Sovereign Network PM Manager

Are you a seasoned technical program manager ready to support the largest and most complex customers in their journey to the cloud? Azure is the fastest growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s commercial Cloud Services. Azure differentiates itself as the only hyper-scale, enterprise-grade cloud that has a true hybrid story. The Azure (Networking, Compute, Storage) Team is responsible for accelerating our most strategic customers’ adoption of Microsoft Azure by connecting our technical experience, along with our customers’ vision and challenges directly to the engineering product teams, and as a result help to ensure Azure is the most compelling solution on the market. We work across a broad range of Azure technologies understanding customer scenarios, cloud patterns and adoption blockers.

 As we drive to be the leading cloud platform in the world, Azure Sovereign Cloud team is hiring an exceptional technical program manager to lead a team that is helping support our most complex and challenging customers and engineering programs in the Government landscape. #aznetPM

Responsibilities

Success in this role combines managing a team of globally distributed Program Managers, customer engagements, listening to and understanding customer use cases and scenarios, translating these into viable cloud architectures and communicating this at an executive level. Responsibilities include program management of technical delivery teams on proof-of-concept implementations, as well as architecture design and review in a cloud-scale, cloud-pace environment. Close collaboration with generalists and specialists in the Microsoft field and delivery teams, peer teams within Microsoft Engineering and diverse customer teams is critical. The role is also responsible for communications related to our programs of work, including executive reporting and reviews with both customer and Microsoft stakeholders.

This position is located in Reading, UK and some travel will be required (0%-25%).

The successful candidate will have experience in cloud-scale software architecture, development, or delivery, as well as direct customer engagement and be able to take a collaborative approach to solving problems. They will fit comfortably into an ambitious and challenging environment and have strong verbal and written communication skills. They will be objective, self-disciplined and possess excellent business and technical judgement, and be able to operate autonomously. A critical part of the role is the ability to conceptualize complex ideas quickly and convey those thoughts to others in a clear, effective, and motivating manner. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management experience or other technology related experience
• 3+ years managing geographically distributed teams
• Experience in cloud-scale network infrastructure, software development or delivery
• Experience working with public sector entities at the national level
• Understanding of cloud computing technologies and business drivers
• Understanding of business and technology related strategy
• Demonstrated customer focus and end-to-end thinking across teams and experiences
• Track record of high-quality, self-directed, timely execution, and attention to detail
• Success in consultative and/or technical leadership (e.g. architect) and engagement management with sophisticated and complex customers and projects.
• Experience in relationship management across diverse multi-national/multi-disciplinary teams
• Demonstrate effective time and deliverable management
• Strong communication acumen, both verbal and written up to an executive-level
• Highly effective collaboration and team building skills

 Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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.
• Security Clearance Requirements: UK National with SC Clearance are a bonus. 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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