Senior Program Manager at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Program Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Strategic Thinking, Inclusive Leadership, Data Analysis, Project Management, Conflict Management, Customer Research, Market Validation, Governance Programs, Risk Mitigation, Dependency Management, Acquisition Support, Portfolio Strategy, Engineering Collaboration, Performance Standards

Industry

Software Development

Description

Synthesize and prioritize central feedback for existing and new region expansion strategies. Help manage complex projects, acquisition support processes, and help shape regional portfolio strategies. Excel at cross-functional collaboration, strategic thinking, and inclusive leadership. Holds team members accountable for collaborating with others (e.g., Engineering, Marketing, Design) to ensure that they can satisfy customer requirements. Provides expertise to help working teams validate the market size and opportunity of greatest value for the company. Facilitates collaboration across teams to bring about solutions. Ensures teams establish and monitor processes and hold other stakeholders accountable for following the established schedule and processes. Guides teams when tracking and managing dependencies to enable cohesive, connected scenarios, and to avoid issues and mitigate risks. Influences teams to make adjustments or course corrections when projects are not aligned to schedules or goals. Helps lead governance programs and processes to ensure that specific performance requirements and standards are met throughout the development lifecycle Ability to think, understand, and process information quickly. The ability to use both facts and logic to develop resolutions. This includes extrapolating beyond mere opinions to resolve challenges. The ability to manage conflict, disharmony, and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities. The ability to apply ingenuity, inventiveness, and imagination to the inclusive design and construction of a product, service, program, or initiative. The ability to lead, manage and influence across various business functions and unite teams to achieve shared goals. The skill to engage in customer research activities, actively understanding their history, needs, technologies, and priorities. This includes the ability to synthesize research findings to inform future product or sales pitches and targets. Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience. 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Experience managing delivery for capital-intensive projects in datacenter, energy, or other industrial sectors. Experience in cloud strategy, capital program management, or complex infrastructure delivery.

Responsibilities

The Senior Program Manager will synthesize and prioritize feedback for regional expansion strategies while managing complex projects and acquisition support processes. They will facilitate collaboration across teams to ensure customer requirements are met and guide teams in tracking dependencies to avoid risks.