Senior Director, Short Form Skilling

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In today's digital age, the ability to effectively engage audiences through short form content and social platforms is crucial. Short Form Skilling is about leveraging these platforms to maximize reach, engagement, and impact. By focusing on short form content and social platform expertise, we aim to drive brand awareness, customer engagement, and ultimately, business growth by expanding Microsoft’s presence across workforce audiences.

In this role, you will focus on building a center of excellence for delivering engaging and inspirational short-form AI skilling content (under 3 minutes or less) to drive net new learner adoption of Microsoft Copilot and AI technologies. As the Senior Director of Short Form Skilling, you and your team will be responsible for leading and driving the direction of short-form skilling through a new operational model and cultivating new partnerships, deepening our connection to Microsoft and our partner demand generation engines, and building a steady stream of entertaining and effective skill building for learners around the world. You will also focus on audience insights and how they learn, building a content creator strategy, partnering closely with other Microsoft teams to drive AI skilling at scale, and refining our skilling brand strategy.

Join us in Worldwide Learning and be a part of a team that is dedicated to maximizing human potential through transformative skilling experiences. Together, we will inspire skill development through world-class learning experiences for employees, customers, partners, and future generations.

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.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Vocational qualification or higher education degree (e.g., Bachelor's Degree) AND/OR 7+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, HR, customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
  • OR Master's Degree or equivalent AND/OR 5+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, human resources (HR), customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience in the technology industry or within the social media ecosystem.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Vocational qualification or higher education degree (e.g., Bachelor's Degree) AND 10+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, HR, customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
  • OR Master's Degree or equivalent AND 8+ years experience in Learning and Development, relevant technical roles, business development, field or sales, human resources (HR), customer success, collection management, research/restoration evaluation, industry, or program/project management
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Microsoft Fundamentals, Coaching (e.g., International Coaching Federation), Project and/or Program Management Professional, archival, or a similar certificate.
• Recorded career development and continuous or consistent learning through formal and informal efforts (e.g., change management, design thinking, management training, online courses, etc.).

Integrated Marketing M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $154,500 - $273,400 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 $199,600 - $299,400 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 28, 2025.

• Create clarity and simplicity for learners to move from novice skills to proficiency, one skill at a time through short form content.
• Generate energy across all audiences for Microsoft as the leader in workforce skilling.
• Deliver success by dramatically increasing our reach and engagement to new learners on new modern social platforms.

• Other

  • Embody our Culture and Values