Senior Program Manager - Microsoft Corporation

Our Program Managers own a select set of Enterprise customers and work to create clarity across the customer's business goals and technical requirements on their journey to the cloud. We help translate these requirements into a strong technical solution based on our Azure Active Directory technology stack. We act as the bridge between our customers and Engineering teams, driving change and representing our customers' requirements into the rest of the Identity division as we continue to build, innovate and develop our Services. Our Cloud Technologies are evolving at rapid pace and we are looking for active learners who can collaborate across a diverse and global team and are happy dealing with ambiguity. \#IdentityJobs **Responsibilities** Identity. It's what the brave new world of enterprise IT is about. Applications and data are moving to the cloud, employees want to be productive on devices they love from locations of their choice, business groups want to give seamless access to partners, self-service is in, helpdesks are passé. And in the middle of all these exciting cultural changes, security breaches are getting more sophisticated by the day and driving more and more focus on Identity. In this world of perimeter-less computing, the single common factor of access is... you know it - identity. This is your chance to join our exciting and diverse team that's reveling in these changes and delivering identity-driven security products and services to enterprises around the world and in the process, making the world a more secure and productive place. The GTP ("Get To Production") team is that part of the identity engineering division within Microsoft's booming Cloud & Enterprise business that gets to engage directly with our large and complex customers. Our goal is to help our customers succeed in their journey to the cloud, with our hybrid identity products and services. In doing so, we learn from the best - our customers - and use those learnings to make our products and services better and better every day. This is real-time, customer-obsessed engineering. This really is the new Microsoft. To be successful in this role, you need to have the technical depth and skills to be able to earn and carry off the privilege of being a trusted advisor to both IT and Business owners across our Fortune 1000 customers. You would want to roll up your sleeves and solve deep, technical, customer problems. You need to relish the idea of representing our product vision and advising on identity strategy and investment to all levels of leadership across our customers and partners. If such a challenge is what drives you, we should definitely talk. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree in computer science (or related field) or equivalent experience + 2+ years of work experience designing, building, architecting or supporting Cloud software solutions **Preferred Qualifications:** + Strong technical skills with potential to go deep on Azure Active Directory Technologies + Development Experience is a plus - any web or mobile app development experience, including both front and/or backend experience is very helpful, along with javascript or UX customization work + Having recent experience with cloud service development, design and/or deployment is a plus + Technical curiosity and aptitude to quickly master service capabilities, technical issues, business trends, and customer needs + Strong customer satisfaction track record in customer facing role + Strong collaboration, technical project management, consultative, and relationship management skills for effective relationships and making change happen + Strong communications skills and troubleshooting abilities + Capability to communicate and work in English + Secondary languages of interest but not a requirement 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. 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. 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