Responsibilities

• Lead and coach an existing team of software engineers and managers; create clarity, communicate vision and strategy to the team; provide expert guidance and advice, best practices and trainings, nurture a team culture with emphasis on quality, customer obsession, engineering agility, and inclusiveness 
• Drive adoption of Microsoft policies and processes within the team 
• Work with program management and other stakeholders to create robust product roadmaps and engineering plans, trading off quality, security, customer satisfaction, cost and timescales, and ensure the team executes on these plans 
• Consistently identify, reward and manage growth of highly performing engineering talent and help all team members achieve the most in their careers 
• Grow the team, ensuring diverse viewpoints and capabilities needed to achieve current and future business objectives 

• Lead the continuous improvement of engineering and quality practices. Work across business groups to ensure the long-term integrity of a product area. Demonstrate personal commitment to technical advancement. Guide the organization to deliver high-quality and innovative solutions 
• Communicate team plans, strategies and status to peers, stakeholders and organization leaders 

Qualifications

Successful applications will demonstrate: 

• Experience of building and successfully deploying high-scale distributed applications, which delight customers 

• Leadership experience managing high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, developing and retaining talent, building an open, diverse and inclusive working environment where everyone feels they belong, are welcome and able to contribute their best 
• A strong technical background, being comfortable digging into complex technical and architectural areas with your teams, to pressure test approaches and identify issues 
• Ability to work cross-functionally, to influence for impact, to handle ambiguity, to solve problems, to manage stakeholders and expectations, to wear many hats at a time and to learn quickly from failure 
• Being data driven, customer focused, collaborative, structured, self-motivated with a strong drive for results reaching across teams and organizations internationally and with cultural sensitivity 
• Ability to leverage both quantitative and qualitative analysis to drive great decision making 

• Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills through all levels of the organization, technical and non‐technical 
• Native or professional fluency in English