Senior Product Manager - CTJ - Poly

Microsoft 365 is at the center of Microsoft’s cloud-first, devices-first strategy as it brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communication and collaboration products like Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Teams. We work with Microsoft’s most critical enterprise and government customers to deliver hyper-scale software-as-a-service products.     

The Microsoft 365 Enterprise Cloud team is looking for a motivated, collaborative, and independent Product Manager II who can create clarity, drive results, and deliver exceptional product experiences within the Microsoft 365 government cloud service offerings.   

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. Come join a diverse team and solve hard problems while delivering world class products to our most critical customers. 

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

• Drive continuous delivery of M365 services to sovereign cloud environments in collaboration with Site Reliability Engineering and partner engineering teams.   
• Develop and maintain product backlogs and team backlogs with a focus on business needs, customer requirements, and building scaled solutions.  
• Ensure compliance with corporate and government security and reliability standards.   
• Provide input towards engineering solutions, implementation design, and definition of overall strategy required to scale service operations and ensure uptime.    
• Engage directly with internal and customer stakeholders at multiple levels, supporting executive briefings and innovation partnerships.   

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development 
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 2+ years of experience with large scale services or distributed systems   
• 2+ years in a position requiring program management, consultancy, engineering, cloud or government experience   

Other Requirements: 

• Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:  
  • The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
  • Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.