Principal Technical Program Manager

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) team is the team behind Microsoft’s Cloud infrastructure and is responsible for innovating, planning, designing, building, and operating one of the largest datacenter fleets in the world. We support product teams by providing the secure, compliant, cost-effective, and highly available global infrastructure that Microsoft’s customers depend on. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

To keep up with rapidly changing customer and business demands, CO+I is looking for an experienced Principal Technical Program Manager  to spearhead the enhancement of data architecture and data analytics for Lease and Land Development (LLD) team. The candidate will be a self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, possesses keen attention to detail, and has a desire to help shape the overall business. If you enjoy solving complex problems and driving impact, the Principal Technical Program Manager role may be what you are looking for.

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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• As an integral member of the leadership team, understand the strategy and direction of the business and focus on how to underpin that with data.
• Develop roadmaps to enhance executive and operational reporting that can effectively meet the evolving data and technology needs of LLD and our stakeholders.
• Create analytical platforms and derive actionable business insights to drive business outcomes.
• Ensure information systems meet usability, availability, trustworthiness and security requirements in partnership with Engineering, LLD, Digital Transformation, and Business Architecture teams.
• Align reporting methodology across partner teams, streamlining overall data workflows and architecture.
• Promote data democratization and data literacy, with a keen focus on the security-first culture.
• Guide teams through the development of problem statements, frameworks, and methodologies to address crucial business, customer, or market opportunities.
• Orchestrate efforts to define and implement recommended solutions on large cross-functional projects with internal teams and external partners, holding teams accountable to achieve desired outcomes (e.g., quality, compliance, security, safety, speed).
• Advance CO+I’s program management (PM) capability by evaluating, improving, encouraging, and applying PM best practices across the organization.
• Drive simplification and automation to evolve processes, services, and solutions, to increase agility and efficiencies while lowering costs.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ 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:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 10+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 10+ years experience in data management, analytics, and governance.
• Ability to drive insights and proactively identify areas of opportunity with initiative to develop solutions. 
• Experience interacting with both technical and business s