The Licensing team in the Enterprise and Security group plays an important role in bringing up our new hardware. Our team’s work underpins the Licensing of the Azure cloud and edge devices over 1 billion devices. New ideas from members of our team are encouraged and we are very open to seeing them in action. The work of this team impacts hundreds of millions of lives across the world!

Responsibilities

My team is looking for a Program Manger II to drive our next generation of licensing solutions that make activation and subscription a seamless experience for Microsoft customers. The role may also require driving aspects of the OEM partners engagement for new hardware. If you’re passionate about user experience, how one of the world’s most critical software product is activated for a broad device family, how it is licensed to hundreds of millions of users and would like to be at the center of technical innovation to impactful business results, this is a great team for you.

Team has an agile environment that is constantly learning and improving. You will participate in all stages of product development: from ideation to planning, development and release to customers. You will define end-to-end scenarios, identify technical requirements, collaborate across disciplines and teams, and deliver end to end solutions.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field, MBA preferred
• 5+ years engineering program management experience

Preferred:

• Excellent communication, cross team collaboration and leadership skills
• Successful track record of designing platform and engineering solutions
• Operating system or licensing background

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.

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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