Technical Program Manager

Do you want to be part of the team building the Azure cloud platform for Microsoft? Are you passionate about cloud computing, large scale distributed systems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Are you looking to grow your career in a team with phenomenal growth opportunities? Are you a collaborator at heart, and want to be part of a geographically and culturally diverse team?

As we drive to be the leading cloud platform in the world, Azure Core team is looking for an exceptional Technical Program Manager II to define the vision, strategy, and the roadmap for Azure Services to drive customers’ adoption of Microsoft Azure by connecting our technical experience, along with our customers’ vision and challenges directly to the engineering product teams, and as a result help to ensure Azure is the most compelling solution on the market.  

Our approach is customer and business centric, where collaboration is a fundamental part of our culture. If you want to be a key contributor to the Azure global AI services expansion, help services teams across Azure be more successful, and unleash your imagination and energy to make things happen better, faster, and safely, then we have a place for you. We are looking for a program manager with technical and analytical skills, having a passion for driving great technology designs in partnership with local and remote teams. This person will possess a mindset of continuous improvement, a can-do attitude, and lots of positive energy. You will be working with teams across multiple organizations in Azure, giving you opportunities for influence, growth, all while enjoying our multi-cultural environment.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications: 

• Experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Bachelor's Degree and experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Experience working on Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP) and large distributed systems.

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.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
• Bachelor's Degree and experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in Azure infrastructure buildouts.
• AI infrastructure buildout.

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Please note that while this role offers up to 100% remote work flexibility, the position is strictly based in the Czech Republic.

• You will develop end-to-end plans for Azure AI services buildout of new Azure region launches.
• With minimal supervision, you will partner with Engineering Teams across Azure to deliver the AI services required by the customer & reduce the time to market.
• You will define success criteria and performance metrics (E.g.: OKRs, KPIs) for your programs and work with your teams to track and report on execution against these regularly.
• You will drive continuous improvements by validating use cases and partnering with other departments to collect performance metrics.
• You will drive scale and efficiency initiatives leveraging learnings from Azure region buildout.
• You’ll also contribute to customer support and participate in direct customer engagements.