Senior Product Manager - CTJ - Poly

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

17h•$119,800 - $234,700

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive product strategy, execution, and operational readiness for the SDN (software defined networking)Control Plane and associated SDN buildout responsibilities. This PM will be accountable for turning control-plane capabilities and buildout execution into repeatable, well-documented, automation-first delivery that scales across regulated and sovereign environments reducing timeline risk, improving predictability, and enabling dependent platform services to onboard safely and consistently. This role sits at the intersection of service onboarding, buildout automation, and release/health validation for SDN infrastructure, ensuring the control plane and its dependent experiences can be delivered with reliable processes (rather than ad-hoc manual execution) in environments where buildouts historically carry schedule and documentation risk. 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 AND 5+ years experience in product/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role.
Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements.
You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law.
To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience in cloud networking, SDN, or network virtualization platforms
Familiarity with routing protocols (e.g., BGP), overlay/underlay architectures, and network policy enforcement
Background in distributed systems or infrastructure orchestration
Exposure to government or regulated cloud environments
Understanding of intent-based networking or network automation frameworks

Responsibilities

Define SDN Product Strategy: Drive roadmap development for software-defined networking constructs including virtual routing domains, policy-driven segmentation, programmable forwarding planes, and dynamic service chaining across Azure virtual network environments.
Enable Cloud Network Virtualization at Scale: Deliver platform capabilities that support multi-region deployments, customer-isolated topologies, and automated onboarding patterns for enterprise and government customers leveraging Azure’s connectivity stack.
Partner with Engineering on Control Plane Innovation: Translate customer and platform requirements into scalable orchestration models supporting intent-based networking, route convergence automation, failover domains, and software-managed edge connectivity.
Drive Parity Across Sovereign Clouds: Ensure SDN feature alignment between Public Azure and sovereign instances by reducing onboarding friction and accelerating deployment timelines for regulated workloads.
Improve Network Deployment Automation: Lead initiatives to standardize network instantiation procedures using SDN primitives, enabling repeatable deployment of connectivity zones, routing intents, and virtualized service insertion without manual configuration.
Customer-Facing Architecture Engagement: Work directly with internal field teams and strategic customers (e.g., federal agencies, IC partners) to define software-defined connectivity patterns that support secure, high-availability WAN modernization initiatives.
Operational Excellence & Reliability: Establish health and telemetry frameworks for SDN-managed services, improving observability into route health, traffic steering decisions, and failover triggers across software-defined transport layers.
Embody our culture and values.