Do you have a start-up mentality that is fiercely customer-focused? Do you understand how partners can help us accelerate what we do and have positive impact to our customers? Are you self-motivated yet thrive in a team?  

At the core of what we are trying to do is to create data gravity or the relationship between data and applications to make it easier for industry (Auto, Telco, Energy) partners and customers to utilize ALL of the data. The question that will be presented to you is: 

How do we effectively create that data gravity where partners want to build upon our data models and our Industry customers can more easily utilized the disparate data systems they already have today? How do we provide meaningful value to both partners and customers?  

The Solutions Ecosystem Team is looking for a Senior Program Manager who is curious and wants to solve big challenges by helping drive the data and component strategy for Auto, Telco or Energy.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to create a compelling vision and guide the building of industry solutions leveraging Dataverse, Azure Synapsis, the Power Platform, Azure, Microsft365, and Dynamics 365. Working with industry partners and customers, small and large from around the world, you will help accelerate their digital transformation, understanding what they really need to be most successful and drive transformation in Industry. You will author and prioritize user stories and requirements needed to deliver valuable, usable, and feasible solutions to market.  You will hone your Auto, Telco or Energy market expertise to create and prioritize roadmap, onboard customers, and partners.   

Success for this role will include partnering with Industry teams and stakeholders across the company; gathering use cases and feedback from Industry prospects, customers, and strategic partners; leveraging data and telemetry to inform strategic prioritization, employing product discovery and agile development best practices, partnering with design and engineering to a/b test prototypes and iterate daily, and delivering reliable, accessible, and secure solutions into market.  

Responsibilities

Responsibilities: 

Take your technical and product expertise and combine it with your understanding of our Industry partner and customers' needs to solve their complex challenges.  

Identifying and developing a partner network in the Auto, Telco or Energy space. Understanding who the big players area and how we can work with them to drive value to our customers. 

Understand and develop a view of Industry capabilities and requirements to visualize what our partners solve for and what we can solve for.  

Translate these capabilities and requirements to be solved into solution roadmap priorities to invest in. 

Develop relationships with Industry partners, organizations, and industry thought leaders to grow an understanding of unmet, articulated, and unarticulated need in Industry.  

Develop opportunity assessments in partnership with Industry business planners to inform target addressable market, return on investment, and revenue projections necessary to understand the impact and return on specific solution investments. 

Support daily stand ups and manage team’s execution on solution backlogs, leveraging Azure Dev Ops to ensure we deliver priorities on time and to a high standard of quality, security, and accessibility. 

Proactively identify platform enhancements that will enhance the Industry solution work in progress. 

Leverage data and insights to inform roadmap priorities and investment themes. 

Own deliverables, with clear prioritization and urgency to ship. Translate business requirements, scenarios into products and services, deliver results in an environment of ambiguity. Keep focused release schedules on track and of high quality in partnership with engineering. 

Maintain partnerships and drive results with relevant teams across Microsoft.   

Qualifications

Qualifications: 

Required qualifications:  

7+ years of experience as a Program Manager developing customer-facing solutions, preferably at cloud-scale.  

Proficient analytical skills, combined with a strategic orientation, as well as an aptitude for solving complex business problems.  

Technical problem-solving and analytical skills using data analysis and escalation management in a complex environment.  

Experience managing projects with multiple work streams and partners; demonstrated strategic planning abilities.  

Preferred qualifications: 

5+ years of domain expertise in the Auto, Telco or Energy industries.  

Experience with program management for customer-facing CRM (customer relationship management) or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions a plus. 

Understanding of complex and disparate data systems. 

Understanding of DataVerse, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, or other cloud ERP implementations a plus. 

Ability to create and document your own vision/strategy, and to execute that strategy through your team via timebound, measurable goals.  

Passion for building Partner networks; experience building and leading engagements with CxOs. 

Ability to clearly prioritize and effectively manage multiple tasks and projects in parallel while effectively delivering results through your own team and others. 

Strong interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills; commitment to timely responsiveness and experience communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple teams. 

Effective at leading and working with a variety of organizations, management levels, cultures, and personalities. 

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. 

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. 

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.