Senior Hardware Platform Product Manager

OverviewDo you want to be at the forefront of innovating the latest hardware designs to propel Microsoft's cloud growth? Are you seeking a unique career opportunity that combines both technical capabilities, cross team collaboration, with business insight and strategy? Join our Strategic Planning and Advanced Architecture Team (SPARC)team within Microsoft's Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure(AHSI)organization and be a part of theorganization behind Microsoft's expanding cloud infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent Cloud" mission. Microsoft delivers more than 200 online services to more than one billion individuals worldwide and AHSI is the team behind our expanding cloud infrastructure. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's cloud businesses including Microsoft Azure, Copilots, Bing, MSN, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Teams and Xbox Live. The SPARC (Strategic Planning and Advanced Architecture) organization within Azure drives advanced hardware architecture and manages hardware roadmap planning and program management from concept through production for platforms supporting all of Microsoft's current and future on-line services. Well-defined and executed strategic planning ensures products meet the requirements for performance, features, and time-to-market. The ability to draw insights from a deep understanding of the cloud HW Infrastructure landscape, Azure third and first party workload characteristics, and industry trends is critical in informing the roadmap and planning decisions. We are looking for a Senior Hardware Platform Product Manager to join the team to help drive HW platform architecture and planning for Azure's Compute products. The person will be responsible for strategic planning of a subset of the HW Platform SKU portfolio from concept to execution. The individual will work closely with key stakeholders across the Azure organizations (customers, engineering, architecture, supply chain, finance) to recommend HW platform configurations to drive workload efficiency and achieve business priorities & goals. Join our SPARC team and be part of the world's fastest growing cloud service! 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.ResponsibilitiesEngage with Microsoft cloud business units to define future hardware platform requirements and align recommendations for executive approval.Partner with engineeringand architectureteamsto define platform design objectiveswhich meet technical andbusiness goals. Lead cross-functionalteamsto build data-driven strategic frameworks for decision making. Perform scenario modeling, financial modeling,andmarket analysis. Evaluate performance, features,cost, and time-to-markettradeoffs. AssessMicrosoft Azure's competitivenessin light ofanticipated changes in the industry, customer and competitortrends. Be responsible for recommending, maintaining and managing changes to portions of the Azure HW Platform Roadmap.Embody our culture and values.