Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Business Program Manager (BPM) you will be working with a variety of stakeholders from across the company to craft, analyze, orchestrate, and improve various programs and processes at the strategic level. Performs non-technical project completion using an internal customer perspective, typically from initiation through delivery. Coordinate cross-functional teams through meetings and progress measurement activity which bring distinct, specific projects to completion both on time and within budget.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

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

About: Ru’aa Program is Microsoft's program tailored for Saudi Nationals , aiming to accelerate Saudi employability and create market impact through early in career recruitment, and skilling programs.

Program overview: Microsoft Ru’aa Internship is a paid nine-month training program that offers globally recognized technical and professional certifications & skills, and on-the-job training to include mentoring, coaching, job shadowing and real-life scenario assignments.

Program Details: The 9 months, full-time program is divided into two key phases (Phase 1 - Onboarding & Skilling, Phase 2 - On The Job Training)

Phase one : Onboarding & Skilling Bootcamp (1 month)

• Onboarding and introduction to Microsoft’s mission, culture, strategy & structure.

• Technical skilling to obtain globally recognized Microsoft technical certifications.

• Professional and soft skilling courses including project management, change management, effective interpersonal skills, creativity and innovation, and time management.

Phase two: On-the-job training (8 months)

• Joining as a BPM Intern for on-the-job shadowing and training.

• Mentorship and coaching sessions.

• Supporting Microsoft teams in digital transformation projects.

• Advanced technology trainings including AI, Machine Learning & Cloud Computing.

Start Date: October 2024

Location: Riyadh

Responsabilities:

• Assists others in performing program landscape research and analysis (e.g., internal and/or external market, sales, delivery), forecasting, and examining business trends (e.g., customer feedback and expectations) to identify audience size and program scope, stay current, agile, and competitive.

• Helps improve operations of existing programs by helping apply industry methodology, define program issues, assess various scenarios, and select the optimal scenario to resolve issues.

• With oversight from others, contributes to the direction and strategy from leadership regarding business area of expertise in order to help execute plans that shift current priorities to new organizational initiatives and objectives, and influences others to change behavior accordingly. Learns to define vision and strategy for change, broad and specific impact, and the flow of communication to the organization.

• Learns how to define and track the success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs] and Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]), such as quality, adoption, usage, impact, and effectiveness for the program.

• Assists others working with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering) to design programs from initiation to delivery.

Qualifications

Minimum Qulifications

• Currently pursuing complete a Bachelor's/ Master's Degree in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science,Engineering, Business Administration, Business, or related field (OR must be recent graduates or recently graduated).

• Saudi nationality.

• Legally authorized to work in Saudi Arabia (Legally authorized = Has citizenship or has been granted a valid visa or work permit).

• Fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for technology and customer obsessed.

• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical and presentation skills. 

• Strong Desire and business acument for consultative solution.

• Exceptional project planning and tasks prioritization, customer service, and interpersonal skills.

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