Microsoft Senior Program Manager- New Product Introduction 

United States, Washington 

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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field AND 4+ years experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations, program management, hardware development, or consumer electronics
  • OR equivalent experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations or a related area.
• 4+ years of experience in Supply Chain, High-tech Manufacturing, New Product Introduction, Sourcing, Operations or related fields

Other Requirements:

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:

• 5+ years of experience in high-tech supply chain, new product introduction, sourcing, operations or related fields
• Experience in program management at a high-tech company with proven track record of successfully setting up and executing supply chain operational processes
• Proficient verbal and written communication along with strong interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to lead in ambiguous situations, and deal effectively with conflicting priorities and changes
• Proficient in business tools (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, Azure Dev Ops), and ability to generate quality outputs
• Cloud supply chain experience

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In this role, you'll oversee supply chain readiness for new cloud solutions, focusing on collaboration with product teams, the product group, datacenter infrastructure, and supply chain functions to develop and implement a framework that ensures customer requirements are met.

Specific duties would include:

• Working with cross-functional stakeholders and bringing your own thought leadership to define an NPI readiness strategy, including; conducting risk management efforts.
• Providing insights and identifying schedule acceleration opportunities
• Conducting cost-benefit analyses and other analytics to examine performance and influence decisions
• Having an in-depth understanding of the product’s technical attributes, milestones, deliverables, and interdependencies
• Using technical experience and product knowledge to have effective engagements with Engineering to ensure schedule, risk, issues, quality, and product changes are aligned to business and customer needs
• Operating effectively in ambiguity- applying process where it creates value, and designing process where it’s needed
• Using program management tools and communication methods to ensure common understanding of the plan of record with stakeholders, holding them accountable to following the schedule
• Influencing across organizational boundaries to achieve broad business goals by early lifecycle engagement
• Scaling NPI processes to increase clarity and simplify execution

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