Microsoft Senior Hardware Engineering Program Manager 

United States, Washington 

671480410

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team project
• 2+ years experience managing hardware product development.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 5+ years experience managing end-to-end (E2E) hardware product development, preferably in cloud infrastructure hardware or server development.
• Knowledge of high-volume server design, manufacturing, data center deployment and operations at scale.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 31st, 2024.

• Lead a virtual team of functional leads including members from hardware and software engineering, sourcing, supply chain, networking and datacenter operations for documenting a clear Plan-of-Record (POR) for the new product development and leading the project team to meet stated milestones.
• Technical Program Management for new Cloud hardware development. Drive the development, planning & execution of a holistic cross functional product development and/or launch strategy. Provides technical leadership and identify technical risks and lead resolution of technical issues.
• Responsible for effective communication and escalation of risks and dependencies, while ensuring timely decisions are being made.
• Lead cross organizational team and drive accountability for team for all portions of the work to deliver best in class end-to-end architecture solutions.
• Conducts risk management efforts in new product introduction, scenario planning and mitigation of risks, recovery from risks.
• Communicate to and regularly interact with senior management, highlighting risks across functional teams and providing recommendations to support product level decisions.
• Operate and lead effectively in ambiguity. Apply process where it creates value, and design process where it’s needed. Recognize the situations where each approach is most appropriate.
• Ensure cross functional alignment: generating clarity, tracking towards development milestones and overall readiness for all new Data Center infrastructure development, launch, and deployments.
• Use program management tools and communication methods to ensure common understanding of program plan of record to stakeholders.
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