Business Administrator

Overview

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Microsoft Fabric, the Data Analytics team delivers the core analytics experiences that allow customers to turn data into insight and action. Spanning data engineering, data warehousing, data science, and AI, this team enables end-to-end scenarios on a single, unified platform. By bringing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data together, the team is advancing our mission to provide a seamless analytics experience that drives real business impact at enterprise scale.

The Azure Data Analytics Business Administrator serves as a strategic operational partner to leadership and the teams they support, driving business rhythm, stakeholder alignment, organizational effectiveness, and execution excellence in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Responsibilities

• Calendar Management & Meeting Logistics: Manage executive calendars, coordinate meetings, prepare materials, resolve conflicts, and support decision-making.
• Project Ownership: Lead projects end-to-end, drive accountability, manage risks, improve processes, and ensure successful outcomes.
• Resource & Budget Management: Track budgets and expenses, ensure compliance, manage equipment and supplies, and support financial planning.
• Space Management & Planning: Maintain workspace assignments, coordinate office planning, manage space utilization, and resolve space-related issues.
• Team Management Support: Support recruiting, onboarding/offboarding, headcount tracking, and employee experience initiatives.
• Event Coordination & Logistics: Plan and execute events, manage logistics and stakeholders, monitor outcomes, and apply lessons learned.
• Travel Management: Coordinate travel arrangements, create itineraries, ensure policy compliance, and provide travel support and issue resolution.

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

5+ years administrative, business support, or customer service experience in an environment with an emphasis on scheduling meetings/events, travel management, and administration work for executive/upper level management.

Job Requirements: Other & Additional

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Human Resources [HR], Marketing, Communications, Psychology, Sociology) OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience serving as mentor to others.
• 3+ years experience reviewing and managing administrative budgets (e.g., for events, morale, travel, training).

Business Support ATR-D - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $31.49 - $51.97 per hour. 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 $42.93 - $59.33 per hour.

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.