Senior Program Manager- Azure AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of Digital Transformation, sweeping through every business and industry on the planet. At Azure AI Platform (AIP), our vision is to help every organization in every industry turn meaningful innovation into actionable results. 

To get there, we are incorporating a diverse set of groundbreaking AI technologies across Azure AI Services, Azure Machine Learning, AI Frameworks and Generative AI with Azure Open AI. We infuse these technologies across a broad portfolio of first and third-party products ranging from web services, PaaS, and SaaS solutions such as Office and Dynamics, mobile and PC software, Azure-connected sensing devices, IoT, and ambient devices. 

We are looking to hire a Senior Program Manager- Azure AI to join the team. We are looking for the best and brightest to help us lead the next generation of Azure AIP solutions delivering on customer promises for complex engineering projects. As a Senior Program Manager- Azure AI, you will be partner facing and responsible for partner success through delivery management of cross-functional programs, and strong partner and internal stakeholder relationships across feature and product teams. 

You are front and center with the world’s leading brands representing the AI platform in support of their digital journey, empowering them to accelerate their value and achieve more. Grow your career by being part of a world class engineering team. 

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

The role involves collaborating closely with key digital native partners, and feature teams to solve complex problems leveraging the Azure AI Platform.  Responsibilities will include: 

• Proactively engage with the start-ups and Digital Natives teams to help them accelerate AI solution development and AI revenue growth. 
• Accountable for identifying AI growth opportunities with high potential startup partners leveraging deep AI domain/industry knowledge to develop creative and innovative solutions for startup partners to improve optimization and workflow.  
• Lead matrixed internal Microsoft teams and digital native partners using a breadth of technical knowledge and industry experience  
• Anticipate, identify, and mitigate blockers to digital native partner success goals 
• Collaborate with key roles including engineers, applied researchers, and others to deliver full Microsoft value to digital native partners 
• Proactively demonstrate thought leadership, opportunities for improvement, best practices,