Senior Technical Program Manager at Microsoft

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 May, 26

Salary

234700.0

Posted On

01 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Platform Initiatives, Program Development, Agile, Tactical Solutions, Strategic Solutions, Azure Requirements Communication, Hardware Understanding, Firmware Understanding, HW/SW Quality, Cloud-Readiness, AI/Machine Learning Use Cases, Supercomputing-Class Systems, Project Direction, Firmware Requirements Definition, Roadmap Creation, SW/FW Development Practice

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview Do you want to learn Azure Cloud business and be a part of a fast-growing organization? Microsoft Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. CHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and deliver trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Technical Program Manager with a solid background with a track record in driving software platform initiatives and strategy for an organization. You will be involved with all phases of product development from design through bring-up, development, and release. We are aspiring to get agile where you will play a key role in designing, developing, optimizing, and deploying innovative features. You will help us define and develop tactical and strategic solutions to meet the immediate and long-term needs of our services that form a critical part of Azure infrastructure. You will communicate Microsoft Azure requirements to our external partners, as well as coordinate collaborative efforts with various internal Azure Engineering teams. You have excellent communication skills to drive programs with multiple internal/external partners teams. You have the strong desire and ability to understand customer needs and a willingness to develop holistic and data-driven approaches to product solutions that delight and exceed their expectations. You have a very solid understanding of hardware, firmware, HW/SW quality, the ability to apply these fundamentals to ‘cloud-readiness’, and most importantly - an unyielding passion for creating products that customers will fall in love with. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record translating the needs of a highly diverse set of AI & machine learning use cases into a differentiated set of supercomputing-class systems, solutions, and experiences, and apply them to Azure’s underlying infrastructure systems. You will provide overarching project directions to the engineering teams. At Microsoft, we immensely value culture, mentorship, and act as One Team. This is an opportunity to leverage your technical expertise and grow your existing project/program management experience in an innovative and highly collaborative environment where the results of your work will matter to Microsoft and Microsoft’s customers. #azurehwjobs #azure #AI #TPM #SCHIE Responsibilities We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Technical Program Manager with a track record in driving Software/Firmware initiatives and strategy for an organization. We are looking for a technical PM to come help us define and develop firmware requirements for our innovative hardware solutions that powers Azure. We need an experienced PM who can be the liaison to our external partners (Silicon Vendors, ODM, OEM, etc.), to drive Microsoft Azure requirement to our partners and can coordinate development efforts with different Azure Engineering teams. Besides driving firmware requirements and development, we need someone who can help create a long-term roadmap for Azure SCHIE firmware. In addition, he/she will be responsible for bringing in systematic SW/FW development practice to the team. As a seasoned program manager, you must have a strong desire, passion, and ability to understand customer needs and a willingness to develop holistic approaches to product solutions that delight our customers and exceed their expectations. You should also have a good understanding of hardware, firmware, telemetry, algorithms, software quality, and an unyielding passion for creating products that customers fall in love with. You should have great communication skills to drive programs with multiple teams located in different locations. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects Preferred Qualifications: 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 1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos). Experience in GPU development /platform enablement/ firmware development. Experience in technical program management of complex cross-group, cross-business, cross-disciplinary projects Experience and skills in C/C++ and OS internals Experience in collaborating with internal and external partners to understand their requirements and translating them into solutions Experience in low-level software running on hardware e.g., Firmware, UEFI, BMC, BSP Proven ability to synthesize and communicate solutions to complex technical problems and resolve dependencies. Exceptional organization and project management skills, e.g., experience with SW/FW agile project management methodology, TFS, DevOps, JIRA or similar Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Responsibilities

The Senior Technical Program Manager will drive software/firmware initiatives and strategy, defining firmware requirements for innovative Azure hardware solutions and creating a long-term firmware roadmap. This role involves acting as a liaison to external partners and introducing systematic software/firmware development practices to the team.