Senior Technical Product Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

14h•$119,800 - $261,000

About The Position

Azure is the foundation of Microsoft’s Cloud Services and a central pillar of Microsoft’s evolving cloud sovereignty strategy. As customers face increasing demands around data residency, operational control, resilience, and transparency, Azure is evolving to meet these needs at global scale. Built on a secure by design foundation, Azure delivers world class security, compliance, and operational resilience while enabling customers to retain control over their data and operations with transparency and auditability. Microsoft has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Product Manager in the Cloud+AI Microsoft Specialized Clouds team. This team is responsible for deploying and operating services, including the infrastructure that supports collaboration and mission critical workloads. The work directly contributes to Microsoft’s sovereign cloud capabilities, ensuring platforms can operate independently when required while remaining aligned with the core Azure ecosystem. In this role, you will partner closely with engineering teams. The systems and software you build will be required to meet the security policy and assurance requirements of customers. You will help shape systems and processes that assume zero trust by default that are scalable, repeatable sovereign capabilities. Your work will support both public sector and regulated commercial customers as Microsoft evolves its cloud architecture to meet the next generation of sovereignty expectations. At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree AND 5+ years’ experience in product/service/project/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
Citizenship verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.
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

6+ years of software development, product management, or technical program management with a strong track record of shipping products and services.
Ability to deal with ambiguity, navigate uncertain situations, and drive for clarity.
Previous experience and success in an engineering role where you delivered cloud services.
Demonstrated experience in planning, cross-group collaboration, communications, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail.
Passion and proven record for execution with measurable results; focus on delivering impact.
Proven interpersonal skills, innovation, and the ability to motivate, inspire, and lead cross group/functional teams with a high degree of independence and success.
Ability to work successfully across a complex, highly matrixed environment.
Demonstrated capability in verbal and written communications skills across a geographically dispersed audience.

Responsibilities

Define capabilities and partner with engineering counterparts to deliver and operate them.
Work closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and define the product roadmap to ensure our offerings meet those needs.
Help shape our cloud roadmap by translating customer needs into scalable capabilities, tools, and processes.
Partner closely with customers and sales teams to gather signals, lead requirements workshops, and advise on solution design and deployment.
Synthesize customer and market insights to drive clear prioritization decisions, ensuring strong return on investment and alignment with Microsoft’s strategy.
Collaborate across engineering and business stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet customer needs and maximize business value.
Help mature the cloud architecture, identify opportunities for design optimization, and ensure our cloud is positioned to scale.
Establish and maintain regular communications about the status of our cloud and upcoming developments.
Conduct insightful conversations with senior business and technical decision makers inside and outside Microsoft.
Pull stakeholders together to align on a shared vision, working with a talented and diverse group of PMs, Developers, and internal teams that rely on our services to be successful.
Work effectively across broad teams and influence stakeholders of all levels and of all disciplines across Microsoft.
Engage colleagues across a large, diverse, and distributed organization to drive decisive action that delivers results for expanding the market for Azure across international boundaries.
Lead cultural initiatives, having positive impact on team morale and fostering an environment of inclusion.
Embody our culture and values.