Project scope definition and planning through delivery of assigned product and related product releases
Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the project and resolve or escalate conflicts
Provide customer input represented in both technical and business terms with descriptive requirements to ensure the value of the project is realized
Deliver, document, and circulate an end-to-end plan, including activity, dependencies, timing, and ownership. Follow up with specific owners to deliver components of the project on-time
Evaluate, and compare performance against other market offerings in azure and develop baseline targets. - beyond the meetings in the below bullet, I do want this person to proactively call out baseline performance, and how we compare against other distributions in azure (and other clouds in the future)
Conduct regular meetings with the senior executive bodies to inform and alert them of any issues arising from the performance of the individual projects within the portfolio to assure the on-plan usage and consumption of resources and funding, and to highlight any variances
Lead reviews of any significant initiatives, projects or programs that are challenged and provide recommendations as to whether it should continue, be significantly changed, placed on hold or discontinued
Arrive at sound decisions that generate results, uses data and other inputs to make decisions, owns decision, and takes accountability for work using strong organizational and analytical skills