This is an exciting role driving the optimization and modernization of Microsoft Digital usage of Azure as part of our Azure Optimization team. Microsoft Digital develops and runs the experiences and services that Microsoft runs on and relies on to do business. We run one of the largest workloads on Azure in the world, and with that comes great responsibility to do it in the most optimal manner and to be constantly modernizing. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of Azure technology as we are customer zero for Azure!

In this specific role you will be focused on optimizing and modernizing our Microsoft Digital workloads in Azure. We do this through recommendations that we generate through data driven analysis. We run deep technical engagements with engineering teams to understand their tech stack and architecture and work with them to fine tune this for their workloads. We build experiences such as Stop Start to enable our engineers and customers to optimize their usage. We work with the product groups to build some of these experiences into products such as Azure Cost Management.

This is a very visible and impactful role that requires monthly updates to our Execs and requires a passion for working across-org as you look to drive impactful changes across our engineering org and to Microsoft customers.

While this is a PM role the successful candidate will need to be technical given the need to understand our Azure technologies, our usage of them, and work with engineering teams to implement change. It requires a candidate that loves data and will go deep on our data to identify broad opportunities to optimize or modernize our footprint. You will need to be able to build a vision for how we build experiences to enable broad adoption of our optimization and modernization effort across our engineering teams and customers.

Responsibilities

• Build a vision for how we optimize and modernize our workloads running on Azure
• Define and prioritize the investments we’ll make in Azure Optimization.
• Develop product roadmap balancing business, technical, and experience considerations.
• Work with Microsoft Digital engineering teams to understand and implement recommendations and change
• Work with your engineering team to build experiences that allow us to scale out
• Work with the product groups on upcoming Azure technologies and the impact on Microsoft Digital
• Tell our Story to customers and help them on their journey to the cloud through customer engagements, blogs and more.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Program Management experience,
• Experience creating a vision and leading a team of PMs to deliver.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

• Ideally strong experience in Azure and building/running large workloads on Azure
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects across disparate groups.
• Demonstrated ability to operate and thrive with ambiguity.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and negotiating skills.
• Proven ability to prioritize, plan, and track large scale programs.

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.