The Azure for Operators is a team of over 2000 professionals delivering innovative cloud-based services to Communication Service Providers (CSPs) globally.   Our solutions include Cloud IaaS and SaaS offerings and associated advice and professional services to assist operators of all scales to deploy their end-user and network offerings, plus supporting systems, on Azure cloud and edge platforms incorporating services from both Microsoft and our partners.  See Azure for Operators | Microsoft Azure for further details. 

Telecommunication carriers are increasingly seeking cloud-scale efficiencies for their business, but have yet to migrate the bulk of their network functions and infrastructure off proprietary systems and self-managed private clouds.  Azure for Operators aim to accelerate this process by easing the onboarding, orchestration, monitoring and management of complex mission-critical payloads in the cloud, including both voice and packet core functions.  The same tooling and services will be applicable to critical payloads across many industries, in addition to telecoms.  

This is your chance to facilitate modernization and radical operational efficiency gains for the communication infrastructure systems that you, your friends and family all use on a daily basis! 

Responsibilities

• Define and refine detailed epic/feature and resource plans in conjunction with your PM colleagues and Engineering teams spread across US, Europe and India. 
• Provide day-to-day guidance to Engineering teams as their primary product owner contact. 
• Track progress to product deliverables and required standards for fundamentals such as security, quality and reliability. 
• Deliver compelling role specific user experiences including consideration for the need to customize the UX. 

• Co-ordinate with wider Azure PM teams for cross-dependency planning. 
• Assist with the orchestration and management responses to RFI/RFPs, and detailed project SoW planning. 

Qualifications

• ​3+ working with hyperscale cloud systems systems such as from Azure, AWS and Google. (required) 

• Ability to provide clear written and verbal explanations of complex topics to both expert and novice audiences, in English. (required) 
• BA/BS or Masters Degree in Computer Science or other numerate subject. (required) 
• 2+ years experience in program/product management. (preferred) 
• Understanding of CSP network architectures, services and business models (preferred) 
• Knowledge OSS/BSS and orchestration technologies and market. (preferred) 

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