Senior Business Program Manager, Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE)

Do you enjoy solving problems, developing project plans, and working with customers? Do you want to join a team where learning about new technology is part of our work every day? 

The Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team is a global engineering organization that works directly with customers looking to leverage the latest technologies to address their toughest challenges. We work closely with our customers’ engineers to jointly develop code for cloud-based solutions that can accelerate their organization. We work in collaboration with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to empower our customers to do more with the cloud. We pride ourselves in making contributions to open source and making our platforms easier to use. 

We develop solutions side-by-side with our customers through collaborative innovation to solve their challenges. This work involves the development of broadly applicable, high-impact solution patterns and open-source software assets that contribute to the Microsoft platform. In this role, you will be working with engineers from your team and our customers’ teams to apply your skills, perspectives, and creativity to grow as engineers and help solve our customers’ toughest challenges. 

We are seeking a Senior Business Program Manager, Insustry Solutions Engineering (ISE), with deep experience in managing customer relationships and complex technical projects start to finish. In this role, you will work closely with industry aligned stakeholders and crews to track progress of ongoing engagements. This role allows you to show your executive presence and problem-solving skills. As part of the role, you will use your industry experience to contribute to various Microsoft groups, identify trends and patterns and make sure ISE will focus on the most impactful projects. Finally, attention to details, passion for data driven decisions and solid collaboration skills are encouraged.
 

Our team prides itself on embracing a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and encouraging everyone to share their unique viewpoints and be their authentic selves.  Join us and help create life-changing innovations that impact billions around the world!  

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

Business Program Planning and Design  

• Demonstrates solid Program Management discipline including experience as Product Owner role and Agile SW methodology as well as thought leadership in contributing to overall business goals, objectives, and strategies, as well as short- and long-term business priorities. 

• Drives clarity and strives for simplification.  

• Works and leads others who work with cross-functional (e.g., organizational, product, business) stakeholders (e.g., Engineering) to drive highly complex programs/projects from initiation to delivery, independently. 

Business Program Excellence and Execution  

• Defines and executes on landing and communication plans, such as the target audience(s) and communication strategy.
• Leads the rhythm of business (ROB) during plan execution to ensure participants and stakeholders are communicating and responding according to the necessary cadence