Program Manager

at Microsoft
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Date Posted August 22, 2021
Category Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency KES

Description

The Get-To-Scale (GTS) team is a part of the identity & network access (INA) engineering division within Microsoft’s booming Cloud & Enterprise business. We work with customers and partners from all over the world to drive service adoption and we work directly with engineering to shape Azure Active Directory. The best of both worlds!

In our role, it is critical to understand real world complex scenarios, gather the voice of customers and feed into our product development cycle so that Microsoft can be a thought leader, especially in the space of Identity which we consider to be the control plane of the future.

This is your chance to join our exciting and diverse GTS group to help the breadth of our EMEA customers with deployment guidance thus enabling their cloud adoption journey. Key amongst these is accelerating virtual workforce enablement, enabling secure access for remote employees, partners, and customers, while strengthening their zero-trust posture.

Our cloud technologies are evolving at a rapid pace, and we are looking for active learners who can collaborate across a diverse and global team of stakeholders and are comfortable dealing with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

  • Respond to deployment requests for customers from Microsoft 365 and Azure FastTrack
  • Serving as the escalation point for complex identity scenarios across Azure and Microsoft 365 FastTrack and key System Integrators (SIs).
  • Represent the Get-To-Scale team in engineering initiatives and feature previews to drive key business outcomes and bring feedback from the breadth of our customers.
  • Be the advocate in engineering for our customers – Build and scale an active customer community and engage in events to drive feedback sessions and build customer insights based on segment, verticals, and regions.
  • Partner with the Get-To-Scale PMs on cross-team programs and experiments.
  • Keep stakeholders updated through regularly report out on impact and opportunities.

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Qualifications

  • 2+ years of work experience in the computer software industry

  • 1+ years of experience in security, cloud, and/or identity & access solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • CSS, Azure FTC, or Microsoft 365 FTC experience.
  • Desire and eagerness to help customers successfully deploy our technologies.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in engineering computer science or related discipline, or equivalent experience.

The role may require a small amount of travel.

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