Do you want to be a key contributor to the core infrastructure powering the AI era? Are you passionate about data storage, large-scale distributed systems, and pushing the boundaries of cutting-edge technology at an immense scale?
The Azure Storage team delivers a range of storage solutions—including Azure Blob Storage for object storage, Azure Files for shared storage, and Azure Disks for block storage—that empower developers to create scalable, durable, and highly available cloud-native and AI applications. These capabilities support workloads in containers, VMs, and more, forming the backbone of Microsoft's services like CoPilot, Office, Windows, Xbox, and countless others. In this role, you'll be part of a strategic team with influence across Microsoft and the tech industry.
We are seeking a Technical Program Manager II - Azure Storage to lead critical initiatives that support the delivery of supercomputer storage capacity and capabilities. You will be responsible for planning, scheduling and coordinating efforts across various teams within Microsoft, including storage engineering, datacenter, supply chain, and build-out teams. You will ensure that new supercomputer projects come online smoothly, and you will drive end-to-end tracking, reporting, and coordination efforts.
In this role, you will be driving the delivery of critical business initiatives, managing all aspects of the project such as project planning, requirements definition, risk management, communication, and implementation planning. You will help solve key problems by coming up with solutions to project deadlocks and resolving issues and constraints by building consensus and making project decisions to achieve tactical goals while retaining a strategic focus for our customers.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
- Coordinate storage capacity requirements and delivery across Microsoft teams including engineering, datacenter, supply chain, and build-out teams, to bring new supercomputer capacity online.
- Collaborate with others to track, coordinate, and communicate end-to-end storage capacity delivery schedules for multiple customers simultaneously and to hold stakeholders accountable for agreed timelines and processes.
- Track, manage, and effectively communicate dependencies to make adjustments or course corrections when projects are not aligned to schedules or goals.
- Conduct analysis, effectively communicate complex findings and recommendations with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and global stakeholders, foster strong relationships and drive consensus.
- Lead daily team scrums ensuring effective tracking and reporting across workstreams.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- 1+ year(s) of technical program management experience working directly with software engineering teams including project scope, schedule, quality, risk and critical path management experience.
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:
- Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Experience with one or more of the following storage technologies:
- Cloud Object Storage services and platforms and/or on-premise object storage systems
- High-performance network-attached filers and filesystems.
- Storage protocols, clients, tools, APIs(application programming interface), libraries, SDKs(software development kit).
- AI/ML workload patterns including training, fine-tuning, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
- Proficient analytical skills, with an ability to break down complex problems and drive structured solutions.
- Proficient relationship-building skills and a proven track record of effective cross-team collaboration
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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