Business Program Management INTERN (CO+I Exec)

Microsofts Cloud Operations & Innovation (COI) organization powers one of the largest and most advanced global datacenter infrastructures in the world - delivering secure compliant cost-effective and highly available cloud services that customers depend on. As a Business Program Manager Intern in the Executive Office supporting the President you will play a critical role in serves as an operational integrator across COI connecting leaders teams priorities and operating mechanisms so the organization functions as one system. This role provides horizontal support across Strategy & Planning Delivery & Execution and DC Operations teams closes functional gaps improves handoffs and keeps decisions connected to execution.

This role builds and sustains the organizations operating model through Rhythm of Business (ROB) governance performance reporting budgeting workforce planning executive communications and business data management. The Business Program Manager Intern applies systems thinking to anticipate downstream impacts resolve friction across organizational boundaries and design scalable mechanisms that improve end-to-end performance. A successful candidate in this role sets a high bar for first-pass quality and ensures analyses reports communications and decision materials are accurate complete and leadership-ready before review.

At Microsoft Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world while having fun along the way. Youll 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.

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• Ensures the effectiveness and continuity of organization-wide operating rhythms governance and cross-functional execution.
• Ensures quality accuracy timeliness and decision usefulness of executive reporting and communications.
• Drives closure of organizational gaps dependencies actions escalations and risks.
• Supports alignment of budgets workforce plans and resources to strategic priorities.
• Helps maintain reliable business and workforce data standardized processes and scalable operating mechanisms.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Business Operations Finance or related field.
• Must have at least one semester/term of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Studying business operations program management strategy business finance and workforce planning.
• Supporting executive leadership teams and leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen business planning workforce planning and operational management capabilities.
• Experience building governance frameworks operating models reporting systems and scalable business processes.
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to anticipate downstream impacts and translate ambiguity into structure decisions and measurable outcomes.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills with a demonstrated commitment to accuracy completeness and leadership-ready work.

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.

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