Principal Consulting Project Manager at Microsoft

, , Taiwan -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Management, Cloud Platforms, AI Platforms, Digital Transformation, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Budget Management, Contract Negotiation, Agile, Scrum, Consulting, Professional Services, Customer Success, Solution Development, Delivery Management, Communication

Industry

Software Development

Description

Account Delivery Management Drives and maintains obligations to customer across the delivery lifecycle including envisioning, solution development, delivery planning, cloud consumption and usage, delivery management. Leads or participates in steering committee meetings with strategic customers to discuss progress toward delivery success. Contributes to consumption activities, through others (e.g., Customer Success resources), for customers by identifying blockers to consumption goals and enabling customers, through internal teams, to get the full value of their purchases. Holds accountability for project delivery forecast. Collaborates with Sales to support contract setup, signature, compliance, and execution from deal approvals to invoicing and closure. Manages areas of fiscal responsibility within project portfolio, staying within budget while driving engagement profitability and risk management. Supports relationships with key stakeholders in the customer portfolio to ensure service delivery is on track and issues are being anticipated, identified, and managed. Communicates current view of delivery to customer stakeholders, as appropriate. Manages escalations or ensures resolution of escalations with customer stakeholders through tailored corrective action (e.g., education) and overcomes ambiguous situations as needed. Manages expectations with political sensitivity by leading Success Expectation discussions with customer, and documenting, executing, and monitoring through customer and partner experience (CPE). Facilitates contracting process for customer and partner resources (e.g., contractors, vendors) by briefing partners, coordinating partner candidate interviews, and identifying and acclimating partner resources to the team. Supports negotiation and structuring of fixed-fee subcontractor contracts with oversight from senior colleagues. Contributes to pre-sales for medium-impact projects by articulating the business value proposition associated with the project/change and considering associated complexities and risks to ensure feasibility of commercial offer. Participates in review of proposed scope and assists in developing Statement of Work (SOW), Work Breakdown Structures (WBSs), estimates, preliminary risk assessments, etc. Ensures use of baselining, resource load balancing, and application of work effort, dependency management, contingency planning, and utilization of software (e.g., Timeline). Establishes clear expectations and accountabilities (e.g., reconfirm scope, Responsible-Accountable-Consulted-Informed matrix) with all project team members (e.g., consultants) and stakeholders for teams of medium complexity by leading internal and external kick-off meetings (e.g., sales to delivery handoff, formal kick-off meetings). Contributes to recovery efforts and ensures tools are updated. Manages issue closure as a high priority. Ensures timely completion and quality of deliverables (e.g., documents) and tracking of agreed upon metrics for projects of standard complexity by applying quality management techniques (e.g., benchmarking, interviews) for collecting data. Manages finances for projects with mid-size to large scopes and budgets by balancing funding and resources across workstreams, performing analyses, and leveraging cost management experience and expertise. Manages stakeholder communications on project health, issues, and financial performance for mid-size to large deals throughout entire project lifecycle, tailoring communications to the audience. Supports and contributes to rhythm of business (ROB) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) forecasting. Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 10+ years' experience in consulting/professional services delivery, project management on large complex deal in goverment related industries, practice management, or related field OR equivalent experience. 5+ years people management experience. Strong understanding of Cloud and AI platforms, familiarity with modern workplace solutions, security, and enterprise architecture and demostrate ability to manage cloud adoption, consumption goals, and digital transformation initiatives. Professional fluency in English and Mandarin Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile/Scrum certification is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

The Principal Consulting Project Manager drives customer obligations across the delivery lifecycle, ensuring project delivery success and managing stakeholder communications. They also facilitate the contracting process and contribute to pre-sales activities while managing project finances and risks.