Microsoft Senior Technical Program Manager - Artificial Intelligence & Datacenters 

United States, Washington 

950242987

Microsoft

In partnership with the Data Center Engineering (DCE), this role is responsible for supporting pilot deployment of custom high-density racks at leased datacenters including coordination with the lease providers on technical feasibility.

This role will provide program management, technical support, and overall leadership for strategic projects and as well as driving process improvements to improve related Objectives & Key Results (OKRs).

The role of the Senior Technical Program Manager - Artificial Intelligence & Datacenters requires communication and organizational skills, the ability to self-direct, a background in datacenter design, engineering, controls, and operational requirements and an emphasis on project management, and datacenter lease market experience.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

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

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/Additional Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in engineering and technical program management
• 8+ years’ experience managing cross functional and/or cross-team projects
• Proven collaborator, working closely with multiple teams and subject matter experts
• Experience leading complex negotiations/initiatives to successful completion

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: yMicrosoft will accept applications for the role until July 3, 2024.

• In partnership with stakeholders, drive strategic projects to ensure business meets the targeted AI/GPU capacity commitments.
• Own the successful delivery of your organization’s OKRs (Objective and Key Results) related to AI/GPU technical compliance and deployment.
• Define and launch the rack deployment process for new leases and as well as retrofits at existing lease sites.
• Drive technical projects from requirements through launch, including managing complex project schedules, removing roadblocks, and keeping processes running smoothly.
• Analyze data to identify, prototype, and drive the implementation of technical and process improvements to increase the predictability, agility, and quality of our capacity deployment systems.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for project delivery delays caused by technical scope gaps and drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across lease projects.
• Apply a growth-mindset philosophy to day-to-day tasks and ensure that any deficiencies identified within the processes/framework are addressed and improvements are implemented.
• Report project progress, risk matrix, delays, root causes and mitigations as required.

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