Product Manager II Azure Core Storage

Job description

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 Block Storage for Virtual Machine (VM), containers, and all compute options.

Join us in building the largest and most scalable virtualized storage in Cloud.

Block Storage is the fundamental building block for customers to migrate and transform their solutions on Cloud as well as the data foundation of service offerings across Microsoft.

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**

+ Listen to and understand customer requirements, translating them into thorough feature proposals and justifications to secure stakeholder alignment.
+ Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams to deliver assigned features, managing scope and timelines effectively.
+ Collect, analyze, and interpret performance metrics related to product features, forming hypotheses for incremental improvements.
+ Understand the organizational Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), align related projects, work items, 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 strong technical problem-solving, communication skills, and experience with system architecture.
+ Identify opportunities and explore innovative solutions to complex problems.

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in product/program management or software development
+ OR equivalent experience
+ 2+ years of experience with cloud storage

**Other Requirements:**

+ 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 in computer science, engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in product/program management or software development
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 1+ year(s) of ability of to develop product roadmaps to deliver customer and business value across products and services.
+ 1+ year(s) of project management, leadership, and cross-group collaboration skills; with the ability to hold technical discussions and go deep in technical areas, as needed.
+ 1+ year(s) of experience in or knowledge of Block Storage, filesystems, distributed systems, and virtualization technologies.

Product Management IC3-The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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