Principal Technical Program Manager - AI Network Acceleration

Join a team driving innovation in AI network deployment for data centers. As a Principal Technical Program Manager - AI Network Acceleration, you will enable the seamless configuration of critical network components within and between the datacenters of Microsoft’s Azure cloud. You will play a pivotal role in significantly reducing deployment cycle times by creatively optimizing processes and managing network dependencies. 

In Cloud + AI at Microsoft, we are developing technologies that will revolutionize how people interact with each other and their environments. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of Digital Transformation, sweeping through every business and every industry on the planet. At Microsoft AI, our mission is “Amplifying human ingenuity with intelligent technology” and we are doing so by building the most innovative AI Platform services to help businesses digitally transform, by integrating cognitive services to their high value use cases to achieve more through the power of AI. 

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) team builds and operates Microsoft datacenters, which in turn powers Microsoft’s cloud business. The CO+I AI Network Acceleration team focus is the predictable delivery at scale of AI network deployments. 

The Principal Technical Program Manager of AI Network Acceleration will deliver complex network infrastructure projects, working with multi-faceted teams (full time employees and vendor staff) and have technical depth and experience in delivering bare metal infrastructure at scale, in operational environments. The successful candidate will be a team player, possess communication and collaboration skills, and have the ability to effectively manage and solve problems in alignment to standards and schedule. The role partners closely with colleagues, engineering and other infrastructure and operational teams, along with key decision makers across geographic and organizational boundaries, while maintaining excellence in installation of network infrastructure for high security networks in datacenters and other spaces. 

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

AI Network Infrastructure Deployment: 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and deployment teams to ensure all network dependencies are identified and addressed. 

• Develop and implement strategies to reduce the AI network deployment cycle time, leveraging automation, tools, and creative solutions. 

• Ensure alignment of network configurations with overall data center deployment timelines and capacity delivery goals. 

Analysis: 

• Guides teams to identify opportunities and gaps in process implementation, solicit customer feedback, and perform research. Advocates for data-driven decision-making and ensures alignment between customers, market, internal stakeholders, and Microsoft’s goals and strategy. 

• Leads and coaches teams to develop problem statements and hypotheses for features <