Overview
Azure Core is at the forefront of innovation for Microsoft’s Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) mission. We are responsible for designing and building the foundational primitives, platforms, hardware and services that power the current and next generation of applications including Generative AI. Our work expands the Azure Cloud (AI Regions, Region Expansions, New Clouds), scales out new hardware product introduction, enables the safe, scalable, and efficient evolution of Azure and improves the foundations of platform quality for every developer and enterprise.
As a Senior Technical Program Manager in Azure Core, you will collaborate with teams across Microsoft to introduce new technology to Azure, enabling developers and enterprises to power their AI services on the most advanced infrastructure. This opportunity will allow you to see how new servers, networks and racks come together with software to build the cloud at hyperscale.
You will partner with software engineers, building the control plane managing the cloud’s servers and network devices. You will work with hardware engineers, manufacturing and supply chain, datacenter technicians, and our external partners to ensure everything comes together. Your ability to handle a breadth of issues spanning all these teams and their areas will be challenged as you manage the complexity, making it all possible while driving improvements that scale for the world.
This is an opportunity to shape the future of cloud infrastructure at one of the world’s largest cloud providers. You will work across engineering, operations, and compliance teams to define strategy, drive innovation (including AI-powered capabilities), and deliver measurable impact on Azure’s business and customer trust.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
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 from inception to completion.
- 4+ years experience in any or all of cloud infrastructure management, datacenter design and operations, server and network equipment deployments, rack design, server design, server/network hardware/software interaction, automation and control systems, network engineering, distributed systems, new product and service development, high performance computing and GPUs.
Other Requirements:
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in product/technical program management, data analysis, or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- 6+ years of experience working on hyperscale cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), neoclouds, and building large scale distributed systems.
Responsibilities
- You will partner with Software and Hardware Engineering to design technical solutions across feature areas, identify and assess risks and propose data-based mitigations.
- You will set success criteria, build partnerships, and align teams to deliver complex cross-functional projects.
- You will deliver on roadmap for multiple feature groups, define and track project schedules, develop staging and implementation plan, and manage governance programs.
- You will drive ongoing improvements by validating use cases and independently developing test cases. You will also lead teams to partner with other departments to collect performance metrics, drive customer support, and lead direct customer engagements.
- Other · Embody our culture and values
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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 16, 2025.
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