Senior Product Manager
$119.8k - $261k/yr
Senior
Bachelor's
Austin, TX, USA+3 moreMore locations: Redmond, WA, USA | Hillsboro, OR, USA | Mountain View, CA, USA
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ProductTechnical Product Management
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About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in product, service, or program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Deep understanding or prior experience in datacenter compute, storage, or networking architecture.
- A bachelor's or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is preferred.
- At least 3 years of product planning, product management, or strategic planning experience in the data center, cloud infrastructure, or computer architecture domain.
- At least 3 years of experience in server architecture with relevant technologies such as microprocessors, accelerators, memory, storage, or networking technologies.
- Deep understanding of key technologies such as microprocessors, memory, storage, networking, offload engines, or accelerators.
- Prior experience with data center hardware infrastructure.
- Ability to map workload requirements to appropriate infrastructure solutions.
- Understanding of how compute-centric workloads are transforming due to AI training and inferencing.
- Ability to balance technology, business, and strategy to inform roadmap decisions.
- Ability to drive alignment across stakeholders and influence cross-functional leadership to reach decisions and recommendations that produce tangible impact and transformation.
- Executive communication skills, including presenting and leading discussions with leadership teams and abstracting details to communicate clearly and relevantly.
- Proven customer focus in prior roles gathering customer requirements and implementing them into a product.
- Familiarity and prior experience developing programs through phase-gate processes.
Responsibilities
- Support development and execution of Azure Compute initiatives by driving planning, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination of Platform Infrastructure; resolve supply-related challenges, ensure long-term capacity readiness for cloud services, and deliver efficiency improvements that strengthen business performance and margin outcomes.
- Engage with Microsoft cloud business units to define future hardware platform and system requirements and align recommendations for executive approval.
- Define and own the platform roadmap and strategy spanning concept, POR, qualification, launch, and scale.
- Drive cross-organizational alignment with business units, software and hardware engineering and architecture, networking, datacenter infrastructure, finance, and supply chain management to build data-driven strategic decision frameworks.
- Identify and mitigate platform, schedule, and dependency risks early, and drive trade-off decisions with clarity and data.
- Define success metrics and track execution against committed milestones.
About the company
Microsoft builds workplace software, operating systems and cloud infrastructure for consumers, businesses and government agencies, from small organizations to global enterprises. Microsoft 365 combines Word and Excel with Teams communication and Copilot AI features, while Windows runs PCs and Surface supplies the company's own computers. Azure rents computing capacity, storage and databases to build and run web applications. Microsoft also sells Xbox consoles and games, collecting revenue through software licenses, subscriptions, usage charges and product sales. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Redmond, Washington
Founded
1975
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- US corporate staff receive education support: eligible, approved graduate coursework qualifies for up to $10,000 annually.
- Cloud demand expands: July 2026 results showed Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 43% year-over-year in fiscal Q4.
- Investment has an earnings cushion: July 2026 results reported $155.2 billion consolidated operating profit for fiscal 2026.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Company Match
- Professional Development Budget
- Conference Attendance Budget
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Options