Senior Product Manager

5 Months ago • 8 Years +

Product Management

Job Description

The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for the success of strategic Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) within the Azure Edge + Platform group's Driver Servicing team. This role involves end-to-end driver/firmware servicing, working on cutting-edge devices and scenarios. Responsibilities include project scope definition and planning, coordinating dependencies across projects, representing customer input to technical and business teams, delivering comprehensive project plans, and conducting regular meetings with senior executives. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record in managing large-scale products, solving complex problems, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. Experience with low-level hardware scenarios and operating system fundamentals is essential.

Good To Have:

Experience managing large-scale products
Program management of low-level hardware
Deep OS fundamentals knowledge (device drivers)
Cross-team collaboration skills

Must Have:

8+ years experience in relevant field
2+ years managing cross-functional projects
Problem-solving and technical excellence
Customer and partner empathy
Effective communication and collaboration

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Overview

Do you want a role where you get to touch every PC in the world and be a part of a team that fuels the $59B Windows Hardware business?  The Driver Servicing team, within the Azure Edge + Platform group, is on a mission to enlighten hundreds of millions of systems with high quality and resilient drivers and firmware, and we need you to achieve that.

As a Senior Product Manager of the Device Servicing team working on end to end driver/firmware servicing, you get to work on lighting up some latest and coolest category of devices and scenarios, you get to go deep on some super technical areas, you get to collaborate with many technology teams (device teams, Dev Center, Data Science, Fundamentals and etc), and you get to engage with external partners (Silicon partners, OEMs and end customers). It's an exciting space that creates huge impact to end user satisfaction to Windows devices.  The candidate has demonstrated a track record of problem-solving, technical excellence, customer and partner empathy, collaboration, and a dedication for delivering customer focused software. The candidate should enjoy working in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment, be able to hit the ground running, solve deep design and technical problems, and work across groups.

We are a diverse and inclusive team, and we thrive by placing high value on integrating the perspectives, voices and needs of all our partners, customers, and Microsoft peers.

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.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects

Preferred qualifications

Demonstrated track record of driving and managing large scale products and features across multiple releases
Able to solve hard problems quickly, effectively, independently and in collaboration with development and quality engineering
Effective interpersonal and cross-team collaboration skills
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Program Management of low-level hardware scenarios
Deep knowledge of operating system fundamentals, especially as they relate to device drivers

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Responsibilities

Deliver success in our most strategic set of Objectives and Ker Results (OKRs)
Project scope definition and planning through delivery of assigned product and related product releases
Ensure the oversight and coordination of dependencies across the project and resolve or escalate conflicts
Provide customer input represented in both technical and business terms with descriptive requirements to ensure the value of the project is realized
Deliver, document, and circulate an end-to-end plan, including activity, dependencies, timing, and ownership. Follow up with specific owners to deliver components of the project on-time
Conduct regular meetings with the senior executive bodies to inform and alert them of any issues arising from the performance of the individual projects within the portfolio to assure the on-plan usage and consumption of resources and funding, and to highlight any variances
Lead reviews of any significant initiatives, projects or programs that are challenged and provide recommendations as to whether it should continue, be significantly changed, placed on hold or discontinued
Arrive at sound decisions that generate results, uses data and other inputs to make decisions, owns decision, and takes accountability for work using strong organizational and analytical skills