Senior Manager, Talent Insights & Assessment

Senior Manager, Talent Insights & Assessment

United States, Multiple Locations

Job description

Company and benefits

Job number 200059142

Date posted Oct 12, 2026

Work site 3 days / week in-office

Travel Less than 25%

Profession Human Resources

Discipline Talent Management

Role type Individual Contributor

Employment type Full-Time

Overview

Microsoft's Global Talent Development organization is building a Talent Insights capability to help leaders make better talent, workforce, and talent-investment decisions. Our ambition is to move beyond fragmented data, program reporting, and individual talent signals toward integrated insights that help leaders understand talent risk, readiness, capability gaps, development impact, and emerging workforce needs.

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Talent Insights & Assessments who brings deep expertise in talent assessment, behavioral science, and measurement and can translate complex evidence into practical insights and recommendations. This role will help establish foundational Talent Insights capabilities while providing dedicated leadership for Microsoft’s talent assessment strategy and portfolio.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical depth in assessment and measurement with exceptional business judgment, consultation skills, and the ability to operate across a complex enterprise. They are equally comfortable evaluating the quality of an assessment methodology, advising leaders on the responsible interpretation of talent data, connecting insights across multiple sources, and translating evidence into a clear recommendation.

Responsibilities

• Lead talent assessment strategy and delivery

• Define and evolve an integrated assessment strategy aligned to Microsoft’s talent priorities and leadership needs.

• Provide strategic and technical leadership across the assessment portfolio, including assessment design, selection, implementation, interpretation, and ongoing evaluation.

• Establish principles and standards for the quality, validity, fairness, consistency, and appropriate use of assessment and talent data.

• Partner with internal stakeholders and external providers to evolve assessment approaches as business and talent needs change.

• Translate assessment results into meaningful insights that leaders, HR partners, and talent professionals can use to inform development and talent decisions.

• Provide consultation and subject-matter expertise on assessment methodologies, behavioral measurement, and the interpretation and appropriate application of assessment data.

• Lead the ongoing delivery and stakeholder support required to operate Microsoft’s assessment portfolio effectively and at scale.

• Help build Talent Insights capability

• Help establish and evolve Talent Insights as a repeatable decision-support capability within Global Talent Development.

• Connect assessment data with broader talent, workforce, development, and organizational signals to develop a more integrated view of talent.

• Identify important talent questions, evidence gaps, emerging patterns, and opportunities where deeper analysis or measurement can improve decisions.

• Synthesize complex information across multiple data sources into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.

• Develop leadership-ready insights that help inform decisions related to talent risk, readiness, capability gaps, development investments, talent health, and workforce trends.

• Help move talent measurement beyond activity and satisfaction