Technical Advisor & Strategy Lead

Company: Microsoft Corporation
Location: Redmond
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

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Job number 840151

Date posted Jul 16, 2020

Travel 0-25 %

Employment type Full-Time

The Office of the CTO for Microsoft is chartered with understanding, shaping and accelerating technologies and their impact on Microsoft, industry and society in order to empower every person and every organization to achieve more. Whether it is providing insights company-wide, giving meaning to an “AI First” company, or helping to drive impact of “Intelligent Cloud/ Intelligent Edge Computing”, the Office of the CTO is down in the trenches, working with our engineering, field and strategy teams across the company. We gather information, synthesize best practices, drive cross-company workstreams, support cross-industry partnerships and engage in activities that inform the CTO and the SLT and move the needle on Microsoft’s strategic and technical direction.

The deputy office is focused on Scale H2 Technologies and includes highly technical, but cross-functional and highly independent leaders who accelerate leading edge technology to scalable, rapidly growing solutions. This team works across the company through connecting people, resources and ideas across organizations and disciplinary boundaries. We are the glue between the customer need + strategy + technical execution. We are the 1+1 >2.

Responsibilities Responsibilities

Strategic Technical Advisor is a blend between business, scientific acumen, operations, policy and a passion to be a cultural change agent.

Can source and inspire cross-company innovation, which will have market traction and accelerate them to commercialization

Can wade through and understand deep technical concepts, rationalize and align them across organizations

Is a strategic thinker, with through understanding of market trends, a passion for deep technical and market analysis and capable writer ready to present to C-Suite leaders

Work with Technical Teams, Business Development, Corporate Development leaders and M12, to align organization and accelerate scalability of growth businesses

Technically proficient in AI/ML, Intelligent Edge, Computer Vision Technology and 5G

Have proven track record with customers, partners and internal stakeholders, ability to coordinate and execute on large scale projects with high visibility

Strong operational program manager that leaves no stone unturned, but can communicate at the appropriate level of abstraction , a self-starter who can work in ambiguous environments, keeping the shared goals in mind

Qualifications Qualifications Required:

10+ years of experience in Technical Product/ Technical Program Manager role and/or strategic business development

Experience leading companywide engagements and scaling solutions from early access to fully commercial deployments

Preferred:

Excellent communicator and EQ

Must be able to lead through influence, work across teams at scale and feel confident engaging with C-Suite leaders

Artificial Intelligence, 5G, Intelligent Edge and IoT expertise

Cloud development at scale: Azure or similar

PhD or MS degree in Computer Science, MBA, Juris Doctorate or equivalent industry experience

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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