Overview

We are hiring a Senior HR Business Partner to support the AI experiences organization. The AI Experiences organization believes AI represents our best opportunity to contribute to human progress by amplifying human agency, capability, and impact. But that only happens if we build it right with the person at the center of every decision we make.

The AI Experiences People Team plays a pivotal role enabling this vision by helping shape the future of how we lead, grow, and transform. We are hiring a Senior HR Business Partner who will help drive organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce readiness, and change management across a variety of new and experienced engineering leaders within the Copilot Core, Experience, and Growth engineering teams.

Success in this role requires business acumen, data-driven judgment, and the ability to influence complex decisions related to organizational design, talent, succession, culture, and change management. The role partners closely with leaders to accelerate strategy execution, strengthen leadership team effectiveness, and build a high-performing, inclusive organization positioned to meet Microsoft's evolving AI ambitions.

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.

Responsibilities

• Leader Coaching & Influence: Coach leaders on leadership effectiveness, team health, and high-stakes decision making, influencing across organizational boundaries and building deep credibility with both new and experienced leaders.

• Strategic Consulting: Combine insights, stakeholder relationships, clear storytelling, AI fluency, and change management to build alignment, influence decisions, and deliver sustainable organizational outcomes that enable agility, growth, and innovation.

• Organizational Diagnostics: Partner and consult with peer HR disciplines (e.g., Talent Management, Organization Development, HR Business Insights) on leveraging the systems model, talent management processes/programs and interpreting results & data to build recommendations

• Talent & Capability Development: Drive initiatives that build future-ready capabilities, including succession planning, talent deployment, and leadership development.

• Data-Driven Insights: Use data, diagnostics, and cross‑business insight to inform strategy, measure impact, and deliver equitable, scalable (where applicable) HR solutions that continuously improve how we work. Leverage AI tools and insights to enhance decision-making, streamline processes, and deliver repeatable solutions

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 4+ 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 7+ years experience in experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, performance management)

• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience partnering with leadership teams on complex people and organizational challenges.

• Solid business acumen with the ability to translate strategy into actionable people solutions.

• Comfort in operating at pace independently with ambiguity, in a broad scope, and limited direction.

HR Business Partnership IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 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.