Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Job ID: 200060987Posted: 2026-10-15Location: United States, Washington, RedmondSalary: USD $106,400 - $203,600 per yearEmployment type: Full-TimeWork site: 3 days / week in-officeRole type: Individual ContributorTravel: 25-50%Profession: Human ResourcesDiscipline: HR Business PartnershipCompany: MicrosoftOverviewMicrosoft Frontier Co. is a brand-new line of business and one of the industry's first organizations built entirely around customer outcomes. It brings together deep industry expertise, strategic partnerships and world-class engineering as part of MCAPS. Our teams work side by side with customers to co-design, deploy and continuously improve AI systems that deliver measurable, customer-defined results. Everything we do is anchored in end-to-end Frontier Transformation: helping customers turn AI into real, lasting business value. Frontier Co. is flat and built to move at customer speed. It's where Microsoft is building its next growth engine and where the industry's shift from delivering technology to delivering outcomes is being defined. If you join, you'll help build it from the ground up.As a Senior Human Resources Business Partner supporting the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) Studios, you will help shape the talent strategy behind some of Microsoft Frontier Co.'s most critical and innovative businesses. These are studios that embed engineers directly in customer environments to turn AI into real outcomes for Fortune 50 companies. This role covers everything from building world-class FDE capabilities to scaling the teams that deliver them, and it sits where people, AI and business transformation meet. It calls for a hands-on builder, build traditonal approaches. You will connect people decisions to customer outcomes, studio capacity, delivery quality and cost-to-serve. You will redesign work, roles and teams so engineers and AI agents work together seamlessly. And you will build, test, simplify and scale solutions alongside the studios rather than only advising them. You will move at studio speed, bring clear options and trade-offs, and optimize for one Frontier rather than any single studio, always using sound judgment.ResponsibilitiesStrategic Business Partnership- Support leaders through organizational growth, change, and transformation by providing strategic guidance, change management expertise, and people solutions that enable business agility and execution.- Influence and hold leaders accountable for creating high-performing teams while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.Organizational Effectiveness- Assess organizational health, team effectiveness, leadership capability, and operating rhythms, identifying opportunities to improve business performance and organizational outcomes.- Partner with leaders to design organizational structures, workforce strategies, and operating models that enable business growth, organizational agility, and execution of evolving priorities.- Anticipate organizational risks and proactively recommend solutions that strengthen execution, employee experience, and long-term business success.Talent - Lead strategic talent planning efforts that align workforce needs, hiring plans, succession strategies, and talent investments with business objectives.- Partner with business leaders, Talent Management, and Recruiting to identify critical talent needs, close capability gaps, and build high-performing talent pipelines.- Leverage data and workforce insights to identify talent risks, improve retention, and inform talent decisions that strengthen organizational performance.QualificationsRequired/Minimum QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND 7+ years experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, performance management) OR equivalent experience. OR 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 equivalent experience.Additional or Preferred Qualifications5+ years operating as a strategic Human Resources Business Partner supporting senior leaders OR equivalent experience.4+ years' experience partnering with a wide network of clients and across Human Resources to deliver effective business solutionsExperience with large-scale change managementHR 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: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.