At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The Worldwide Learning (WWL) team is learner-obsessed; our charter is to build an enthusiastic learning culture based on industry-leading innovation and drive measurable impact through learning and skilling to accelerate Microsoft’s growth as a digital transformation leader, and to enable our customers, partners, and our people to develop, grow and achieve success. We also believe easily accessible learning is essential for a diverse and inclusive culture, and the core ingredient to helping people become their best personal and professional selves. 
  
What we do – Within Worldwide Learning, we seek to empower learners around the world to acquire the skills enabling them to get a job, advance in their career and achieve more. We reach millions of learners where they are, anytime, anywhere, and deliver experiences that support exploring, learning, practicing, and proving their skills. 
 
We’re a multi-disciplinary incubation team of technical program managers, designers, data science experts, software engineers and AI engineers. We’re customer obsessed and purpose driven. We take on projects that can make a real difference in people’s lives and in the way organizations transform. Are you ready to join a purpose-driven team determined to make an impact? 

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be working with customers, partners, and experts across Microsoft. The ideal candidate will love taking on big challenges and working to align diverse teams to a common outcome. 

Responsibilities:

·      Engage with our community and colleagues to identify opportunities and problems, and to validate our ideas and solutions

·      Create clarity by leading conceptualization of our solution areas; define feature specs that clearly map out customer problems with feature requirements and success metrics

·      Create energy by amplifying the voice of our community and by co-oping partner teams to contribute to our solutions

·      Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of complex projects, track all deliverables throughout our cycles, and communicate progress and learnings with leadership and partner teams 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

·      5+ years Program or Project Management experience.

·      5+ years of professional experience in the computer software industry or services industry with experience in product development.

·      2+ years of experience managing security related projects across groups, divisions or teams. 

 
Preferred Qualifications:

·      Strong technical program management experience on cloud engineering products / projects, preferably with Microsoft’s cloud platforms, including Azure, Dynamics, and Office.

·      Demonstrated strong leadership skills with a focus on creating positive, trusting relationships with colleagues and partners. 

·      Demonstrated expertise with agile engineering approaches, especially in the role of Product Owner.

·      Ability to define and solve complex problems, communicate to senior decision makers in a clear, compelling way, and drive decisive action in partnership with others in a large organization. 

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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