concerns, such as employee communications, benefits, policies and procedures, morale, employee participation in management decisions, etc. Ability to establish a constructive and trustful relationship with 7 Works Councils across Germany.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.