Technical Project Manager 3

Using PMO best practices and standards, partner with the Microsoft product/program managers to facilitate a project management process to fit their needs and oversee and execute on that process/plan. Create, maintain and control the project schedule and dashboard, facilitate meetings, and proactively identify risks to the project. Shepherd the Project Team through the Release process, being mindful of all requirements. Facilitate program communications, identify and implement continuous improvement practices, and provide regular status reports as required.

• 4-8 years of project management experience, Master's degree preferred, PMI Certification required.
• Align with the device program team on overarching business goals and high-level requirements
• Define wireless requirements to ensure enablement of key scenarios and experiences within the business constraints
• Coordinate with program and hardware teams to ensure bottom-up schedules merge with the program top-down schedules
• Align with the certifications team to ensure accurate requirements for launch window carrier and industry requirements
• Align with the Windows team on critical device program dependencies
• Partner with internal managers, leads, and key individuals to create, maintain and adapt program execution plans and schedules
• Align with the validation and certification teams to ensure concise schedule execution and proactively mitigate risks
• Ensure cross-functional and cross-organizational alignment throughout all phases of the program
• Drive strategic and tactical external partners to ensure efficient and successful engagements
• Adapt where necessary for specific programs, but maximize commonality for multiple program efficiencies
• Identify hidden costs and adapt execution strategies to eliminate from future programs
• Continuously manage, mitigate, and communicate risks, and proactively inform senior leadership as necessary
• Organize and present program status to the business, engineering, and senior leadership teams
• Coordinate transition to sustaining engineering team