Job Description

In Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together—whether that’s scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating diverse groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more. We’re a growing team of talented engineers and artists putting technology on a human path across all Windows devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, the Internet of Things, phones, tablets, desktops, and Xbox. We believe there must be a better way. If you do too, we need you!

The Mixed-Reality team is seeking a program manager to gather and analyze information, formulate, and test hypothesis and develop and communicate recommendations. The program manager will have the opportunity to present their results to customers and management and implement recommendations in collaboration with members of the Mixed Reality team and our customers - who will primarily consist of various entities within the Department of Defense.

Building upon solid research and project experience relative to their level, the program manager will work with Microsoft's partners to assist customers in the delivery of high-quality engagements around Microsoft's solution areas with a specific focus on the delivery of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence solutions for the United States Government. The program manager will also help assist customers in stabilizing developed solutions using Microsoft methodologies in complex customer environments, in the design and development of integrated solutions using the latest Microsoft products, services, and technologies and understanding the relevant application development, infrastructure, and operations implications of the developed solution.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the identification, pursuit and closure of strategic product and business growth activities.
• Analyze opportunities and requirements and help design technical solutions to meet business goals objectives and functional/non-functional requirements in alignment with Microsoft’s strategic goals. 
• Assist in identifying and creatively solving complex customer problems, envisioning, and enabling critical processes, and fundamentally helping the customer to achieve their objectives.
• Manage the work that must be done to deliver an integrated solution usually composed of products, services, or a formalized solution offering.
  

Required

Qualifications

• Previous experience (1+ years) in program and change management
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of professional experience
  

Preferred

• Ability, to organize, track and reason over large amounts of data
• Ability to synthesize new information to make sound operational decisions
• Unwavering attention to detail
• Understanding of DoD logistics
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Competency in analytic problem solving, customer partner relationship management, and Microsoft products and technologies.
• The succeed in uncertain circumstances and work effectively in ambiguous situations.
• Proven experience in managing suppliers and working across matrixed organizations.
• Experience working independently to design, plan, and execute fast moving and dynamic operations.
• Track record of data-driven decision making on product and operational trade-offs.
• Attention to detail.
• Bias for action.
  

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: 

• Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.
• Fingerprint Background Check: This position will be required to pass a customer required Fingerprint Background Check.
• Ability to obtain a US GOVT security clearance
  

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. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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