Academic Advisor

Microsoft; Bellevue (NE); Remote; USD 86,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft Corporation is seeking an Academic Advisor to help us ship and support one another, with a strong emphasis on judgment and communication. The role offers a base salary range and growth coaching, mentorship, benefits, and flexible hours in a remote setup.

We value clear documentation, proactive problem solving, and the ability to move decisions forward when consensus stalls. You will represent Microsoft professionally with vendors, partners, and customers while maintaining an honest

Qualifications

• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your general expertise.
• A solid foundation in Analytical Thinking, refined over 5+ years.
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email.
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clear documentation of work performed and outcomes delivered.
• Identify gaps in current procedures and recommend workable fixes.
• Read an Active Listening system you didn't build and improve it anyway.
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls.
• Defend the Professionalism fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them.
• Represent Microsoft professionally with vendors, partners, and customers.
• Run point on general incidents until they're truly resolved.
• Keep the Microsoft backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Portfolio/work samples

Written communication

Judgment to prioritize tasks

Active Listening system

Tools

Active Listening system

Job description

We're a team that ships, supports one another, and is now hiring an Academic Advisor to help us do more of it. Think of it less as a job and more as a $86,000 - $122,000 bet Microsoft is placing on your 7 years and your judgment.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain clear documentation of work performed and outcomes delivered
• Identify gaps in current procedures and recommend workable fixes
• Read an Active Listening system you didn't build and improve it anyway
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls
• Defend the Professionalism fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them
• Represent Microsoft professionally with vendors, partners, and customers
• Run point on general incidents until they're truly resolved
• Keep the Microsoft backlog ruthlessly honest about what's truly next

What You'll Bring

• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your general expertise
• A solid foundation in Analytical Thinking, refined over 5+ years
• A writer's ear for tone in a high-stakes email
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire

At the heart of Microsoft is a fast-moving belief that great general software should feel effortless. We believe the best general decisions get made closest to the work, not three floors up.

We set the base at $86,000 - $122,000 and build outward with growth coaching, a mentor, benefits, and hours you genuinely control.

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