Job Description

The Azure Specialized team help enterprises deploy their mission critical workloads such as SAP, Oracle, Epic, and VMware on dedicated infrastructure services managed by Azure.As a Product Management Leader in the Azure Specialized team, the individual will lead a group of talented Product Managers to define and develop Azure Specialized services . This opportunity will allow you to develop deep business acumen, hone your product craft and leadership skills.Microsoft\xe2\x80\x99s 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 drive and coach teams to define business impact across the organization and track success criteria for multiple feature areas across divisions. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also provide strategic direction in identifying long-term investment opportunities and will ensure teams engage partners to garner support for those feature areas.
• You will lead teams in defining a feature set and facilitate mid- and senior-level usability reviews with customers. You\xe2\x80\x99ll oversee teams owning the roadmap for multiple feature areas across divisions, and ensure they build golden configurations and drive scenario walkthroughs.
• You will provide strategic insights to help teams scale Product Marketing by building marketing and roll-out plans, as well as ensure they create customer support plans. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also drive them to promote the feature areas they worked on and oversee team presentations at large events.
• As an expert, you will help teams partner with others to collect performance metrics and form hypotheses for technical needs in order to measurably improve product development industry-wide. You\xe2\x80\x99ll also ensure teams identify features to deprecate, manage customer communities, and build trust with targeted customers across sectors.

Qualifications:Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s Degree AND 15+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development

• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience.

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:

• Bachelor\'s Degree AND 15+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management OR software development OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the .#Azurecorejobs

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