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Microsoft's Experiences and Devices Vice President Set To Retire, Prompting Leadership Changes
- By Sean Parker
- March 16, 2026
Announced on Thursday in a memo to employees, Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of experiences and devices, specifically in the Microsoft 365 and Office portfolio, plans to retire on July 1st after more than three decades with the company. The longtime executive has been a central figure in Microsoft’s shift from traditional packaged software to cloud-based productivity services.
After leaving his role, Jha will remain connected to the company as an advisor. During his tenure leading the Experiences + Devices organization, he helped steer the evolution of Office into the Microsoft 365 cloud platform that now anchors Microsoft’s workplace software strategy. At this stage, Microsoft has not yet named a direct replacement for Jha.
As part of the shake-up, Perry Clarke, Charles Lamanna, Pavan Davuluri and Ryan Roslansky have been promoted to executive vice president direct reports to CEO Satya Nadella.
The software giant also announced it is promoting Jeff Teper to executive vice president and Sumit Chauhan and Kirk Koenigsbauer to president.
Between now and July, Jha said the priorities around Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative, the Quality Engineering Initiative, and Copilot remain unchanged.
Nadella praised Jha's leadership. "I have admired his unwavering commitment to his team, to our customers, to the products we build, and to the company," Nadella said. "I have always been struck by his operational rigor, his ability to make the hard strategic calls, lead through the grind, and emerge stronger on the other side."