Microsoft Technical Program Manager - Cloud Network Infrastructure 

United Kingdom, England, London 

48580158

The Network Infrastructure Deployment team delivers the hyper-scale, low latency, high reliability network connecting customers around the globe to the rapidly growing Microsoft Cloud. As part of the Cloud and Enterprise organization, we support the needs of more than 200 Microsoft online services, including Bing, Office 365, SharePoint, Skype, OneDrive and several hundred thousand customers using Azure to host and run their Cloud Services in over 100 datacenters, running millions of servers and edge computing nodes all over the world. Our customers and partners rely on our commitment, follow through and continuous improvement to achieve their goals.

As aProgram Manageryou will be able to develop andstrategies to deliver Cloud network infrastructure along with the related technologies to support data centerdemands at scale in a dynamic, fast paced environment. Applying a system thinking approach, you will need to understand the product/program lifecycle process, apply technical insights and deep knowledge of constraints along thedeployment executiondrive network deploymentsthat ensuredelivery ofto end customers on time.You are part ofwhere youwill plan, lead, and coordinate withand external suppliersto deploy greenfield and brownfield network infrastructuresites.

Qualifications & Skills:

• in Engineering or Computer scienceor applicablebackground.

• Experience innetworkinfrastructure experienceand proventrack recordof coordinating hyper scale program/project delivery within large IT/Telecommunications and/or Internet Service Provider experienceandindustry concepts.

• Demonstrated technical/process problem solving and communication skills to make sense of ambiguity and drive outcomes.

• Strong attention to detail, excellent communication, passion for strategic thinking and problem solving.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced dynamic environment with often rapidly changing or ambiguous requirements.

• Track recordof making pragmatic business and engineering tradeoffs to create and deliver business value.

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• Excellent analytical, verbal, written, interpersonal communication skills and attention to detail.

• track recordof large-scale program/project delivery.

• Very gooduse of MS officeproductivity tools– Excel, Microsoft Project, power-bi, Kusto, SQL etc.

Preferred qualifications:

• of technical strategy, operations management experience in a cloud-based technology business or similar industry.

• in deployment of high-performance,highly available, large scale distributed network and related technologies, preferably in tier one cloud provider datacenters

• knowledge and understanding of cloud infrastructure and datacenter environments such as power, physical space, rack units, cooling, cable routing and management.

• networking experience and understanding of network infrastructure, routing, load balancing, Internet transport protocols and optical networking.

• nowledge of supply chain management, procurement processes, trade restrictions and associated financial and project controls.

• Well versed in program management methodologies, approaches, and tools with a PMP/Six Sigma certification.

CLOUD SCREENING REQUIREMENT

The ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are needed for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screening: Microsoft Cloud Background Check - requirement to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check is needed upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility is driving hyperscale cloud network infrastructure deployment projectsrequiredto enable new cloudcapacity,leveragingknowledge of formal program and operations management principles.

• Working with partners on defining and controlling program scope, creating, andexecuting tocommitted schedules. as well asmaintainingand reporting out program deliverables across theregion.

• Drive continuous improvement of deployment processes, including assessment of program delivery capabilities, gathering,leveragingperformance data/metrics,establishingcorresponding targets, and measurement of on-going progress improvement initiatives.

• Enable/drive and support workflow orchestration, and integration efforts whilst enabling systemic automation along with effective data management.

• Lead with outstanding communication, problem solving, analytical and program management skills.

• Coordinate withdatacenter operations and engineeringteamsto improve scalabledeployment activity and related performance.

• Responsible for end-to-end deployment lifecycle, carefully balancing delivery quality andmanaging priorities, taking corrective actions as necessary to meet stated businessobjectives.

• Work independently in a dynamic and high-pressure environment andtimelydeliverydespite ambiguous and changing business requirements.