Do you want to be at the forefront of innovating the latest hardware designs to propel Microsoft’s cloud growth? Are you seeking a unique career opportunity that combines both technical capabilities, cross team collaboration, with business insight and strategy? Join our Strategic Planning and Advanced Architecture Team (SPARC) team within Microsoft’s Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure (AHSI) organization and be a part of the organization behind Microsoft’s expanding cloud infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission.  

Microsoft delivers more than 200 online services to more than one billion individuals worldwide and AHSI is the team behind our expanding cloud infrastructure. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's cloud businesses including Microsoft Azure, Copilots, Bing, MSN, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Teams and Xbox Live.

The SPARC (Strategic Planning and Advanced Architecture) organization within Azure drives advanced hardware architecture and manages hardware roadmap planning and program management from concept through production for platforms supporting all of Microsoft’s current and future on-line services. Well-defined and executed strategic planning ensures products meet the requirements for performance, features, and time-to-market. The ability to draw insights from a deep understanding of the cloud HW Infrastructure landscape, Azure third and first party workload characteristics, and industry trends is critical in informing the roadmap and planning decisions.

We are looking for a Senior Hardware Platform Product Manager to join the team to help drive HW platform architecture and planning for Azure’s Compute products. The person will be responsible for strategic planning of a subset of the HW Platform SKU portfolio from concept to execution. The individual will work closely with key stakeholders across the Azure organizations (customers, engineering, architecture, supply chain, finance) to recommend HW platform configurations to drive workload efficiency and achieve business priorities & goals. Join our SPARC team and be part of the world’s fastest growing cloud service!

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.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Microsoft cloud business units to define future hardware platform requirements and align recommendations for executive approval.

• Partner with engineering and architecture teams to define platform design objectives which meet technical and business goals. 

• Lead cross-functional teams to build data-driven strategic frameworks for decision making.   

• Perform scenario modeling, financial modeling, and market analysis. Evaluate performance, features, cost, and time-to-market tradeoffs. 

• Assess Microsoft Azure’s competitiveness in light of anticipated changes in the industry, customer and competitor trends. 

• Be responsible for recommending, maintaining and managing changes to portions of the Azure HW Platform Roadmap.

• Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience

• OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

• 5+ years of technical product management experience, including products within datacenter HW systems and/or Cloud infrastructure.

• 5+ years of experience creating product roadmap(s) from conception to launch, driving end-to-end program execution, defining product go-to-market strategy, and leading program direction discussions.

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 in electrical, mechanical, computer engineering, or associated engineering fields/

• Deep understanding or prior experience in datacenter compute, storage, and networking architecture.

• Deep understanding of key technologies/ingredients such as Microprocessors, Memory, Storage, Networking, offload engines and/or accelerators.

• Prior experience with Data Center HW Infrastructure.

• Ability to balance between technology, business, and strategy to inform roadmap decisions.

• Ability to drive alignment across stakeholders and influence cross-functional leadership to converge on decisions/recommendations that lead to tangible impact and transformation.

• Executive communication skills – the ability to present and lead discussions with senior leadership team and abstract details to communicate with clarity and relevance.

• Proven customer obsession in prior roles where customer requirements were gathered and implemented into a product.

• Familiarity and previous experience developing programs through phase gate processes.

Hardware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 July 26, 2024

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .