HR Director, Microsoft AI

Overview

The AI era is being built here. Come help us shape how it gets built by one candidate at a time. Microsoft AI (MAI)'s mission is to use AI responsibly to make everyone more informed, capable, and supported. We are creating unique and powerful products that will change lives, we are proud of what we build and how we build it, and our products will define the AI era. None of it happens without the people, and the people do not arrive by accident. The landscape is shifting faster than anyone predicted, and this role puts you right at the center of it.

As an HR Director supporting the Microsoft AI (MAI) organization, one of Microsoft's fastest-growing businesses, you will lead and execute people strategies that enable organizational growth, talent excellence, and business impact. As a trusted advisor to leaders, you will serve as the strategic integrator across HR Business Partners, Recruiting, and Centers of Excellence to deliver coordinated people solutions that accelerate business outcomes.

Operating within MAI's agile, mission-driven environment, where cross-functional squads work in rapid planning cycles, you will help leaders navigate growth, organizational change, and evolving business priorities. This role requires strategic thinking, business acumen, and operational excellence to deliver outcomes at speed while leading a team and supporting a rapidly evolving organization.

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

Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team, ensuring delivery of high-impact people solutions that support business growth, organizational effectiveness, and employee success.
• 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.

Transformation

• Lead complex people initiatives that support organizational growth, workforce transformation, organizational changes, and evolving business priorities.
• Partner across HR to shape, adapt, and implement enterprise programs and people strategies to meet the unique needs of the MAI organization.
• Leverage employee feedback, organizational insights, and workforce trends to identify opportunities to improve culture, engagement, inclusion, and the overall employee experience at scale.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Human Resources, or related field AND extensive experience in human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, performance management) OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable people management experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience influencing executives and leading through ambiguity in fast-paced, continually evolving environments.
• Experience partnering with technical, product, engineering, or AI-focused organizations.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing HR teams.

Ability to work from the London office three days per week.

Pay and benefits

HR Business Partnership M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across United Kingdom is £ 100,400.00 - £ 200,500.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.