Job Description

With Azure Sentinel, Microsoft is redefining SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) for the cloud era. It leverages cutting-edge cloud technology, big data, machine learning and AI to empower Security Operations Centers to defend against increasingly sophisticated and rapidly evolving cyberthreats.

We are looking for a technical Program Manager who can help us drive investments to help advanced SOC analysts proactively identify and respond to threats. This position is a unique opportunity to be part of a world class team, building one of the most exciting security products in the cyber security space from the ground up.

If you are passionate about solving large business problems at scale through cutting edge technology, with extraordinary customer focus and insight. If you are data-driven, a quick learner and enjoy creating long-term business value, then this is the role for you.

We are a team that is customer obsessed, has a strong drive for results, and believes that effective collaboration is how we all achieve more. As part of our team, you will engage directly with our customers, analyze a wealth of data, and identify new opportunities for the team to execute on. You'll design and run experiments in order to make data backed decisions. Most importantly, you'll be part of a team that grows, learns, and succeeds together.

As part of this role, you will:

* Help define feature roadmap as we iterate to the future. Drive multiple simultaneous engineering projects with our partners ranging from experimentation to global product launches
* Apply data driven insights to create business justifications and value proposition for proposed engineering investments
* Convert complex scenarios into business requirements and then drive technical feature specifications
* Bring those scenarios to market, drive adoption, and evaluate their success
* Partner with the software engineering teams to implement scenarios that will increase the capability to deliver against critical KPIs
* Manage schedules, risks, and issues with effective communication to the team, to senior management and company executives
* Learn from our successes and our failures, and feed those learnings back into our own hypothesis driven development cycle

Required Qualifications:

* BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related discipline OR 3+ years of experience in a technology-related position, ideally engineering program and/or product management
* 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:

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Experience leading external partner engagements strongly preferred
* Excellent cross-group/cross-discipline skills
* Practical experience in all aspects of software engineering and development lifecycle; particularly with scenario focused design and development
* Highly cooperative, empathetic and strong interpersonal skills to create clarity and align differing viewpointsu202F
* Self-starter that can work independently with little supervisionu202F

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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