Microsoft Looking For US Country Engineering Lead at Atlanta, GA Full Time

We are seeking an engaged person that is passionate about technology and understands the United States cloud adoption market, to join our global and diverse team with a truly exciting and empowering mission.

Our mission as a team is to make our vision of Azure as ‘The World’s Computer’ a reality and bring this to life in the countries, society and communities that we operate in. As the Country Engineering Lead for the United States, you will be responsible for shaping, defining and executing on the growth strategy for the Azure regions within the US. You will be part of a global engineering organization called Azure Global Geo Expansion and Growth/Performance that is responsible for the infrastructure design and deployment of Azure Globally.

Culture is absolutely at the core of our team and broader group. We offer engaging and motivating work where you’ll be empowered to make an impact with a great team and you’ll have the independence and hybrid working flexibility you need. You’ll find an international, diverse and supportive team of people across the Americas. We are passionate about life-long learning and taking on and solving problems through technology in a collaborative fashion. We take a holistic approach to problem solving and harness our diversity of experience, background and capabilities to deliver impact and change the world.

We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform and grow within our organization and to shape the adoption of Azure within the United States. We encourage you to apply to learn more!

Background and Further Information

Azure is the fastest-growing businesses in Microsoft’s history. Customers recognize our tremendous momentum which continues month over month. As the foundation of Microsoft’s commercial Cloud Services, Azure is the infrastructure upon which Microsoft builds its mission critical hyperscale cloud services, and it is the set of services we provide for customers building cloud services to address business requirements.

Azure continues to build the largest global footprint of any public Cloud provider. Within Azure’s engineering team, there are specialized units responsible for each of the commercial industries and areas of Azure’s expansion. The Azure Global Geo Expansion and Growth group is focused on expanding Azure’s footprint and unlocking new markets. The Americas Country Engineering team is part of this WW group. Our focus is on “going deep” with customers to understand their toughest problems and look for how Azure can solve them; and then scaling this to work for every customer within the country. We do this globally and work across the broad range of Azure technologies understanding customer scenarios, cloud patterns and adoption blockers.

The Americas Country Engineering team is looking for a technically minded, business savvy Principal Program Manager to lead our continued expansion and growth of Azure in the United States. You will partner closely with your colleagues, engineering and infrastructure teams, as well as subsidiary to drive adoption of Azure. You will be responsible for programmatically removing engineering blockers to foster growth in the consumption of Azure services and unlock new market opportunities. By connecting your technical experience, along with our customers’ vision directly to the engineering product teams, you will help ensure Azure is the most compelling solution for running tier one workloads that further our customer’s mission.

Responsibilities

As the Country Engineering Lead (CEL), you will define country-relevant priorities for Engineering investments and infrastructure to maximize the adoption of Azure in the United States. This includes the definition and execution of infrastructure investment strategies, as well as tailored engineering-led programs and motions that remove technical constraints, unblock customer adoption and enable key new markets and technologies.

The successful candidate must be customer obsessed, collaborative, outcome orientated, and be able to apply solution-based thinking to critical problems. The Country Engineering Lead (CEL) is expected to constantly innovate and move upstream, whilst creating a sustainable operational environment.

In the pursuit of highly optimised Azure infrastructure relevant to the unique local market needs, the Country Engineering Lead (CEL) will capture and signal platform & data centre priorities to Engineering that deliver the right product/market fit and thereby enable the country’s potential. This includes the acceleration of service requirements, the signalling of customer-centric platform requirements and removal of engineering obstacles.

The Country Engineering Lead (CEL) will engage directly with key customers and partners up to the CXO level, supporting partnerships and opportunities with tier one customers, whilst also driving large strategic and complex projects. Additionally, the successful candidate will establish partnerships and a unified operating model with the local subsidiary and provide transparency and situational awareness of Azure Engineering investments and priorities through regular engagement and reporting.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to drive large, complex programs and solutions that deliver high quality outcomes
• Excellent interpersonal and group dynamic skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of business and technology-related strategy
• Track record of high-quality execution of tasks
• Demonstrated systematic attention to detail

Differentiating Qualifications

• Engineering experience as an architect or technical program manager
• Experience in cloud-scale solution architecture or software development
• Knowledge of the Azure platform and infrastructure
• Data centre infrastructure planning and architecture experience

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.

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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.