Business Program Manager

Microsoft

About The Position

With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world. The Software Developer Companies (SDC) Customer Success Unit (CSU) exists to help engineering-led software companies successfully build, scale, and operate on Azure. The team focuses on engaging SDC and ISV customers early in their lifecycle, aligning platform architecture, developer tooling, and operational patterns before critical decisions harden. By combining deep technical credibility with structured execution, the SDC CSU improves developer experience, accelerates platform adoption, and drives long-term retention and growth across the software developer ecosystem. The ISV Technical Programs Coordinator supports the Developer Experience Center of Excellence by researching and analyzing how ISVs build and operate on Azure, identifying technical patterns, friction points, and opportunities to improve developer experience. The role assists in coordinating technically oriented programs and initiatives, maintaining structured documentation and insights, and supporting execution tracking across teams. Through close collaboration with Dev CoE CSAs, engineering, and solution stakeholders, this role helps translate real-world developer signals into actionable programs, tooling improvements, and platform feedback that improve consistency, scalability, and outcomes for ISVs on Azure. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, and 4+ years of experience in software development, cloud engineering, technical program coordination, or process improvement
OR equivalent experience
2–5 years of relevant professional experience, including experience in software development, technical program coordination, cloud platforms, or related technical roles.
Strong technical foundation with the ability to reason about application architecture, cloud services, CI/CD workflows, and developer tooling
Strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to synthesize technical information into structured insights
Ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and business stakeholders
Hands-on experience with Azure, cloud-native development, CI/CD, or DevOps tooling
Familiarity with technologies commonly used by ISVs (e.g., containers, Kubernetes, IaC, APIs, security tooling)
Experience supporting or coordinating technical initiatives, platform work, or engineering programs
Interest in developer experience, ISV ecosystems, or platform-level problem solving.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field and 8+ years of experience in software development, cloud platforms, technical program execution, or complex system/process improvement.
OR equivalent experience.
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.

Responsibilities

Analyze how ISVs build and operate on Azure across application architecture, infrastructure, CI/CD, security, and operational patterns.
Research internal systems, field inputs, and customer signals to map ISV technical profiles and maturity, platform dependencies, architectural choices, and recurring developer friction points.
Synthesize technical findings into clear insights that inform Dev CoE priorities, solution plays, and platform investments.
Maintain structured documentation, technical trackers, and internal artifacts that improve visibility across Engineering, CE&S, and field teams.
Support the design and execution of technically oriented ISV initiatives, including developer tooling improvements, reference architectures, CI/CD and infrastructure guidance, and security and reliability best practices.
Translate technical findings into program scopes, requirements, success metrics, and execution plans.
Track technical program progress, risks, and outcomes, surfacing insights to Dev CoE leadership.
Partner with Dev CoE CSAs and regional stakeholders to collect real developer experience signals from ISVs.
Identify where Azure workflows break down, where tooling or documentation gaps create friction, and where platform capabilities are under-utilized or misunderstood.
Support structured feedback loops into product, engineering, and solution teams grounded in technical reality.
Assist in mapping how ISV technical programs, tools, and teams interconnect across Microsoft.
Support basic impact analysis and ROI reasoning for technical initiatives.
Contribute to identifying operational and technical gaps that slow ISV adoption or scale on Azure.