Azure is the fastest-growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s Cloud Services. Continuing this success, Azure has expanded into the Government space with its mission-critical cloud, delivering breakthrough innovation and security to those customers and their partners. With world-class security, protection, and compliance, agencies can accelerate cloud adoption with confidence, in a consistent hybrid environment designed for flexibility and scale. Azure Government enables innovation with deeply integrated cloud services, advanced analytics, and an open application platform, that provides the building blocks to rapidly develop, deploy and manage intelligent solutions. Government customers can leverage the vast network of Microsoft’s technology partners and diverse marketplace offerings, to advance their mission and serve their citizens. 

As we drive to be the leading cloud platform in the world, Azure Global Government is hiring a Program Manager’s Manager to drive automated solutions to our platform’s most critical problems.   

Responsibilities

·        Lead a team responsible for identifying and resolving the most critical problems for our Azure Government customers 

·        Working closely with Redmond-based Azure engineering, operations teams and other internal Microsoft groups including Office 365 to deliver features, capabilities and operational systems. 

·        Working closely with sales and marketing teams to grow the Azure Government business, to understand the U.S. government needs, remove adoption blockers and to ensure the smooth operations of running the day to day service. 

·        Ensure market-relevant infrastructure, security, and identity requirements are adequately addressed and built into Azure services. 

·        Identify and drive strategies for Azure and customer architecture, engineering and service integration that align to our customers’ mission outcomes. 

·        Partner with engineering, infrastructure, marketing, compliance and other Microsoft leadership teams to translate customer demand signals into release priorities and unblock future business growth. 

·        Drive and effectively manage large strategic and complex projects, with executive visibility and many critical dependencies.  

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications 

• 7+ years’ experience in product, project, or program management with large scale services, mission applications, or distributed systems
• 3+ years of experience with Azure or other cloud platforms
• 2+ years of experience in leading a team
• BS or higher degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Track record of leading product innovation and/or shipping products
• Self-managing leader who takes initiative
• Design and problem-solving skills, with a strong emphasis on quality and engineering excellence

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: 

• Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements
• Candidates must have an active TS and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph) or have an active TS/SCI and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

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.  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.

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