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Director, The Microsoft Garage
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Virginia, Reston | |
 Dec 09, 2024 | |
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OverviewThe Microsoft Garage is a program that puts Microsoft's cultural priorities into action for our employees, our interns, and our customers. We develop and curate programs and offerings that enable our stakeholders to practice the cultural priorities of growth mindset, customer obsession, diverse and inclusive, One Microsoft, and making a difference. We do this through large scale events like the Microsoft Global Hackathon, the world's largest corporate hackathon, and through our programs and facilities at Microsoft development centers around the world. Supporting curiosity, experimentation, and lifelong learning is a cornerstone of our programs. We have 15 Garage facilities around the world where we offer a variety of programming that helps our employees learn, collaborate, and work hands-on with the world's most interesting technologies. We also offer digital and on-demand experiences to Microsoft employees, customers, and partners around the world. The Microsoft Garage works with our employees to hack for growth. We love to experiment, work on small scale projects, and bring people together to solve problems for our customers. We are hiring a Director for the Microsoft Garage in Reston, VA. The candidate will have a proven track record building, producing, and delivering impactful events, employee engagements, and experiments. This person will have a passion for learning and technology and will have experience running and participating in hackathons. We would like a candidate who has relationships with our partners and competitive companies. 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.In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
ResponsibilitiesRun the day-to-day, week-to-week operation of the Microsoft Garage including developing, curating, and delivering engagement and experiences to our employees, customers, and ecosystem partners. Lead the planning and execution of our Microsoft Global Hackathon and our other hackathons throughout the year. Develop, curate, and deliver engagements and experiences tailored to the needs and interests of our employees and leadership.Collaborate with worldwide Garage colleagues to produce and curate content and experiences to offer at your local site as well as to be shared across multiple global Garage sites.Forge partnerships and relationships with key ecosystem players such as local tech and civic leaders and the innovation community.Develop and deliver digital programming through scheduling and sourcing talks with internal and external speakers/guests and creating and documenting workshop or employee experiences.Support development and delivery of engagements or events for a variety of audiences that could include employees, teams, or external partners. Embody our culture and values. | |