Head of Program Office at Microsoft

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

People Management, Program Delivery, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Agile Project Management, Compliance, Healthcare Focus, Data Analysis, Risk Management, Mentoring, Coaching, Leadership, Communication, Continuous Improvement, Product Development, Team Productivity, Stakeholder Alignment

Industry

Software Development

Description

People Management & Development: Serve as a people manager for a team of program managers (ICs). You will hire, coach, and mentor team members, setting goals and helping them grow their skills and careers. By modeling leadership behaviors and fostering an inclusive environment, you'll build a motivated team that excels in collaboration and is passionate about our healthcare-focused mission. Lead Cross-Functional Program Delivery: Orchestrate complex, multi-team programs to deliver the Diagnostics product roadmap. This includes defining project plans, schedules, and success criteria for multiple product areas, and driving execution to meet milestones. Tracking deliverables, while proactively identifying/mitigating risks, ensuring on-time delivery of high-quality solutions across the diagnostics portfolio. Align Stakeholders and Strategy: Coordinating across Product Management, UX Design, Engineering, and other partner teams to ensure objectives, dependencies, and timelines are in sync. You will facilitate alignment on requirements and priorities, maintain communication channels, and hold teams accountable to commitments. By providing data-driven updates and recommendations, you'll keep both leadership and collaborators informed and engaged. Drive Continuous Improvement: Champion best practices in agile project management and release processes. You will run retrospectives and utilize metrics to identify opportunities to improve execution efficiency, product quality, and team productivity. Compliance and Security: Hold PMO and cross-discipline teams accountable by driving compliance with all privacy, security, accessibility, quality, responsibility, safety, and other legal and business requirements and standards. Healthcare Domain Focus: Act as an advocate for healthcare and life sciences considerations in all aspects of program delivery. Embody our culture and values. Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development 1+ years people management experience. 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings: Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 4+ years people management experience. 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. 1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).

Responsibilities

Lead a team of program managers to deliver complex, multi-team programs focused on the Diagnostics product roadmap. Ensure alignment across various teams and drive continuous improvement in project management practices.