Senior Technical Program Manager

Microsoft

7h

About The Position

Azure is the fastest-growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s Cloud Services. We are a part of the Azure Core team that builds and manages the cloud to drive the growth of Azure across the world. We have an exciting opportunity for you to innovate and shape the world’s computers, and we encourage you to apply and learn more!
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for collaborating across Microsoft for accelerated delivery of critical capabilities and services across clouds. Your work will be relied upon by millions of customers globally and you will have learning opportunities and challenges around systems design, large-scale distributed systems.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
• 2+ years experience in any or all of cloud infrastructure management, online services design and operations, network engineering, distributed systems, new product and service development, driving fast paced large scale programs across hundreds of partners.
• 2+ years experience building cloud applications, and knowledge of IaaS and PaaS offerings.

Responsibilities

• You will have a large area of the business to own and operate autonomously
• You will partner with Engineering to design technical solutions across feature areas. You’ll also identify risks and propose data-based mitigations.
• You’ll define success criteria and create relationships for implementing features for complex cross-functional projects. You’ll coordinate and ensure alignment across organizations.
• You will deliver on roadmap for multiple feature groups, track project schedules, develop staging and implementation plan, and manage governance programs.
• You will drive continuous improvements by validating use cases and writing test cases from scratch. You’ll also lead teams to partner with other departments to collect performance metrics, drive customer support, and lead direct customer engagements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level