Technical Program Manager, Network Deployments

Microsoft’s Cloud business is experiencing explosive growth, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth. Our mission is to deliver the world’s computer with an industry-leading supply chain. CSCP is responsible for strategic sourcing, customer demand forecasting, capacity planning and management, supply chain planning and execution, capacity provisioning, and decommissioning and dispositioning of datacenter assets worldwide and we are looking for a Technical Program Manager, Network Deployments to join the team.

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 200 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.

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. 

Responsibilities

As a Technical Program Manager - Network Deployments, you will be able to execute strategies to deliver Cloud network infrastructure along with the related technologies to support data center capacity demands at scale in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Applying a systems-thinking approach, you will need to understand the product/program lifecycle process, apply technical insights and deep knowledge of constraints along the deployment execution process and across ecosystem teams to drive network deployments that ensure predictable delivery of capacity to end customers on time. You are part of a global team where you will plan, lead, and coordinate with global stakeholders and external suppliers to deploy greenfield and brownfield network infrastructure sites.

Roles and responsibilities: 

• Primary responsibility is driving hyperscale cloud network infrastructure deployment projects required to enable new cloud capacity, leveraging knowledge of formal program and operations management principles
• Working with partners on defining and controlling program scope, creating, and executing to committed schedules as well as maintaining and reporting out program deliverables across the region
• Drive continuous improvement of deployment processes, including assessment of program delivery capabilities, gathering, leveraging performance data/metrics, establishing corresponding targets, and measurement of ongoing 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 with datacenter operations and engineering teams to improve scalable deployment activity and related performance
• Responsible for end-to-end deployment lifecycle, carefully balancing delivery quality and managing priorities, taking corrective actions as necessary to meet stated business objectives
• Work independently in a dynamic and high-pressure environment and timely delivery despite ambiguous and changing business requirements
• Embody our Culture  &  Values 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Other Requirements: 

Ability