we are looking to hire a motivated, high-potential PM to help drive our strategy and businesses forward.

This role is a unique opportunity that combines product management and business staff leadership with technical advisory to the General Manager of the Azure Distributed Clouds team. Responsibilities will be highly variable, and wide ranging, such as synthesizing insights into technical domains and topics, developing revenue and margin strategies, building cross-industry partnerships, driving Azure initiatives, and helping run the overall portfolio book of business. This role is ideal for someone who can thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and is looking for career-accelerating opportunities.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

We’re looking for someone who can excel across both technical and business domains for this role. Candidates should have a high-potential background in product management and leadership, and the desire to make a big impact in a burgeoning segment. Some example responsibilities would include:

• Bootstrapping new product and business initiatives  
• Leading large-scale, cross-portfolio deals with customers
• Driving new research and market analysis activities
• Partnering with startups and VCs to explore new opportunities
• Leading key running-the-business activities in a staff role
• Being a trusted advisor to the GM of the business

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of technical product management experience shipping products/services
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and able to lead a high-energy team with or without positional authority
• Strong technical background in software engineering principles and architecture design
• Solid business background and a solid foundation in financial, contract and business essentials
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills
• Ability to manage complex projects in a fast-changing environment.
• BA/BS or MS degree in computer science, engineering, or related disciplines

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or equivalent degree in related discipline
• Experience with hybrid infrastructure, enterprise servers, virtualization, container, storage, and related technology areas
• Familiarity with machine learning and AI solutions

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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.