Senior Technical Program Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

17h

About The Position

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) supports Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure and the services that depend on it. The Hardware, Infrastructure Management, and Fundamentals Engineering (HIFE) team defines and delivers operational measures for hardware manufacturing and improves planning, quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability for Microsoft cloud hardware. The Technical Program Manager will join the New Technology Engineering (NTE) organization, which leads engineering, validation, and production readiness for new cloud service capacity. The role has a direct impact on delivering Azure capacity using server platform capabilities and architectures. Its focus is reducing time to market for new services and ensuring infrastructure capacity is high quality and scalable. The position calls for analytical, leadership, and communication skills to develop and deliver solutions that improve customer experiences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience in engineering, product or technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience creating, managing, or optimizing a software product lifecycle or manufacturing system.
2+ years of experience using data analytics for continuous improvement and risk management.
Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in engineering, product or technical program management, or product development, or equivalent experience.
6+ years of experience managing cross-functional teams and/or cross-team projects.
2+ years of experience reading and/or writing code, such as for sample documentation or product demos.
2+ years of experience with datacenter networking or AI infrastructure, including topology design, high-performance Ethernet, distributed workloads, or transport technologies.
2+ years of experience bringing hardware and software together through prototyping, interoperability testing, staged deployment, and production operations.
6+ years of experience building relationships and influencing in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

Manage the introduction of new cloud services, hardware platforms, and the tools and processes used to deploy next-generation cloud infrastructure capabilities.
Work with partner engineering teams across Microsoft to ensure new services meet scale and cycle-time specifications for high-volume deployments.
Analyze data to identify, prototype, and implement technical and process improvements that increase the predictability, agility, and quality of capacity deployment systems.
Continuously improve time to market for new cloud services.
Communicate effectively with and influence partner teams.
Provide technical and program leadership with respect and integrity.
Drive technical projects from requirements through launch, including managing complex schedules, mitigating risks, and keeping processes running smoothly.