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Are you looking to make a real difference in Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more, with the power of cloud computing? Do you want to work at the forefront of Cloud Computing to design, deliver & operate cloud-scale systems that are the foundation of the World’s Computer which is Azure? Do you want to be part of a highly motivated and passionate team that works together to do what it takes for our customers to be successful while having fun and learning along the way?

Azure Core is Azure's most profitable business and growing incredibly fast! We, the Azure Core Infrastructure team in IDC, pride ourselves in working without boundaries to deliver the cloud platform capable of running any workload. And we mean ANY! Think of any large Microsoft service; Teams, Bing, Exchange, Xbox, SQL Azure, Office 365, HDInsight, COSMOS DB…. Or customers such as Accenture, Adobe, Walgreens, Walmart, Flipkart, In-Mobi and the multitude of the large/medium/small shopping, banking, finance, gaming, logistics, enterprises, data analytics/management, storage services of the world. They run on infrastructure we build.

The Microsoft Azure™ Compute team builds the core infrastructure and APIs that power the Microsoft Azure platform and handles the compute cluster management of 1000s of physical host servers, 100,000s of virtual machines, REST interfaces to deploy and manage virtual machines, and the developer and ITPro experiences for the following Azure products: Virtual Machines (VM), Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and Cloud Services.

We are looking for a Product Manager 2 to define the capabilities and drive execution for enhancements to the software that supports the Azure Compute infrastructure. In this role you will design and manage software that enables highly trustworthy computing experiences in the Azure platform.

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

• Defines the feature set leveraging deep understanding of the customer experience and competitive market.

• Identifying short-and long-term investment opportunities, evaluating tradeoffs, and driving the product feature roadmap.

• Defines the feature specs and iterates with multiple designs with Design and Engineering.

• Engaging customers to capture feedback, develop insights, evangelize, and educate

• Works across all stages of product lifecycle from product definition, planning, release, modifications, maintenance, and feature deprecation.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development

• OR equivalent 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:

• Problem-solving and analytical skills, combined with a strategic orientation.

• Communication and collaboration skills, particularly in working with remote teams.

• Aptitude for data driven decision-making.

• Focus on delivering end to end customer value.

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