Do you want to have the opportunity to change the future of transportation? Do you enjoy partnering and collaborating with multiple disciplines and enabling technology teams to deliver scalable solutions to enable the future of connected vehicles and mobility services? Microsoft’s Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP) team in Azure Mobility group is looking for a stellar technical program manager to drive delivery of our cloud platform as PaaS that will revolutionize people transportation and goods delivery.  MCVP team is focused on large vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), mobility service providers, fleet service operators who sell and lease mobility as well as vehicles to consumers.  In this role, you will work closely with engineering and other internal teams in Azure IoT to drive platforms integration and deliver on commitments to delight our customers.

The MCVP team is highly collaborative, customer-obsessed, data-driven, and greatly values diversity of thought and ideas. As a team we have a strong track record of building industrial strength services that are used by millions of vehicles across the world. We are proud of what we build and how we build it. We run lean at fast pace and listen to our customers. Your work will impact millions of customers globally.

Our team consists of people from a wide variety of backgrounds as well as professional and life experiences. We team members spread across different cities in the US and Europe.  We maintain and grow that diversity what makes us better at building the best solutions for our customers while having a blast doing it!  Core to our team culture is the belief that you must have a ‘people-first’ approach to sustainably building and running 24x7 cloud services that our customers will love. 

This means we support each other to build things the right way, enjoy our vacation and other paid leave, and are very flexible.  We measure our success with impact and how we get things done, regardless of where or when we work. 

Responsibilities

As a member of our team, you will participate in all stages of our engineering lifecycle.  Specifically, you will:

• Drive cross-team alignment, priorities, planning and engineering execution to deliver a single, solid IoT platform to delight our customers and help Microsoft compete in the market.
• Work closely with engineering, and other teams in Azure IoT to identify opportunities and areas of platform integration.
• Manage workstream status, risks & mitigations, and regularly report to Azure IoT leadership with concrete next steps and asks.
• Work with diverse opinions and negotiate solutions balancing customer requirements and business goals.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a technical program manager role.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS or MS in computer science, related degree, or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of Azure, AWS, or similar cloud computing platforms
• Experience delivering large scale PaaS or SaaS that span multiple services teams
• Experience with creating detailed roadmaps to coordinate the efforts across multiple engineering teams
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present to large audiences.
• Experience in leading complex, cross-team initiatives and delivering success.
• Proven ability in driving clarity and simplicity from ambiguity and complexity.
• Ability to learn the value chain in an industry deeply to observe opportunities for innovation.
• Knowledge or experience of Azure IoT
• Knowledge or experience with MQTT broker
• Experience working with IoT devices.

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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