Job Description

Do you want to be part of the team building Microsoft Azure? Are you passionate about cloud computing, distributed systems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Do you want to build the next generation of the fastest storage in the public cloud? Are you excited about the opportunity to drive tremendous business growth and innovation in Azure? The Azure Storage team delivers Virtual Disks for IaaS, Object Storage, NAS-in-the-cloud, and more. These capabilities form both our public Azure Storage platform, as well as the data foundation of service offerings across Microsoft. You can be part of a strategic team with Microsoft-wide and industry-wide impact.

We are looking for an energetic, customer-obsessed and tech-savvy Program Manager to help take our storage technologies to the next level. Job responsibilities will involve:

* Researching customer / partner scenarios and industry trends to formulate product requirements
* Analyzing and tracking storage performance characteristics and requirements
* Building product roadmap for bringing ideas to market
* Working across Microsoft teams to develop and launch product and platform innovations on schedule
* Driving customer success

To succeed in this role, you should have:

* Strong technical background and analytical skills, with the ability to work directly with customers, partners and engineering teams.
* Passion for technology and platform performance
* Ability to identify new ways of looking at problems and identifying opportunities.
* Excellent collaboration, communication and coordination skills are a must for this role.

Creative problem solving skills with the ability to lead virtual teams through ambiguity and, of course, have a clear passion for product, partners and customers

Basic Qualifications:

* 3+ years of professional technical program or product management experience
* Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or related discipline, or 4+ years of equivalent industry experience.

Preferred Qualification:

* Masters Degree in computer science, engineering, or related disciplines
* Strong technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles and architecture design
* Knowledge of on-premises storage systems or storage performance is a plus
* Self-motivated, self-directed, and able to lead and motivate a high-energy team
* Strong cross-team collaboration skills
* Excellent communication and presentation skills

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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