Microsoft Looking For Principal Program Manager at Hyderabad, Telangana, Full Time

Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. CHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s over 200 online businesses including AI, Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions.

In partnership with the Azure Service teams, we are on a mission to deliver the hardware, software, services, and infrastructure roadmap that enables users to run technical computing workloads on Azure. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

As part of the Software Firmware Org in SCHIE, we are looking for a highly motivated, self driven Technical Principal Program Manager with a proven track record in driving software platform Initiatives, Roadmap and strategy working with Cross Functional Engineering Teams. You will help us define and develop tactical and strategic solutions to meet the immediate and long-term needs of our services that form a critical part of Azure infrastructure. You will be our liaison to external partners (Silicon Vendors, ODM, OEM, etc.), communicate Microsoft Azure requirements to our external partners, as well as coordinate collaborative efforts with various internal Azure Engineering teams. You should possess excellent communication skills to drive programs with multiple internal/external partners teams located in different geographical regions worldwide. As a seasoned program manager, you have the strong desire and ability to understand customer needs and a willingness to develop holistic and data-driven approaches to product solutions that delight and exceed their expectations. You have a good understanding of hardware, firmware, diagnostics, telemetry, HW/SW quality, the ability to apply these fundamentals to ‘cloud-readiness’, and most importantly – an unyielding passion for creating products that customers will fall in love with.

Responsibilities

• Define the what and why in form of platform product strategy and how and when in terms of execution plans to accomplish our OKRs (Objectives and Key results)
• Coordinate and manage cross-organization collaboration and inter-dependencies
• Author product requirements & functional specifications or1 Pagers, define product roadmap and Prioritize backlog
• Collaborate closely with Engineering Stakeholders cross geo to lead & drive semester planning, sprint cycles and backlog with Engineering teams
• Work with external partners (Silicon Vendors, ODM, OEM, etc.) to drive Microsoft Azure requirement and coordinate development efforts with different Azure Engineering teams

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• 10+ years of experience in the development and release of software products or services
• 6+ years of experience creating and delivering executive-level communications
• Experience in management of complex cross-group, cross-business, cross-disciplinary projects
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, resolve conflicts, prioritize multiple strategic and tactical options and drive issues to closure without compromising on quality.
• Experience with Cloud technologies, Embedded background

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in technology product and program management leading & driving technical engineering teams
• Master’s degree in engineering or business administration
• In-depth knowledge of hardware, software, and cloud technologies
• Experience with cloud-scale architecture and infrastructure
• Track record in working with Silicon vendors (CPU, SoC, FPGA, GPU, etc.)
• Proven track record of successfully influencing others at all levels of the organization

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.