Job Description

Senior Product Manager | Mixed Reality Applications

Mixed reality is predicted to revolutionize the way people work. The Mixed Reality Applications team uses the most advanced augmented reality technologies in the world to build tool grade innovative software to be used daily in the modern workplace. We are engaged with first line workers to develop heads up and hands-free experiences that delivers the knowledge in context they need to tackle new challenges. We have two in-market apps that are being deployed by some of the world’s top companies: Guides | Microsoft Dynamics 365 with easy to author step-by-step holographic instructions and Remote Assist | Microsoft Dynamics 365 which lets a remote expert see through the eyes of a worker and annotate into their view to help them solve problems. We offer Mixed Reality solutions on HoloLens and mobile that are deployed to customers around the world for a wide range of scenarios from manufacturing to field service and education.

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to join our team to advance our in market product solutions. In this role, you will set objectives and lead the development of product features that help shape the future of these apps and the future of Mixed Reality in real world scenarios.

Our team uses deep customer research, observation and understanding paired with design thinking to concept, build, and ship products that will improve the way people get work done each day and help them break free from the limits of our current work environments. If you love innovating with industry leading technology while also delivering enterprise grade solutions to customers, this is the team for you.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing:

• You will join a cross-functional feature development team of seasoned engineers and designers to define and deliver new capabilities and featuresfor our early-stage products on PC, mobile and Hololens
• You willdeliver strong opinions with clarity by applying your experience in product strategy, leveraging user research, data analysis and customer outreach to define scenarios that enable data-driven customer and business outcomes.
• You will be the voice of product quality and The team will look to you for confidence and conviction on why a feature is valuable, how it meets the needs of customers and what sets it apart from competitors.
• You will own your feature backlog from concept, to ship and post-launch refinement bypracticing strong prioritization skills that enable the team to deliver and execute to a level of quality and care our customers have come to expect.
• You enjoy wearing multiple hats and can easily shift from writing detailed feature briefsand discussing technical plans, to working with UX designers and marketing partners.
• You will collaborate across multiple partners, teams and organizational boundaries, including directly managing dependencies and collaborations to remove roadblocks and empower your team to achieve results.
• You will contribute to a team culture that embraces diversity and inclusion and makes your team an awesome place to work. 
  

Our team is full of great people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and we can't wait to meet you and see how you bring your unique talents to work with us. The experiences you will work on will transform and modernize how people around the world do their work and bring some of those workers the benefits of breakthrough technology for the first time. Together, we are changing the nature of what it means to work.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years+ of Product Management experience.
• BSc degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience/education. 
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on UX and design in collaboration with designers and product managers.
• Excellent visual, verbal, and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Self-motivated and comfortable dealing with the ambiguity of innovation in a developing business category.
• Excellent judgment, decision-making skills, and the ability to work under deadline pressure. 
• Knowledge of industry standard Program and Product management practices (Agile, Scrum, Lean, rapid-prototyping, A/B experimentation, user research, running customer pilots, etc). 
• Experience building features in with MR/VR/AR technologies. 
• Startup experience, building zero-to-one product experiences, or similar background.
  

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.

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.

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