Overview

Are you looking to join Microsoft’s fastest growing business? Does rolling up your sleeves to understand customer challenges and identifying their needs seem second nature to you? We have a compelling opportunity for you to consider. Azure is the fastest-growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s commercial Cloud Services. Azure differentiates itself as the only hyper-scale, enterprise-grade cloud with a true hybrid story. Customers and analysts recognize Azure’s tremendous momentum which continues month over month. To help customers achieve their goals and host all their workloads on the cloud, Azure uses a globally available foundational platform with the scale of the largest of largest services. Workloads range from “new born-in-the-cloud” services to “traditional” applications migrated from physical datacenters. All the rich platform services and capabilities of Microsoft's commercial cloud are built on this platform.

Azure Core team at IDC (India Development Center) delivers mission-critical infrastructure and management capabilities to customers across the globe which cut across Compute, Storage, Networking and Management. We are defining, and ultimately delivering quality customer experiences and solutions that power the world’s workloads.
Azure Networking is building the world’s best public/private backbone network and SDN platform. We are passionate about automating every facet of the network to converge on a self-growing, self-healing network. Our goal is to provide the scale, performance, high availability, and enterprise-grade security to meet the most extreme workloads and deliver consistent, low-latency experience across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge location seamlessly. Our offering ranges from being eyes and ears of Azure Network in Networking Monitoring, Software Define Network provides connectivity between various workloads/resources/services with sophisticated software layover on top of physical Networks. Hybrid Networks comprising of Application and Content delivery Network, Express Route, VPN and DNS catering to various connectivity scenarios. All of this runs on top of a network that spans across the globe with 175K miles of terrestrial and sub-sea fiber with presence at over 190 PoPs providing secure and reliable connectivity to our customers.

As a Product Manager for Azure Networking Services, you will own and drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution for one or more Azure networking products, translating customer needs and business goals into impactful product experiences. You will work in a highly cross-functional environment to define requirements, prioritize investments, and deliver features that improve reliability, performance, security, and usability of Azure’s global network.

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 or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

At Microsoft, we value diversity and inclusion and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can do their best work and grow their careers.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the product strategy, roadmap, and backlog for Azure Networking services by partnering closely with engineering, design, operations, sales, and customer success teams
Translate customer needs, business priorities, and reliability insights into clear product requirements, user stories, and success metrics for globally distributed cloud networking services
Collaborate with engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle to ensure features are delivered with high quality, scalability, security, and operational excellence
Partner with Customer Success, Support, and Sales teams to understand customer scenarios, analyze feedback, and continuously improve product experiences and adoption
Drive data-informed decisions using telemetry, customer insights, and market trends to prioritize investments and measure product outcomes
Communicate product plans, progress, and trade-offs clearly and consistently to stakeholders across multiple functions and regions
Support go-to-market readiness by enabling documentation, pricing inputs, positioning guidance, and internal readiness for Azure Networking offerings

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
1+ years project or people management experience.
1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Other Qualifications:

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 8+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
2+ years people management experience.
6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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