Senior People Ops Manager - Product Optimization

People Operations continues to evolve its operating model to drive scale, quality, and efficiency through structured Continuous Improvement (CI), Lean, and Six Sigma practices, augmented by automation and AI where appropriate. This role serves as a senior individual contributor responsible for orchestrating CI programs, ensuring disciplined intake, prioritization, execution governance, and measurable value delivery. The role is centered on process excellence and CI program management—owning the mechanisms that convert operational problems into clearly defined improvement initiatives, tracking them through execution, and ensuring benefits realization. While the role partners closely with automation and AI solution teams, its primary accountability is process design, CI rigor, and execution flow. 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.