Overview
Are you passionate about solving technical problems with exciting business potential and direct customer impact Do you want to help build and ship new services in Azure from the ground up Does working with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to transform how they build their services on Azure sound exciting??The?Azure?Developer?Experience?team at Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) is looking for a?lead product?manager?to help create and ship exciting services aimed at?developers,?quality assurance?engineers,?and DevOps?or site reliability engineering?professionals. Our team's mission is to?make?Azure the cloud of choice for any developer building any app on any platform. We ship popular developer?facing services in Azure, such as?Azure Load Testing,?GitHub?CodeSpaces, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure App Service, and Azure Spring Cloud Service. Key areas of our investments include incubation of new services in the fast-growing?cloud-native?testing space, creation of offerings in conjunction with the Open-Source Software (OSS) community and ISV partners, and, increasing the adoption & retention of Azure App Services across the Linux developer community building apps using languages/frameworks such as Node.js, Python, Java, etc.We are looking?for?a customer-obsessed product?lead?to drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution while managing a diverse and fast-growing group of talented product managers. This role requires strong?product thinking and leadership, track record of successfully shipping cloud services or developer-focused products to market, and technical depth in cloud-native and open-source technologies.?
Responsibilities
We are looking?for someone who:?
- Has a passion for people management with a demonstrated track record of recruiting and retaining high-performers?
- Leads by example through the model, coach, and care philosophy?
- Builds upon a strong team ethos and embodies company and division values, cultivating a culture based in diversity, inclusion, growth mindset, and customer obsession?
- Is qualitatively and quantitatively data-driven and agile in seeking and using data for decision-making?
- Engages and influences with customers and partners at strategic global companies?
- Can create strategy and drive recommendations partnering with internal executive level stakeholders?
- Has an enduring passion for software, the ability to ramp up on new technologies quickly, and identify value proposition for developer customers?
- Collaborates across organizational boundaries?in?building experiences our customers will love?
Qualifications
Required?
- 10+ years of experience with at least?6?years as a?product?manager shipping large-scale enterprise or developer-focused products to external customers?
- Demonstrated ability to directly manage a team of?product managers?to achieve results, create a high-performing healthy team, and grow careers?
- Strong program management, project management and cross-group collaboration skills?
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related fields?
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Preferred?
- Ability to innovate at a platform level and drive integrated, end-to-end solutions through the shipping process?
- Great cross-divisional relationship building skills to establish long lasting, trusted relationship with partner teams?
- Ability to pull together technology and expertise from partners to drive clarity across teams, agree on common goals, and determine the best way to deliver across the Azure ecosystem?
- Strong background in at least one public cloud ecosystem (Azure, AWS or GCP).
- Great problem-solving skills and outstanding drive for results. Ability to drive clarity, communicate goals to key stakeholders, and motivate them to execute on time and at a high quality?
- Self-starter, who proactively identifies problems, takes risks, proposes solutions, and drives a team to address them?
?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. 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.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.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
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