The Azure Storage Hardware Platform Team is looking for a Senior Product Manager to identify and operationalize new storage technologies and Microsoft Azure platforms to power the Azure Storage cloud services.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects and software/hardware lifecycle management.
- Experience enabling storage hardware and software platforms for the cloud or enterprise.
- Previous experience in working directly with external customers and partners
- 1+ year(s) experience demonstrating excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work with and influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Excellent analytical skills, able to make informed tradeoffs, and able to break down and solve complex and often ambiguous problems
- MBA, minor in business management or finance in conjunction with engineering degree.
Responsibilities
- You will partner with Software and Hardware Engineering to design technical solutions across feature areas. Also build Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) models to substantiate the business value of the solution and identify risks along with data-based mitigations.
- You’ll define success criteria and create relationships for implementing features for complex cross-functional projects with hands-on experience with software/hardware lifecycle management.
- Demonstrate analytical skills and pragmatic technical judgment to assess and make the right decisions with proven track record of delivering features and capabilities for complex platforms that meet evolving business requirements.
- Drive engineering for distributed, reliable and scalable systems.
- Experience working on Microsoft (or other industry) large-scale cloud or on-premise storage services and good understanding of storage hardware (HW) technologies is a plus.
- Demonstrate presenting plans and getting buy-off with technical leaders along with cross-group collaboration with the ability to influence and drive change across groups.
- Coordinate and ensure alignment across all partner organizations.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Travel 0-25%
- 0 days / week in-office - remote
- Full-Time employment
