Principal Manager, Hardware Program Management at Microsoft
Austin, TX 73301
About the Job
Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission.SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, 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 delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide
We are looking for a Principal Manager, Hardware Program Management (PM) with a passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow, the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, at high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance
To achieve this goal, the Hardware, Infrastructure Management, and Fundamentals Engineering (HIFE) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware development and manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware
This Principal PM lead role leading the Compute TPM Team will play a pivotal role in delivering new server hardware and software technologies at scale that have a significant impact to the business and Azure
This candidate will collaborate with both internal Microsoft teams and external suppliers (Semiconductor providers, OEMs/ODMs, GPU’s, CPU, system, memory, and others) to drive delivery of core technologies that enable our Cloud infrastructure
If you are an experienced PM leader with experience building high-performing, diverse teams, and a broad background in enterprise data center technologies from Silicon, networking, servers, infrastructure, and high-performance computing solutions, and have a desire to work with some of the world’s most talented engineers to deliver the hardware that drives the Cloud, then this is the opportunity for you! Required Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product developmento OR equivalent experience.4+ years of experience in managing a team of engineering and/or technical operations professionals responsible for critical systems and operations for a distributed organization. 3+ years’ experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.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:12+ years of technical program management or project management experience or a technical role with systems engineering experience, preferably in Cloud silicon, server design, accelerators, Networking solutions, FW & SW development and deployment, and systems solutions from cradle to grave
6+ years of experience in managing a team of engineering and/or technical operations professionals responsible for critical systems and operations in a matrix organization. Experience with hardware, firmware & software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system.Knowledge of high-volume server design and manufacturing is desired.Knowledge about datacenters & operation at scale.Technical Program Management M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S
is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation
Find additional benefits and pay information here: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 17, 2024Microsoft 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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements
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.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.#azurehwjobs #AZURE #Cloud #ahsi #SHPE24MSFT #SCHIEManage a team of PMs who drive virtual teams of functional leads including members from hardware and software engineering, sourcing, supply chain, networking and datacenter operations for documenting a clear Plan-of-Record (POR) for the new product development and leading the project team to meet stated milestones.Technical Program Management for new Cloud hardware development. Drive the development, planning & execution of a holistic cross functional product development and/or launch strategy. Provides technical leadership and identify technical risks.Collaborate with internal and external technology development partners to form a cohesive development plan.Have an in-depth understanding of the product technical requirements, milestones, deliverables, and interdependencies for establishing an accurate and effective project infrastructure. Leverage experience and engineering skills to solve problems, fill gaps and achieve objectives through a cross functional team.Responsible for effective communication and escalation of risks and dependencies while ensuring timely decisions are being made.Hold accountability for team and most or all portions of the work to deliver best in class architecture solutions.Conducts risk management efforts in new product introduction, scenario planning and mitigation of risks, recovery from risks
Communicate to and regularly interact with leadership, highlighting risks across functional teams and providing recommendations to support product level decisions.Operate effectively in ambiguity
Apply process where it creates value, and design process where it’s needed
Recognize the situations where each approach is most appropriate.Ensure cross functional alignment: generating clarity, tracking towards development milestones and overall readiness for all new Data Center infrastructure development, launch, and deployments.Use program management tools and communication methods to ensure common understanding of program plan of record to stakeholders.Monitor and measure engineering impact and performance results by tracking key performance indicators. Embody our Culture and ValuesEmployment typeFull-TimeWork siteUp to 50% work from homeRole typePeople ManagerDisciplineTechnical Program ManagementProfessionProgram Management
Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide
We are looking for a Principal Manager, Hardware Program Management (PM) with a passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow, the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, at high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance
To achieve this goal, the Hardware, Infrastructure Management, and Fundamentals Engineering (HIFE) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware development and manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware
This Principal PM lead role leading the Compute TPM Team will play a pivotal role in delivering new server hardware and software technologies at scale that have a significant impact to the business and Azure
This candidate will collaborate with both internal Microsoft teams and external suppliers (Semiconductor providers, OEMs/ODMs, GPU’s, CPU, system, memory, and others) to drive delivery of core technologies that enable our Cloud infrastructure
If you are an experienced PM leader with experience building high-performing, diverse teams, and a broad background in enterprise data center technologies from Silicon, networking, servers, infrastructure, and high-performance computing solutions, and have a desire to work with some of the world’s most talented engineers to deliver the hardware that drives the Cloud, then this is the opportunity for you! Required Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product developmento OR equivalent experience.4+ years of experience in managing a team of engineering and/or technical operations professionals responsible for critical systems and operations for a distributed organization. 3+ years’ experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.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:12+ years of technical program management or project management experience or a technical role with systems engineering experience, preferably in Cloud silicon, server design, accelerators, Networking solutions, FW & SW development and deployment, and systems solutions from cradle to grave
6+ years of experience in managing a team of engineering and/or technical operations professionals responsible for critical systems and operations in a matrix organization. Experience with hardware, firmware & software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system.Knowledge of high-volume server design and manufacturing is desired.Knowledge about datacenters & operation at scale.Technical Program Management M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S
is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation
Find additional benefits and pay information here: Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 17, 2024Microsoft 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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements
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.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.#azurehwjobs #AZURE #Cloud #ahsi #SHPE24MSFT #SCHIEManage a team of PMs who drive virtual teams of functional leads including members from hardware and software engineering, sourcing, supply chain, networking and datacenter operations for documenting a clear Plan-of-Record (POR) for the new product development and leading the project team to meet stated milestones.Technical Program Management for new Cloud hardware development. Drive the development, planning & execution of a holistic cross functional product development and/or launch strategy. Provides technical leadership and identify technical risks.Collaborate with internal and external technology development partners to form a cohesive development plan.Have an in-depth understanding of the product technical requirements, milestones, deliverables, and interdependencies for establishing an accurate and effective project infrastructure. Leverage experience and engineering skills to solve problems, fill gaps and achieve objectives through a cross functional team.Responsible for effective communication and escalation of risks and dependencies while ensuring timely decisions are being made.Hold accountability for team and most or all portions of the work to deliver best in class architecture solutions.Conducts risk management efforts in new product introduction, scenario planning and mitigation of risks, recovery from risks
Communicate to and regularly interact with leadership, highlighting risks across functional teams and providing recommendations to support product level decisions.Operate effectively in ambiguity
Apply process where it creates value, and design process where it’s needed
Recognize the situations where each approach is most appropriate.Ensure cross functional alignment: generating clarity, tracking towards development milestones and overall readiness for all new Data Center infrastructure development, launch, and deployments.Use program management tools and communication methods to ensure common understanding of program plan of record to stakeholders.Monitor and measure engineering impact and performance results by tracking key performance indicators. Embody our Culture and ValuesEmployment typeFull-TimeWork siteUp to 50% work from homeRole typePeople ManagerDisciplineTechnical Program ManagementProfessionProgram Management
