Microsoft Senior Technical Program Manager - Hardware Technology Engineering 

United States, Washington 

694543629

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) – Hardware Technology Engineering to join the CO+I Systems Technology team. This role focuses on enabling innovation across two areas:

1. Advanced cooling and power or
2. Carbon reduction technologies for AI cloud infrastructure across both hardware and datacenter environments. You will lead the integration of cutting-edge technologies, scale new innovations, and drive the planning and reliability roadmap to enhance future datacenters' efficiency and sustainability.

In this pivotal role, you will be the project management lead and partner with a technical subject matter expert to innovative on liquid cooling and power & carbon footprint reduction projects. This is a hands-on role, with work at lab facilities in the Redmond, WA area and traveling to data centers/vendor facilities on occasion. You will gain valuable skills in advanced technology evaluation, planning, and execution, while collaborating with other TPMs and technologists to solve complex challenges. Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work environment while making a tangible impact on the future of cloud technology.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years' experience in engineering (Electrical or Computer or Mechanical), product/technical program management, or product development

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 2+ years' experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 4+ years' experience in working and collaborating between technology and suppliers/start-ups teams
• 4+ years' experience in building technology/product roadmap from incubation to scale execution

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:

• 8+ years of professional experience in hardware, data center management, program management engineering, new product introduction, and risk management.
• Familiarity withinnovation & disruptive technology development process
• Ambiguity Management:Ability to navigate ambiguity, assess opportunities, develop principles to prioritize multiple strategic and tactical options, and drive issues to closure with a commitment to high-quality outcomes.
• Stakeholder Collaboration:Proven ability to work and collaborate effectively with a wide range of business stakeholders to achieve impactful results.
• Innovative Problem-Solving:Track record of innovative problem-solving incutting-edgetechnological contexts.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:Demonstratedability to collaborate across diverse teams and influence executive-level stakeholders.
• Global Project Management:Experience managing and implementing technological projects on a global scale, ensuring compliance with international standards and best practices.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 27, 2024.

• Technology Roadmap Ownership:Drive and own the technology roadmap,facilitatingadaptation and scalability.
• ProjectManagement: Support innovative projects from ideation to productization, ensuring alignment with Microsoft’s sustainability and businessobjectives.Manage multiple programs, technologies, and disciplines. Structure and communicate milestones, commitments, budgets, and project plans.Ensure effective time management and prioritization, and flag/mitigaterisks to project deliverables.
• Collaboration:Work closely with technical SMEs tosynthesizeandthenconvey the technological impact to leadership.
• Supplier Management:Build and manage contracts, track budgets, deliverables, and milestone timelines with suppliers.
• Strategic Planning:Develop and execute strategic plans; orchestrate technology evaluation and planning in partnership with teams across the company to ensure long-term growth.
• Performance and Reliabilityroadmap:Definebusiness success criteria incorporating availability, reliability, and performance OKRs; address roadmap challenges through data-driven approaches, studies, and research.
• Technical Expertise:Weigh in on industry trendspotentiallyrelated tohardware,servers, data center cooling, liquid cooling(chip to chiller, direct to chip, microfluidics,immersion..),carbon capturetechnologies, power, sustainability, or network innovations for cloud infrastructure.
• Relationship Building:Navigatecomplexorganizationstructuresto build partnerships, trust, and collaborationstodrive momentum around adoptingcutting edgetechnologies.
• Technical Communication:Translate deep engineering and technical concepts into business-centric communication for executive-level stakeholders.
• Initiative Drive:Drive technological initiatives from concepts to larger projects, including:
  • Early incubation planning and budgeting
  • Defining success criteria
  • Identifyingbusiness impact
  • Partner outreach
  • Arranging/planning roadshows
  • Planning next stages using project management software (e.g., Wrike, MS Projects)
  • Managing and planning knowledge and ownership transfers
• Trend Monitoring:Stay current with technology trends by monitoring and analyzing developments in cloud technology and sustainability,identifyingbest practices and opportunities for improvement.
• Culture of Innovation& Collaboration:Champion and model a culture of technological innovation and sustainability within the company throughallyship,collaboration,subject matterexpertise, and forward-thinking approaches.
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