Program Manager, Senior B2B/A2A

Job Category: Software Engineering: Program Management
Location: Bellevue, WA, US
Job ID: 842950-117756
Division: IT

Microsoft IT is for those IT professionals and business technology professionals who want to be strategic partners to the business and be the first place to create innovative solutions using all of Microsoft's products and services. Microsoft IT provides career growth opportunities, a rewarding and flexible work environment so you can better integrate professional and personal life. Unlike other IT organizations, Microsoft IT employees make global impact on thousands of customers and thousands of employees who use Microsoft software and services.

The services organization of EPS (Enterprise Platforms & Services) is looking for a passionate, experienced, highly motivated Senior Program Manager who has deep experience in B2B and A2A integration, demonstrated excellence in delivering world class solutions in a global organization. This role demands excellence in strategic thinking, driving for results, operational excellence, cross-boundary collaboration and impact/influence.

The successful candidate must have a track record of effectively project-managing teams in a large-scale project environment with complex cross-group dependencies. The candidate must possess and effectively apply a broad set of skills in project management, program management, portfolio management, communication, and negotiation skills to appropriately balance the needs of customers, product quality, schedule and budget.

The candidate must be self-motivated, proactive. Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment are very important.

Program Management and Delivery responsibilities will include:

Lead multiple concurrent software development/implementation projects; managing scope, schedule, issues/risks, trade-offs, communications and expectations.
Manage project plan and schedule commitments, ensure plan is integrated and aligned to overall organizational and business strategy.
Work with business partners to define and prioritize requirements and scope.
Develop and sustain strong working relationships with customers, development, test, operations, vendors and IT peers.
Demonstrate that customer satisfaction is top priority by ensuring team's commitments are aligned with and delivered to meet customer satisfaction objectives.
Analyze, remove, and proactively prevent roadblocks across team to meet quality standards, project milestones, and business objectives.
Follow and enforce SOX compliance and structured IT software development lifecycle (ITLC) methodology, ensuring projects adhere to SOX standards and SDLC key controls and milestones.
Ensure team output consistently meets standards and policies for security, privacy and performance.
Status reporting for the portfolio to all stakeholders
Drive corrective and strategic insight to industry best practices, trending and benchmarking, and/or research to help define and enable determined IT strategies/portfolio roadmaps.

Other qualifications include:

12+ years' experience as program manager, systems analyst or systems/management consultant.
Must have enterprise IT experience in Program Management with specific to B2B and A2A integration.
High degree of technical aptitude and a passion to learn new technologies. Ability to quickly grasp and understand technical problems and concepts and apply this knowledge.
Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
Understanding of Enterprise IT at the scale and complexity of Microsoft
Exceptional ability to collaborate, openly communicate, present and negotiate effectively across disciplines and groups, with vendors and with customers.
Demonstrated experience delivering results in an ambiguous and changing environment, the ability to work independently and be a self-starter.
Strong customer focus, systems analysis and analytical problem solving skills.
Sound judgment and decision-making skills, ability to juggle multiple competing priorities, and ability to work under deadline pressure
Excellent project planning, management and deployment skills.
Meticulous attention to detail and a passion for driving execution at a detail level when necessary while maintaining the ability to see the big picture.
Worked extensively in a global delivery model
Bachelor or advanced degree in engineering, computer science, business or management information systems

Skills/Qualifications

Required skills:
12+ years' experience as program manager, systems analyst or systems/management consultant.
8+ years' experience with Enterprise IT experience in Program Management with specific to B2B and A2A integration.
High degree of technical aptitude and a passion to learn new technologies.
Ability to quickly grasp and understand technical problems and concepts and apply this knowledge.
Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
Understanding of Enterprise IT at the scale and complexity of Microsoft
Exceptional ability to collaborate, openly communicate, present and negotiate effectively across disciplines and groups, with vendors and with customers.
Demonstrated experience delivering results in an ambiguous and changing environment, the ability to work independently and be a self-starter.
Strong customer focus, systems analysis and analytical problem solving skills.
Sound judgment and decision-making skills, ability to juggle multiple competing priorities, and ability to work under deadline pressure
Excellent project planning, management and deployment skills.
Meticulous attention to detail and a passion for driving execution at a detail level when necessary while maintaining the ability to see the big picture.
Worked extensively in a global delivery model

Preferred Skills:

Development experience in BizTalk, SQL, .NET technologies, C#, Web services, WCF
Vendor relationship mgmt.

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