Sr. Technical Support Engineering Manager - Operational Database

With over 17,000 employees worldwide, the mission of the Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization is to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers achieve their business outcomes faster with technology that does more.

Within CE&S, the Customer Service & Support (CSS) organization builds trust and confidence for every person and organization through delivering a seamless support experience. In CSS, we help customers and partners resolve their issues quickly, prevent future problems from occurring, and demonstrate new ways to achieve more from their Microsoft investment.

Within CSS, our Digital Transformation Platform (DTP) group delivers world-class support for our global customers on their digital transformation journey. We provide valuable support solutions on a wide range of technologies, including Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and IoT, Business Intelligence and Power BI, SQL, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform, that elevate our customers’ trust in Microsoft and improve their business performance.

As a Support Engineering Manager you will lead a team or group of Support Engineers with deep product knowledge that resolve customer technical issues. You will manage the customer relationship from a support standpoint, enable your team to deliver a great customer experience and drive Microsoft Product Improvement. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth and hone your customer relationship management skills. You will develop deep technology industry knowledge and become adept at building and leading diverse teams.

This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home.

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.

Required Qualifications:
• 7+ years of operational excellence, delivery management, account management, sales, or vendor management experience
o OR a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), or related field AND 5+ years operational excellence, delivery management, account management, sales, or vendor management experience
o OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years’ experience of managing people

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.

• People Management: You lead a team of product experts that solve complex customer technical issues by practicing leadership principles, driving accountability, and attracting/ retaining great people.
• Response and Resolution: You impact the customer relationship through managing Technical Support delivery and acting as an escalation point for Support Engineers to remove roadblocks and help prioritize technical issues at a global level.
• Readiness: You ensure your team has the technical skills required to provide a great customer experience and you collaborate with partner teams (e.g. engineering /product/ readiness or other SMEs) to fill readiness gaps regarding new and existing technology
• Product/Process Improvement: You communicate aggregated customer feedback and set operational frameworks and standards to drive product and process improvements
• Business Integration: You identify opportunities to collaborate effectively with other teams and organizations to enable a great customer experience.