Product Manager II

Microsoft•,

16h•$102,100 - $219,200

About The Position

Shape the Future of Hyperscale Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure. Are you eager to shape the future of cloud computing and solve engineering challenges at a scale few can imagine? Join the Microsoft Azure Storage Engineering team as a Product Manager II and take on a pivotal, high-impact role influencing the core of Azure’s software infrastructure. In this position, you’ll leverage your deep technical expertise and strategic vision to drive transformative programs aimed at elevating the reliability and scalability of our platform. This isn’t just any technical role - you’ll synthesize complex requirements, lead the creation of innovative proof of concepts and prototypes, and evaluate cutting-edge design alternatives. Your work will span multiple teams, where you’ll formalize ambitious program roadmaps and coordinate tactical execution, ensuring alignment across diverse engineering groups. With a blend of technical insight and business savvy, you’ll also identify strategic investment opportunities and chart Azure Storage’s direction through cross-team integration and collaboration, both within Azure and across Microsoft. If you thrive on tackling hyperscale cloud platform problems and want to make a visible impact on the future of Azure, this is your chance. The ideal candidate brings proven expertise as a Product Manager / Technical Program Manager leading hyperscale cloud initiatives, with a proven ability to synthesize complex requirements and provide strategic direction to technical teams. This candidate balances critical thinking with meticulous attention to detail, exercises strong analytical skills and pragmatic technical judgment to drive critical decisions, and excels at communicating plans and building consensus with executive leadership to ensure alignment and sustained momentum across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
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 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
2+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
2+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
4+ years in technical product management, technical program management, or related technical roles.
2+ year experience with hyperscale cloud storage technologies, distributed systems, or enterprise customer needs.

Responsibilities

Partner with Software and Hardware Engineering to design technical solutions across feature areas.
Identify risks and propose data-based mitigations.
Define success criteria and create relationships for implementing features for complex cross-functional projects.
Coordinate and ensure alignment across organizations.
Deliver on roadmap for multiple feature groups, track project schedules, develop staging and implementation plan, and manage governance programs.
Drive continuous improvements by validating use cases and writing test cases from scratch.
Lead teams to partner with other departments to collect performance metrics, drive customer support, and lead direct customer engagements.