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Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is at the forefront of redefining how the world works with data—powering modern analytics through services like Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, enabling data-first applications and empowering a global data culture.

We are seeking a Head of Azure Data Insights and Analytics to lead a high-impact, cross-functional team responsible for delivering strategic insights, driving product adoption, and shaping the future of Microsoft Fabric through hands-on innovation. This is a senior people leadership role, requiring deep technical and architectural fluency, operational rigor, and a proven ability to scale high-performing, inclusive teams.

As the leader of this team, you will own the delivery of world-class analytics solutions built on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, combining best-in-class design, usability, scale, and live site reliability. These solutions are directly used by Microsoft executives and product leaders to inform strategy across Azure Data and beyond. Many of them serve as reference architectures and reusable assets across the Microsoft ecosystem and customer community.

You will also play a pivotal role in supporting the largest internal Microsoft teams in their Microsoft Fabric adoption journey—providing deep product expertise, best practices, hands-on onboarding, and scalable patterns to drive organizational transformation. You will represent Azure Data in executive customer briefings, sharing technical learnings and adoption stories that inspire and enable Microsoft customers to adopt Fabric confidently.

Responsibilities

+ Lead, coach, and scale a high-performing team of program managers, software engineers, data engineers, and analytics leaders, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.

+ Define and execute the vision, roadmap, and strategic direction for Azure Data Insights and Analytics in alignment with engineering and business priorities.

+ Deliver world-class analytics solutions on Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, focused on scale, performance, usability, and measurable business value.

+ Ensure every solution is built with live site rigor—including telemetry instrumentation, alerting, diagnostics, SLA enforcement, and on-call readiness.

+ Apply architectural system design principles to create solutions that are scalable, low-latency, secure, and maintainable, setting the standard across Microsoft.

+ Partner with engineering to deliver production-quality reference solutions that are broadly adopted as design assets by internal and external teams.

+ Drive and support Microsoft’s largest internal teams (e.g., M365, Azure, Security) in their adoption of Microsoft Fabric—through enablement, onboarding, deep technical guidance, and reusable templates.

+ Act as Customer 0 for Microsoft Fabric—proactively shaping product direction through hands-on experience, feedback loops, and early solution delivery.

+ Represent the team in executive customer briefings, showcasing how real-world analytics solutions have accelerated Fabric adoption and unlocked business value.

+ Lead cross-org collaboration, governance, OKR execution, team hiring, and organizational health initiatives.

Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ 5+ years people management experience.

+ 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

+ Or equivalent experience.

+ Experience delivering scalable analytics or data platform solutions with measurable business and technical outcomes.

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

+ Deep experience with Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and other Azure Data services.

+ Technical fluency with code, data modeling, notebooks, pipelines, and semantic models.

+ Demonstrated experience building cloud-scale architectures with observability and operational health.

+ Proficient communication, storytelling, and executive presence; able to influence through data, credibility, and real-world insight.

+ Track record of community impact—scaling solutions as shared assets, templates, or reference architectures.

Technical Program Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 6, 2025.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .