Responsibilities

• Partner and collaborate with Technical Leads and Customer Stakeholders to define and deliver valuable software solutions.  
• Drive technical discussions and scoping meetings to establish key features, milestones, and deliverables.   
• Capture key data and insights related to each engagement; as patterns and trends emerge, surface recommendations to internal stakeholders and service owners to improve and refine our products.  
• Leverage your talents and experience to solve cross-organizational issues and remove blockers.  
• Drive excellence in Program Management fundamentals through mentoring, sharing, and improving internal workflows.  

Qualifications

We do not believe that any specific education major is a requirement to be successful in this role. We are open to all backgrounds and are looking for candidates with demonstrated ability to deliver on the responsibilities for the role.  

   Required Qualifications:  

• Proven experience of being directly involved with software delivery and/or technical implementation of complex production systems.  
• Past experience of communicating directly with customers at engineering, stakeholder, and executive levels.  
• Program Management, Product Owner or Product Engineering experience, including shipping complex production systems that run on a hybrid or public cloud.  

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Strong customer presence and experience managing customer relationships.  
• Desire to embrace challenges and solve problems using an entrepreneurial and value-driven approach.  
• Technical depth in shaping and designing cloud architectures and infrastructure.  
• Subject matter excellence in Lean / Agile mindsets and common software delivery frameworks (e.g., Kanban, Scrum).  

• Ability to distill information and communicate directly with senior leadership.  
• Experience mentoring and contributing to a fast-paced, results-oriented team.  
• Experience working within geographically diverse and virtual teams.  
• Enjoy travel and comfortable with regional travel up to 25%.

   

At Microsoft we are seeking people who have a passion for the positive impact technology can have on the communities and for making a difference in the world. Within IS, we have an informal and flexible work environment and you’ll be welcome to work from home, our offices, customer sites– wherever is best for you to get your job done. We invest in your health, wellness, and financial future by offering a competitive package including a wide range of benefits built around your personal needs and those close to you.  

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