Technical Program Manager

 

Microsoft’s Cloud business is experiencing explosive growth, and the Capacity, Supply Chain & Provisioning (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 with sustainability and security top of mind. CSCP is responsible for sustainability, strategic sourcing, customer demand forecasting, capacity planning and management, supply chain planning and execution, capacity provisioning, decommissioning, and dispositioning of datacenter assets and components worldwide.

 

CSCP supports Microsoft’s comprehensive portfolio of cloud services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Security, Dynamics 365 and industry solutions. The Cloud Sourcing, Sustainability, Spares and Security organization within CSCP manages sourcing and supply of hardware for the data centers.

 

As Microsoft scales to become the global leader in cloud deployments and services, we are embedding sustainability across the product lifecycle by deeply understanding the environmental impact of our supply chain and cloud hardware underpinning our cloud growth. With scientific and data centric approaches we are leading a sustainability transformation, leveraging a multitude of data sources and information to successfully reduce environmental impact through cloud products, software and hardware engineering, engagement with suppliers and enabling a supply chain transformation.

 

We're seeking a Technical Program Manager who will help to develop and implement our cloud sustainability programs. The right person will drive the team forward to meet Microsoft commitments for becoming carbon negative and zero waste by 2030 while enabling all lines of business with data to track progress towards these goals and enable innovative sustainability products and solutions. We are looking for someone to partner across organizations to lead and drive sustainability programs.

 

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

• Lead cross-functional teams to drive implementation of strategic projects: from defining plan, monitoring progress, tracking KPI, removing roadblock to delivering result and institutionalize
• Develop and maintain relationships with executive sponsors, key stakeholders, business owners, and IT leaders to ensure the most impactful business outcomes are prioritized and operationalized.
• Lead executive communications to drive strategic agenda and report progress
• Engage with cross functional teams on Supply chain and Sourcing related initiatives, e.g., Sustainability, government policy
• Parter with cloud supply chain teams to develop requirements and provide sustainability insights to transform core supply chain processes across the cloud value chain from procurement to hardware end-of-life
• Translate executive business goals and requirements to actionable targets
• Influence cross-functionally and laterally to educate, gain support and embed sustainability agenda into all aspects of the supply chain organization
• Lead collaboration across diverse teams to promote groups to collectively meet sustainability objectives
• Embody our Culture and Values 

 

Qualifications

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of 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 Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis,
  OR product development
  OR equivalent experience.
  6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  1+ year(s) of experience readi