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As a Support Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of support engineering roles with deep product knowledge that resolve customer technical issues. You will manage the customer relationship from a support standpoint, enable your team to deliver a great customer experience and drive Microsoft Product Improvement. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth and hone your customer relationship management skills. You will develop deep technology industry knowledge and become adept at building and leading diverse teams.
Job Responsibility:
Identifies opportunities to engage with high value or area customers to provide solutions proactively
Identifies resources needed to resolve bugs. Drives visibility of the product bug to ensure timely engagement and/or action. Tracks pending cases due to bugs and influences product team to improve resolution and prevent customers from being impacted
Ensures that his or her team understands the product feedback cycle and/or proper coding of customer cases for compliance
Ensures team member participation in case triage meetings and/or case discussions to share knowledge with other engineers and develop efficient customer solutions by prioritizing issues, identifying resources, reviewing processes, or providing additional customer support
Identifies resources needed to implement automatization or tools
Implements processes for responding to and resolving issues
Analyzes group readiness strategy proactively to ensure the team has the correct readiness plan and executes readiness plan for new and existing technologies and feature releases. Provides feedback to global readiness team to ensure they have they appropriate readiness strategy and build material. Creates Microsoft role guides and ensures Technical Support Engineers have attended compliance trainings
Collaborates on cross-team and cross-product technical issues by working with resources from other groups including support engineering groups, product groups, services team, and account team as needed to resolve complex customer issues
Tracks resolution speed and removes roadblocks (e.g., skill gaps, handle difficult customers) preventing issues from being resolved. Acts as a management escalation point in case resolution as necessary. Analyzes the business impact and utilizes this information to involve the right resources proactively
Ensures customers stay informed as to the status/solution of their issue and manages customer relationship. Monitors tickets of direct reports and delivery units to ensure resolution. Uses tools and strategy to monitor the performance of a team. Serves as the first line of management escalation
Monitors complex problems based on triggers (e.g., age, severity) and collaborates with internal stakeholders to ensure that the right resources are engaged proactively
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Data Science, Engineering, or a related field AND 3+ years of experience in operational excellence, service delivery, customer-facing roles, technical operations, or program management OR 5+ years of equivalent professional experience in lieu of a degree
1+ year of people management or team leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, or guiding early-career professionals
Foundational understanding of Artificial Intelligence concepts, including: a) Basic machine learning principles (e.g., supervised vs. unsupervised learning, model training, inference
b) High-level understanding of how Generative AI systems work (e.g., large language models, prompts, tokens, limitations)
Awareness of Responsible AI principles, including topics such as fairness, reliability, privacy, transparency, and ethical use of AI systems
Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal), with the ability to explain technical or AI-related concepts to non-technical audiences
Demonstrated customer empathy and problem-solving mindset, with the ability to balance business impact, technical constraints, and user trust
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and / or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire / transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have:
Experience working in customer service, technical support, retail, consulting, or sales environments, especially in roles requiring structured problem solving
Demonstrated passion for Artificial Intelligence and its societal impact, such as: 1) Personal learning projects, certifications, courses, or community involvement related to AI
2) Interest in ethical technology, digital trust, or responsible innovation
Hands-on experience using AI tools in everyday work or life, such as Microsoft Copilots, chatbots (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity), automation tools, or AI-assisted analysis
Familiarity with cloud platforms or modern software services, especially concepts related to data, APIs, or scalable systems
Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous, or evolving team environments, with a growth mindset and willingness to learn
Microsoft Technology Certifications (completed or in progress), especially in AI, cloud, security, or data domains