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In this role, the Senior Technical Program Manager will be responsible for understanding the services and components required to deliver a particular experience, establishing clear program optimization strategies, and introducing new capabilities and technologies that revolutionize the user experience and advance the industry. Our objective is to fully transform the Software Asset Management lifecycle, making it simple, intuitive, cost-effective, and compliant as possible while enabling the next level of productivity for both users and administrators. You will also play a key role in defining the service offering and roadmap to enable Microsoft’s customers to achieve amazing results in their own digital transformation.
Job Responsibility:
Partner with multiple internal and external stakeholders including product teams, Software Engineering, Suppliers, Security, Procurement, Legal, and Finance to design technical solutions across feature areas
Identify risks and propose data-driven mitigations
Define success criteria and create relationships for implementing features for complex cross-functional projects
Coordinate and ensure alignment across organizations
Deliver on roadmap for multiple feature groups, track project schedules, develop staging and implementation plans, and manage governance programs
Drive continuous improvements by validating use cases and writing test cases from scratch
Lead teams to partner with other departments to collect performance metrics, drive customer support, and lead direct customer engagements
Apply a continuous improvement mindset and collaborate with stakeholder organizations across the company including Security, Procurement, Finance, and Legal to infuse AI-driven transformation in our software asset management program
Establish and govern methodologies for ensuring proper acquisition, deployment, usage, optimization, entitlement compliance, and renewal of software licenses
Manage supplier relationships and contracts, including license renewal negotiations and compliance audits
Identify and mitigate risks related to non-compliant and/or risky software by developing and implementing remediation plans to address gaps in compliance or security
Infuse automation everywhere – in our tools, in our process, and in our compliance checks and reporting
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience
2+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Nice to have:
3+ years Software Asset Management experience, including 2+ years of experience administering software licensing contracts
3+ years experience applying analytical and continuous improvement skills
2+ years of experience using SAM solutions, preferably ServiceNow, to manage all aspects of an enterprise-level Software Asset Management service