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Emily Lutz

@emilylutz

Global Program Manager creating human-centered initiatives that improve engagement, wellbeing, and performance at scale.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead projects or teams, small or big, with a human aspect and great attention to detail. My super power is relationships and helping to build trusting and lasting relationships.

I’m a Global Program Manager with 15+ years of experience leading complex, multi-region initiatives across Microsoft’s global ecosystem. I’m known for creating structure, clarity, and engagement within large, distributed teams through strong program cadence and stakeholder alignment.

At Accenture (Microsoft), I owned and designed global communication campaigns that increased engagement across 8,500+ employees in 15 delivery locations across 4 continents. I built and scaled global I&D Allies programming, resulting in 600+ new Allies and stronger cross-regional alignment, and I facilitated mental health awareness sessions to strengthen psychological safety and connect employees to resources.

I also led cross-functional wellbeing initiatives focused on psychological safety and mental health literacy, developing customized mental health training for senior leaders to align wellbeing strategies with business priorities. Through targeted burnout reduction sessions, I improved morale and contributed to reduced attrition across multiple teams, while serving as a Mental Health Employee Resource Group Co-Lead.

Beyond wellbeing, I designed global recognition programs for 800+ team members across 6 delivery locations, ensuring consistency with global engagement strategy using Viva Engage and SharePoint. As a Global Service Owner, I established structured service launch motions and documentation across regions using SharePoint and OneNote, built automated workflows with Power Automate, and drove quality assurance governance through metrics and corrective actions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Global PMO Inclusion and Diversity Lead

Accenture (Microsoft)

Jan 2024 - Feb 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Owned and executed global communication campaigns that increased engagement across 8,500+ employees in 15 delivery locations across 4 continents. Built and scaled global inclusion and diversity programming and facilitated mental health awareness sessions to strengthen psychological safety.

Global Communications Inclusion & Diversity Allies Program Psychological Safety Executive Communication Prompt Engineering AI Enablement

Mental Health ERG Co-Lead

Accenture (Microsoft)

Oct 2021 - Feb 2025 (3 years 4 months)

Designed and led cross-functional initiatives to foster open dialogue, psychological safety, and mental health literacy through high-impact sessions. Developed customized mental health training for leaders and facilitated wellbeing sessions to help employees combat burnout.

Psychological Safety Cross Functional Sessions Training Design

Global People Engagement Lead

Accenture (Microsoft)

May 2021 - Feb 2025 (3 years 9 months)

Designed and managed global recognition programs for 800+ team members across 6 delivery locations to align with global engagement strategy. Created action plans from engagement feedback and consolidated recognition into a monthly global newsletter using Viva Engage and SharePoint.

Engagement Strategy Feedback Synthesis SharePoint Program Governance Turnover Reduction Support

Global PMO and Engagement Lead

Accenture (Microsoft)

Sep 2023 - Sep 2024 (1 year)

Designed and led cross-functional wellbeing initiatives focused on psychological safety and mental health literacy. Developed senior leader training and facilitated burnout reduction sessions to improve morale and reduce attrition.

Psychological Safety Leadership Training Change Management

Global Service Owner

Accenture (Microsoft)

Dec 2018 - May 2021 (2 years 5 months)

Owned global service launch motions and transformational change cycles by establishing structured processes and documentation for consistent regional execution. Led quality assurance governance, tracking metrics and corrective actions to improve service performance, and built automated workflows using Power Automate and internal workflow tools.

Transformation Process documentation Quality Assurance Metrics Power Automate Workflow Automation SharePoint OneNote Risk Mitigation

GL and D Learning Services PM

Accenture (Microsoft)

Nov 2018 - Feb 2019 (3 months)

Built project tracking systems, sprint cycles, and RAID processes to improve coordination and change management execution. Coordinated training and onboarding for Teams during its early rollout.

Project Tracking RAID Issues Change Management Onboarding Enablement Team Coordination

Supply Chain Coordinator (Xbox DK)

Accenture (Microsoft)

Aug 2010 - Oct 2018 (8 years 2 months)

Managed global end-to-end fulfillment for Xbox Development Kits, resolving escalations and ensuring compliance across regions. Supported Surface device fulfillment for 86,000 employees in 62 countries and delivered executive-ready reporting using SAP insights while driving continuous process improvements.

Escalation Management Compliance Cross functional Coordination Supply Chain Operations Executive Reporting SAP Insights Process Improvement Global Operations