• Senior Technical Program Manager

    Microsoft Corporation (Mountain View, CA)


    Overview

     

    Come join the PowerPoint team as we deliver modern, intelligent, and collaborative experiences that will reach millions of PowerPoint customers. We are looking to hire a  Senior Technical Program Manager for our foundational core platforms.

     

    The PowerPoint team is responsible for the design, implementation, and validation of the PowerPoint ecosystem of products and services, which includes our desktop clients and large-scale cloud services. We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to help manage product roadmaps, cross-team risks and dependencies, planning and execution in a collaborative environment with multiple teams working together. This is a high-visibility role that will give you the opportunity to make an impact across Experiences + Devices (E+D) and interact with the teams who build our most known Office products and are innovating on AI fronts.

     

    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

    + Support the key leaders for PowerPoint to drive towards quick ship timelines with a high-quality bar for PowerPoint desktop clients and backend services.

    + Requires an interest in enhancing the PowerPoint Desktop platform and driving significant product improvements.

    + Drive preparation and workback schedules across multiple PowerPoint Desktop teams for all executive reviews.

    + Deliver telemetry insights by gathering customer usage data and feedback, handling data queries, identifying patterns, and influencing the roadmap with key customer data insights.

    + Drive end-to-end release readiness by managing bugs, leveraging data for release decisions, improving processes, and providing backup support for the team as needed.

    + Ensure smooth operations across third-party add-ins, driver issues, and tenant management through data analysis and issue follow-up.

    + Make sure that related planning guidance and key sites/resources (i.e. SharePoint, Azure Dev Ops etc.) are maintained and updated on a regular basis.

    + Partner with key leadership stakeholders on special projects as needed.

     

    Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values%22%20/t%20%22\_blank)

    Qualifications

    Required Qualifications:** ** 

    + Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years’ experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

    + OR equivalent experience

    + 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects and execution

    Preferred Qualifications:** ** 

    + Bachelor's Degree AND  5+ years’ experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

    + OR equivalent experience

    + 5+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects and execution

    + 2+ years of experience with enterprise software platforms and ecosystems to drive cross-functional initiatives at scale.

    + 1+ year of experience creating and managing enterprise Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).

    + 1+ year of experience with agile practices, at scale best practices and related tooling (i.e. Azure DevOps Boards for Backlogs).

     

    Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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

     

    This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

     

    Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations 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)