Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Come join  Microsoft M365 Language Intelligence team to deliver the next generation of M365 Writing Assistance and Language Intelligence used by millions of users around the globe!

At  Microsoft M365 Language Intelligence team in  Microsoft Development Center Serbia , we are envisioning, planning, and delivering the next generation of productivity experiences, enabling users to express their throughs, creativity, and messages more easily and effectively across M365 apps and experiences. Our primary focus is to bring Writing Assistance and Language Intelligence with contextual search of people, files, topics, and other entities right into the typing loop of user’s favorite M365 applications, such as Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint (Context IQ project).

We're seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager with a growth mindset, strong integrity, collaboration skills, and leadership. Ideal candidates should have a proven track record in managing complex multi-year programs, defining program vision and strategy, driving execution, resolving technical challenges, and collaborating effectively with stakholders across organisations, teams, and roles.

Working within our talented and diverse team enables creating world-class user experiences and services reaching millions of users across various user segments around the world; learning and mentorship through huge support network and formal training; sharing and influencing with your unique perspectives; and an open, respectful, diverse, and empowering culture. We share a great passion for the customer and delightful, polished user experiences, and we value diverse teams, long-lasting connections, and supporting each other on the product and career journeys, in both good and challenging times!

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

• Vision, strategy, and plan for key Word AI programs that drive the next generation of Microsoft 365 experiences.

• Backlog, dependencies, and requirements. In collaboration with product management and engineering, defining quantifiable and ambitious quarterly/annual Objective and Key Results in partnership with engineering and product leadership.Maintaining prioritized backlog and driving accountability and delivery.

• Roadmap and delivery. Driving overall program roadmap, schedule, release, and adjustments. Motivate people and inspire a highly functional team to achieve defined key results.

• Alignment across teams, organizations, and roles. Working with immediate team, stakeholders, executive sponsors, and partners across organizations, groups, roles, and geographies to align shared goals and OKRs.

• Technical leadership. Drive the team forward by making tough technical decisions that are respected across the organization by considering all options, tradeoffs, risk, and uncertainty with anticipated outcomes or key results. Act as a technical advisor to educate and evangelize investments with customers by participating and/or driving internal and external customer engagements.

• Rhythm of Business and reporting process. Consolidate, contribute, and review all relevant data views and updates for the various reporting forums (updates, deep dives, business, and service reviews).Represent the team in regular operation meetings and various reporting forums. 

• TPM role. Work with organization stakeholders and TPM community to establish and grow TPM roles and responsibilities.

• Mentoring. Work closely with the team to share and mentor, and also learn and be mentored.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in the software industry and technical program management or in related / similar roles.

• Experience in driving multi-year complex programs.

• Experience across the product cycle, from initial design to execution and release process, to post-release support and iterations.

• Strong project, stakeholder, and partner management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree or experience in computer science, electrical engineering, software engineering, or related technical discipline. 

• Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including articulating complex issues and solutions. 

• Innate curiosity and the ability to thrive in a highly ambiguous and fluid environment. 

• We look for self-starters and innovators with a positive, can-do attitude and bias for action.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .