Do you want to be part of the team building the Azure cloud platform for Microsoft? Are you passionate about cloud computing, large scale distributed systems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Are you looking to grow your career in a team with phenomenal growth opportunities?

The Microsoft Azure Core team builds and manages the fundamental platform across compute, storage and networking services. This role will play a significant part leading the formation of a new team with a mission to build services and automation at the very core of the Azure platform.

In this role you will have the opportunity to work with multiple partner teams in planning, designing and implementing some of the foundational building blocks of the Azure platform including highly available services used across the entire platform. We are looking for a strong Product Manager to contribute to a highly functional and performing team. This is a pivotal role in Azure and an opportunity to be a founding member of a new Azure engineering center in Romania.

To succeed in this role, you should have strong technical and analytical skills, excellent cross-group collaboration skills, and a passion for driving great technology designs in partnership with local and remote teams. You should also be able to make data driven decisions and be very strong in deriving insights based on data. You’ll be working with teams across multiple organizations in Azure to influence the design of our services, processes, and the tools that will continue to improve the platform. Finally, we’re looking for a team player with a can-do attitude, and a strong bias for action and results.

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

• You will define architecture and technical requirements for foundational services and automation for the Azure Platform.

• You will partner with software engineers to deliver core capabilities that enable Azure Platform to be best of class in data center build out efficiency and data governance.

• You will work in a fast-paced technical environment with engineering leaders across Microsoft.

• You will drive progress as part of agile development practices.

• You will define and own key metrics and key quality and performance indicators.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

• OR equivalent experience.

• Experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Other Requirements:

• Ability 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.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).

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