Senior Product Manager

Microsoft


Date: 2 days ago
City: Chandigarh, Chandigarh
Contract type: Full time
Remote
Microsoft's Azure VMware Solution is rapidly emerging as one of the fastest-growing cloud offerings within Azure. The dedicated team is at the forefront of transforming cloud infrastructure and analytics by delivering cutting-edge solutions. This innovative solution offers unmatched scalability, flexibility, and performance, empowering businesses to effortlessly migrate and optimize their VMware environments within the Azure cloud.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Product Manager to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in rolling out the new capabilities for Azure VMware Solution (AVS) from concept to launch. This position is ideal for a professional who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative setting and is passionate about product management, VMware environments and cloud-native tooling for automation, configuration, and deployment (Experience in Azure, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus).

A successful candidate must have hands-on experience working with VMware and its related technologies like: Deploy, configure, and optimize VMware vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and VMware Cloud environments; Manage and troubleshoot VMware ESXi hosts, vCenter, and virtual machines (VMs); Implement high availability (HA), failover, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies; Ensure compliance with security policies and best practices for VMware environments.

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

  • Product Strategy: Develop and execute product strategies for Azure VMware solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure satisfaction with the product development process.
  • Market Analysis: Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and threats, and adjust product strategies accordingly.
  • Performance Monitoring: Monitor the performance of Azure VMware solutions, using data-driven insights to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement.
  • Team Collaboration: Work closely with technical teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure seamless integration of solutions.
  • Customer Focus: Advocate for the customer, ensuring that their needs and feedback are central to the product development process.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years' experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 3 years of experience taking technical products from conception to launch.
  • 1+ years of experience with Cloud services, VMware technologies, and related tools including experience with cloud migration strategies and best practices, particularly migration from VMware to cloud environments.
Other Qualifications

  • 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 AND 7+ years of experience in product/service/project/program management
    • OR software development
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 5 years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, UX/UI, sales finance, and other stakeholders with experience in one or more of the following: compute architecture, data center infrastructure, or virtualization systems.
  • 1+ years experience communicating and influencing decisions cross-functionally at all levels of an organization.
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