Job Description
In Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our products and tech move beyond sensors, holographic displays and pixels to create new realities and new insights aimed at bringing us closer together. To get there, we’re incorporating a diverse set of groundbreaking Mixed Reality technologies, leveraging computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more. We fuse these technologies across a portfolio of first and third-party products ranging from HoloLens to Virtual Reality headsets all connected with Microsoft Mesh. We’re a growing team of talented product and program managers, engineers and artists putting technology on a human path.We’re looking for a talented Principal Program Manager who is equally grounded in product, customer, and technology to help lead one of our groundbreaking Mixed Reality programs.
In this role, you’ll work across our broad team, internal, and external partners to drive the market opportunity analysis, product definition, customer value proposition, schedule, delivery and execution coordination of the program.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with our business, finance, strategy, and design teams to build a coherent market analysis and drive clarity on our product market fit.
- Develop and evolve the customer value proposition, and product definition for a new class of mixed reality devices.
- Partner closely across engineering teams to build an aggressive but rational program delivery schedule.
- Coordinate and partner closely across many Mixed Reality teams, internal, and external partners on requirements alignment, and joint development schedules.
- Help guide a small group of talented Technical Program Managers through overall program definition, execution and delivery
- Engage personally on the most critical program issues, bringing clarity and direction to the team as needed.
- Communicate with precision and clarity to drive alignment in both small and broad teams.
- Report out to executive leadership on a periodic basis.
- Effectively collaborate, build relationships and influence team members to achieve program objectives.
Basic Qualifications:
- 14 years' minimum experience in Product Management, Program Management and/or Project Management.
- Experience working through a complete product cycle (from initial design through post-release maintenance).
- A high tolerance for ambiguity and change.
- Excellent communication, design and problem-solving skills.
Requirements
These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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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