As a Technical Program Manager II in Cloud Networking, this exciting opportunity offers you the chance to enhance your career growth, expand your business acumen in hyperscale cloud technologies, and stay up-to-date with the latest industry developments. With a flexible work arrangement, you have the option to work partially or fully from home, providing you with the freedom to achieve work-life balance while delivering high-quality results.

　　The Azure Networking team continues to innovate across the network stack, pushing new scale and features into the cloud while transforming our datacenter infrastructure to meet the growing needs 200-plus Microsoft online services, including Bing, Office 365, SharePoint, Skype, OneDrive and several hundred thousand customers using Azure to host and run their Cloud Services in hundreds of datacenters, running millions of servers and edge computing nodes all over the world.

　　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.

　　Responsibilities

　　As a member of our team, you will be responsible for introducing new network technologies and driving infrastructure evolution to meet customer requirements and enable business growth.

　　You will define performance metrics to track progress and provide directional insights through data analysis.

　　Working with a diverse group of partners, you will use your judgement and prioritization skills to resolve challenges and find optimal solutions.

　　Staying up-to-date on network industry trends, you will help develop a roadmap for the next 3-5 years to ensure our network remains competitive and innovative.

　　You will identify unknown or unmet customer needs across multiple feature areas, clarifying root problems and defining solution options.

　　You will promote the feature areas the team work on and present at large events to showcase the achievements.

　　Qualifications

　　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.

　　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.

　　Additional / Preferred Qualifications:

　　Experience in Data Center Network Technologies, including a solid understanding of networking protocols, performance, and related technologies.

　　Problem-solving skills with a ability to address technical challenges effectively.

　　Leadership abilities and cross-functional collaboration skills, capable of working effectively with teams from diverse backgrounds.

　　A customer-centric mindset with a focus on delivering end-to-end business value.

　　Verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to create clear and concise specifications, playbooks, and executive reports.

　　Adept at working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with rapidly changing requirements.

　　A track record of making pragmatic business and engineering tradeoffs to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

　　Technical Program Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 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 $120,900 - $198,600 per year.

　　Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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