Senior AI Product Manager

About the role

Join the Systems Planning and Architecture (SPARC) team within Microsoft’s Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure (AHSI) organization, the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's cloud businesses including Microsoft Azure, Bing, MSN, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Teams, and Xbox Live.

We are seeking a Senior AI Product Manager to join the AI Hardware Products Planning team to drive the definition of the next generation hardware used in Azure to train and infer on the best-in-class AI models for a plethora of use cases. This role will help define the future of supercomputing systems at a planetary scale.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers and partner organizations to define future generations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hardware for Azure at Microsoft.
• Identify and prioritize customer needs, market opportunities, and competitive gaps, and translate them into clear and actionable product requirements and specifications.
• Drive executive decision making for new investments, including competitive analysis, program goals and business requirements, architectural concepts, risk management strategies, financial analysis, schedule, and hardware strategy.
• Lead technical programs from concept to execution, collaborating with architecture, engineering, and business teams to develop and drive end-to-end product development.
• Develop and maintain a high level of technical proficiency in AI workload requirements, AI technology landscape, and AI industry roadmaps.
• Engage with senior leadership, highlighting risks across functional teams and providing recommendations to support product-level decisions.
• Operate effectively in ambiguity. Apply process where it creates value, and design process where it’s needed. Recognize the situations where each approach is most appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including but not limited to the Microsoft Cloud Background Check (required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience working on AI systems as an architect or a product manager.
• Strong understanding of several of the following areas: GPU Architecture, Scale Up and Scale Out networking, Data Center Specifications, Model Architecture, and System Reliability.
• 3+ years of technical product management experience, including products within datacenter hardware systems and/or cloud infrastructure.
• 3+ years experience creating product roadmap(s) from conception to launch, driving end-to-end program execution, defining product go-to-market strategy, and leading program direction discussions.
• Experience leading teams in silicon, hardware systems, and software ecosystem setup within technical contexts.
• Ability to deal with disparate stakeholders in highly ambiguous situations and drive clear results and progress.
• Understanding and passion for program management including presentation skills and written communication; ability to build relationships and influence in a matrix organization; managing cross-team deliverables including program costs, schedules, risks, and issues mitigation; establishing process and framework for large-scale collaboration.

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.