Microsoft
Senior Technical Program Manager - Hardware Technology Engineering
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United States, 98052
Senior Technical Program Manager - Hardware Technology Engineering
Overview: Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is responsible for planning, building, and operating Microsoft's cloud infrastructure datacenters across the globe, powering the world's workloads across the cloud.We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) - Hardware Technology Engineering to join the CO+I Systems Technology team. This role focuses on enabling innovation across two areas: Advanced cooling and power or Carbon reduction technologies for AI cloud infrastructure across both hardware and datacenter environments. You will lead the integration of cutting-edge technologies, scale new innovations, and drive the planning and reliability roadmap to enhance future datacenters' efficiency and sustainability.In this pivotal role, you will be the project management lead and partner with a technical subject matter expert to innovate on liquid cooling and power & carbon footprint reduction projects. This is a hands-on role, with work at lab facilities in the Redmond, WA area and traveling to data centers/vendor facilities on occasion. You will gain valuable skills in advanced technology evaluation, planning, and execution, while collaborating with other TPMs and technologists to solve complex challenges.Responsibilities:Technology Roadmap Ownership:
Drive and own the technology roadmap, facilitating adaptation and scalability.Project Management:
Support innovative projects from ideation to productization, ensuring alignment with Microsoft's sustainability and business objectives. Manage multiple programs, technologies, and disciplines. Structure and communicate milestones, commitments, budgets, and project plans. Ensure effective time management and prioritization, and flag/mitigate risks to project deliverables.Collaboration:
Work closely with technical SMEs to synthesize and then convey the technological impact to leadership.Supplier Management:
Build and manage contracts, track budgets, deliverables, and milestone timelines with suppliers.Strategic Planning:
Develop and execute strategic plans; orchestrate technology evaluation and planning in partnership with teams across the company to ensure long-term growth.Performance and Reliability roadmap:
Define business success criteria incorporating availability, reliability, and performance OKRs; address roadmap challenges through data-driven approaches, studies, and research.Technical Expertise:
Weigh in on industry trends potentially related to hardware, servers, data center cooling, liquid cooling (chip to chiller, direct to chip, microfluidics, immersion..), carbon capture technologies, power, sustainability, or network innovations for cloud infrastructure.Relationship Building:
Navigate complex organization structures to build partnerships, trust, and collaborations to drive momentum around adopting cutting-edge technologies.Technical Communication:
Translate deep engineering and technical concepts into business-centric communication for executive-level stakeholders.Initiative Drive:
Drive technological initiatives from concepts to larger projects, including: Early incubation planning and budgeting, Defining success criteria, Identifying business impact, Partner outreach, Arranging/planning roadshows, Planning next stages using project management software (e.g., Wrike, MS Projects), Managing and planning knowledge and ownership transfers.Trend Monitoring:
Stay current with technology trends by monitoring and analyzing developments in cloud technology and sustainability, identifying best practices and opportunities for improvement.Culture of Innovation & Collaboration:
Champion and model a culture of technological innovation and sustainability within the company through allyship, collaboration, subject matter expertise, and forward-thinking approaches.In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
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Overview: Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is responsible for planning, building, and operating Microsoft's cloud infrastructure datacenters across the globe, powering the world's workloads across the cloud.We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) - Hardware Technology Engineering to join the CO+I Systems Technology team. This role focuses on enabling innovation across two areas: Advanced cooling and power or Carbon reduction technologies for AI cloud infrastructure across both hardware and datacenter environments. You will lead the integration of cutting-edge technologies, scale new innovations, and drive the planning and reliability roadmap to enhance future datacenters' efficiency and sustainability.In this pivotal role, you will be the project management lead and partner with a technical subject matter expert to innovate on liquid cooling and power & carbon footprint reduction projects. This is a hands-on role, with work at lab facilities in the Redmond, WA area and traveling to data centers/vendor facilities on occasion. You will gain valuable skills in advanced technology evaluation, planning, and execution, while collaborating with other TPMs and technologists to solve complex challenges.Responsibilities:Technology Roadmap Ownership:
Drive and own the technology roadmap, facilitating adaptation and scalability.Project Management:
Support innovative projects from ideation to productization, ensuring alignment with Microsoft's sustainability and business objectives. Manage multiple programs, technologies, and disciplines. Structure and communicate milestones, commitments, budgets, and project plans. Ensure effective time management and prioritization, and flag/mitigate risks to project deliverables.Collaboration:
Work closely with technical SMEs to synthesize and then convey the technological impact to leadership.Supplier Management:
Build and manage contracts, track budgets, deliverables, and milestone timelines with suppliers.Strategic Planning:
Develop and execute strategic plans; orchestrate technology evaluation and planning in partnership with teams across the company to ensure long-term growth.Performance and Reliability roadmap:
Define business success criteria incorporating availability, reliability, and performance OKRs; address roadmap challenges through data-driven approaches, studies, and research.Technical Expertise:
Weigh in on industry trends potentially related to hardware, servers, data center cooling, liquid cooling (chip to chiller, direct to chip, microfluidics, immersion..), carbon capture technologies, power, sustainability, or network innovations for cloud infrastructure.Relationship Building:
Navigate complex organization structures to build partnerships, trust, and collaborations to drive momentum around adopting cutting-edge technologies.Technical Communication:
Translate deep engineering and technical concepts into business-centric communication for executive-level stakeholders.Initiative Drive:
Drive technological initiatives from concepts to larger projects, including: Early incubation planning and budgeting, Defining success criteria, Identifying business impact, Partner outreach, Arranging/planning roadshows, Planning next stages using project management software (e.g., Wrike, MS Projects), Managing and planning knowledge and ownership transfers.Trend Monitoring:
Stay current with technology trends by monitoring and analyzing developments in cloud technology and sustainability, identifying best practices and opportunities for improvement.Culture of Innovation & Collaboration:
Champion and model a culture of technological innovation and sustainability within the company through allyship, collaboration, subject matter expertise, and forward-thinking approaches.In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
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