Overview

Do you want to be part of the team building Microsoft Azure? Are you passionate about cloud computing, distributed systems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Do you want to build the next generation of the enterprise storage in the public cloud? Are you excited about the opportunity to drive tremendous business growth and innovation in Azure? The Azure Storage team delivers cloud native block storage for a variety of compute options including VMs, containers, and Bare Metal solutions. Join us in building the largest and most scalable virtualized storage in Cloud. Cloud native block storage is a fundamental building block for customers to migrate and transform their solutions on Cloud as well as the data foundation of service offerings across Microsoft. As a Senior Product Manager - Azure Storage you can be part of a strategic team with Microsoft-wide and make industry-wide impact.

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

• Conduct research on customer and partner scenarios, analyze industry trends, and gather customer requirements to translate them into viable product roadmaps, strategies, and motions.
• Manage end-to-end engineering relationships, establish strategic frameworks, technical vision, and feedback loops for driving product development.
• Understand the organizational Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), align related projects, and measure the impact on key results.
• Support an inclusive team environment by encouraging open communication and collaboration, ensuring all team members contribute effectively to product development and strategy.
• Demonstrate customer focus, strong technical problem-solving and end-to-end thinking across product areas.
• Identify opportunities and explore innovative solutions to complex problems.

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years contributor to designing, shipping, and operating large-scale, public cloud services OR experience with Block Storage, filesystems, distributed systems, and virtualization technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to develop product roadmaps to deliver customer and business value across products and services.
• Strong program management, leadership, and cross-group collaboration skills; Ability to hold technical discussions and go deep in technical areas as needed.
• Experience in or knowledge of Block Storage, filesystems, distributed systems, and virtualization technologies

Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.