Principal Group Program Manager
Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.The Azure Database for PostgreSQL team is hiring a Principal Group Program Manager to lead the program management for the Azure Database for PostgreSQL – Flexible Server managed Postgres service. In this role, you will lead a geographically distributed team of product managers and partner with engineering leaders to deliver a cloud database platform that delights our customers.We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.Responsibilities
Ideation of end-to-end product features which includes customer and competitor research, scoping and prioritization, functional specifications, documentation, usage measurement, supportability, and optimization.
Collaborate across multiple internal product groups to capture stakeholder requirements and track inbound and outbound engineering dependencies.
Actively engage with Microsoft field teams as well as external partners, communities, and customers to capture feedback on gaps and opportunities that factor into future development periods.
Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)QualificationsRequired /Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
OR equivalent experience.
5+ years people management experience.
6+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Other RequirementsAbility 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
Experience in ML/AI based platforms for model development
Ideation of end-to-end product features which includes customer and competitor research, scoping and prioritization, functional specifications, documentation, usage measurement, supportability, and optimization.
Experience in developing ML models, an dintegrating these into applications
Collaborate across multiple internal product groups to capture stakeholder requirements and track inbound and outbound engineering dependencies.
Actively engage with Microsoft field teams as well as external partners, communities, and customers to capture feedback on gaps and opportunities that factor into future development periods.
Technical Program Management M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $158,500 - $276,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $202,800 - $304,200 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay#azdat#azuredata#postgres #postgresqlMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .