The Azure High-Performance Computing (HPC) software team, part of the greater Azure HPC and Azure Compute teams, drives the software and services that enable our users to run technical computing workloads in Azure - from batch workloads, to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), to traditional HPC simulations, to remote visualization. We are responsible for three primary offerings: Azure Batch, Azure CycleCloud, and HPC Pack, and we work closely with the Azure HPC hardware team and other teams within Microsoft, as well as the broader HPC + AI ecosystem. This is an exciting time for HPC + AI, as they are undergoing a massive shift. AI technologies are being merged with existing HPC approaches, and both are moving to the cloud! 

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Program Manager for the Azure Batch and HPC Pack products. The Senior PM will drive new HPC & AI platform capabilities and help improve product quality and user experience.

Successful candidates will exhibit various attributes, including:   

• Agility – able to adapt to changing conditions and priorities  
• Self-motivation – comfortable with ambiguity, able to work independently, strong cross-boundary/team collaborator 
• Communication – able to influence others and work cross-functionally to achieve broad goals 
• Customer Focus - focus on customer empathy and understanding, and use those to drive engineering decisions and actions in order to deliver customer value 
• Drive For Results - able to drive for results and to follow a problem through to its resolution 
• Listening – constantly listening to customers and partners, and using those learnings to drive continuous product improvement 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Program and/or Product Management experience in the technology industry 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Deep experience with the technical computing workloads and requirements of the financial services or health and life sciences industries 
• Experience in defining and/or shipping products/services 
• Experience in defining and/or shipping APIs and API-driven solutions 
• Experienced in building business cases to advocate for customer and partner success 
• Proficient in driving both technology and business differentiation, market and competitive research
   

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.

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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