Senior Technical Program Manager
Role summary
Microsoft's Azure Core team is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive accelerated delivery of critical capabilities and services across clouds. This role involves collaborating with Engineering to design technical solutions, identify risks, and define success criteria for complex, cross-functional projects. Responsibilities include delivering on roadmaps, tracking schedules, developing implementation plans, and managing governance programs. The position also requires driving continuous improvements, validating use cases, writing test cases, and leading customer engagements. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development, with at least 2 years managing cross-functional projects.
Overview
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.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 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.
Other Requirements
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.
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Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about
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