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Job Details
Posted date: May 27, 2026
Category: Compensation
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $217,250
Range: $130,900 - $303,600
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewCome build community, explore your passions, and do your best work. If you join the Microsoft Acquisition and Venture Success Total Rewards (MAVS TR) team, you will join a Human Resources (HR) organization that enables our Microsoft employees to do and bring their best and ensures Microsoft is an exceptional place to work. Your expertise and leadership will leverage our total rewards programs and services and work together with our broader Microsoft Acquisition and Venture Success (MAVS) team to seamlessly integrate employees coming from acquired companies into Microsoft. This critical role will greatly impact the success of million-to-billion dollars acquisitions.
Acquisitions, commercial partnerships, joint ventures, and all other company transactions are integral to Microsoft’s long-term growth strategy. As a Director in MAVS TR, you will drive value by understanding the strategy and value drivers of a deal and providing total rewards consultation, expertise, and design that align with the strategy and talent management needs to ensure a successful transaction. You will be expected to effectively collaborate and drive clarity across the broader MAVS organization, demonstrate strong project management capabilities, generate energy through a bias towards action, and deliver results through acquisition success.
This is a tremendous opportunity for an HR professional with demonstrated strengths in HR, total rewards, project management, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). This opportunity will allow you to develop deep business acumen, hone your consulting skills, become adept at how to manage large, complex deals, and accelerate your career path.
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
You will:
Serve as the compensation and benefits lead on M&A deals starting with strategy approval to due diligence and through integration.Partner with colleagues in Total Rewards, as well as the Microsoft Acquisition and Venture Success (MAVS) HR team, integration managers and all other functions within the MAVS ecosystem in deal work.Understand the strategy of a deal and analyze data from a variety of sources to develop a compensation strategy leveraging our current programs and influencing their future designs to ensure their alignment with business needs. Oversee, influence and conduct analyses (e.g., job evaluations, job classifications/job matching, total compensation analysis) using market data and internal/external measures such as surveys and polls to integrate/divest the target company.Act as a company-wide expert and thought leader in Compensation & Benefits (C&B) within the MAVS team and on deal; advising leadership on unusually complex, risky, and critical issues.Oversee the development and management of complex, high-risk projects by collaborating with internal and external partners and providing compensation consulting to leadership to inform major decisions and planning.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or related field AND 8+ years experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or related field; OR Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Data Analytics, Mathematics, or related field AND 6+ years experience in compensation, data analytics, human resources, finance, business, or related field; OR equivalent experience.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
Compensation and/or benefits project management or program design experience.Collaboration, influencing, advising, organization, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Compensation IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 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.