Director, AI Network Connectivity

The Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) AI Delivery team is focused on delivering various platform services to our global AI customers.   As part of the AI Delivery team, this role will require deep partnership across Microsoft as these programs will be on the leading edge of innovation and will include driving pilots and other experiments that shape our ongoing commitment to deliver AI platform services rapidly at cloud scale. We are part of  (CO+I), the team behind one of the world’s largest cloud infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online products and services as well as powering Microsoft’s “Cloud First” mission. CO+I is focused on growth, efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. 

We are looking for a Director, AI Network Connectivity to own AI connectivity solutions required to bring new capacity live. This involves cross-functional engagement with teams in every phase of the network infrastructure lifecycle and a deep understanding of the technical and business impacts of various solutions.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 4+ 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 1+ year(s) SQL & PowerBI experience

Technical Program Management M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 19, 2024.

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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 Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Analysis:

• Guides teams to identify opportunities and gaps in process implementation, solicit customer feedback, and perform research. Advocates for data-driven decision-making and ensures alignment between customers, market, internal stakeholders, and Microsoft’s goals and strategy.
• Leads and coaches teams to develop problem statements and hypotheses for features and process improvements across divisional boundaries. Leads teams to perform experiments to test hypotheses and inform decisions. Establishes clarity of root problems and trends, and leads process improvements. Facilitates collaboration between their team and partner teams to bring about solutions.

Product/Service Definition:

• Leads and coaches teams to develop problem statements and hypotheses for features across divisional boundaries. Leads teams to perform experiments to test hypotheses and inform decisions. Establishes clarity of root problems and trends, and leads process improvements. Facilitates collaboration between their team and partner teams to bring about solutions.
• Drive broad initiatives across the organization.
• Define organizational strategies for managing a diverse portfolio of products.

Product/Service Development:

• Acts as a subject matter expert in orchestrating and integrating efforts for the development and implementation of features on large cross-functional projects. Drives collaboration and coordination across teams to ensure alignment on product management and release.
• Guides teams to partner with engineering to contribute, prioritize, and deliver on the roadmap for features. Drives teams to understand the value proposition and justify capacity requirements. Partners with engineering to ensure alignment with goal updates and tradeoffs.
• Guides teams in tracking, coordinating, and communicating end-to-end project schedules for features. Ensures teams establish and monitor processes, track and manage dependencies, and make adjustments when projects are not aligned to schedules or goals.
• Drives teams to develop the staging and implementation plan for piloting/release in alignment with OKRs and KPIs for features. Ensures teams collaborate with stakeholders to monitor progress and adjust as needed.
• Helps teams lead governance programs and processes to ensure performance requirements and standards are met throughout the development lifecycle.

Product/Service Performance:

• Provides expertise in partnering with others to collect performance metrics, monitor and report on progress, and derive insights to improve development, iteration, and implementation of features. Leverages customer listening systems, telemetry, and engagements to develop insights on product performance and customer needs. Leads teams to form hypotheses, perform experiments, and iterate to drive improvement in specific performance metrics.

Other

• Embody our culture and values