Senior Director of New Technology Introduction

Microsoft's Cloud Operations and Innovation Business is looking for a Senior Director of New Technology Introduction for the CTO Office. This role will enable new technology deployment in the next generation of datacenter operations.
By defining, qualifying, and implementing new technology solutions, the candidate will bring forth hardware, power, and cooling technologies to enable optimal and automated decision making resulting in improved uptime for our customers and a lower cost of operations. While similar to NPI, not every technology innovation is a product or will follow product protocol. Success in this role requires deep technical knowledge for defining maturity requirements needed for scale from proof of concept or pilot to MVP (minimum viable product) and scale in a datacenter with deployment, quality, safety, security, and capacity.
The ideal candidate is creative, talented, and experienced with a strong technical background and expertise in datacenter critical environments (power, cooling, energy, etc). Experience with Site Reliability (SRE) to bring operational maturity best practices to new deployments, with a focus on repeatability with use of telemetry, quality, speed, and resiliency engineering is a plus. You will collaborate with Advance Development technical subject matter experts (SME), Datacenter Design Engineers, Data Scientists, Supply Chain, Datacenter Operations, and other engineering disciplines to develop robust solutions in new builds and continuous improvements in existing facilities. This role will require the candidate to demonstrate strategic vision for growth/scale, technical leadership for execution, as well as to program manage key initiatives, and engage with multiple cross-functional teams. A strong skill set covering engineering project management, problem solving, technical program management, communication, and internal/external partner engagement is required.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.ResponsibilitiesPlanning: Sets up regular project update sessions with internal teams to understand product development status and identify planning risks, determine impact to supply and synthesize data into a lead lot schedule and production ramp. Lays out detailed critical path plans and time schedules, actively manages the required tasks, establishes mitigation plans in case of potential delays and implements as required. Develop knowledge of technical systems to understand and manage dependencies between teams, regionalization, and datacenters.
Execution: Ensure smooth deployment and execution of technical programs. Develop plan for transition to sustaining team. Apply critical thinking to scope programs and manage challenging programs. Understand the scalability requirements and bigger picture by using your technical expertise and problem solving abilities to identify, prioritize, and navigate blocking issues. Deliver high quality communications to efficiently summarize, resolve, raise issues, and celebrate wins. Build strong working relationships with partner and datacenter operations teams to facilitate collaboration.
Delivery: Partner with Technical Program Managers and Operations to ensure that transition and acceptance criteria have been met, and that projects are completed and delivered on schedule. Validate requirements such as quality, performance, scalability, and resource cost. Oversees cross-divisional teams developing the staging and implementation plan for piloting/release in alignment with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for feature(s)/feature areas. Holds cross-divisional teams accountable by leading governance programs and processes to ensure that specific performance requirements and standards are met throughout the development lifecycle.Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or 10+ years relevant experience in NPI or hardware engineering product deployment or equivalent experience in a fast-paced technology company
• 6+ years building and working with cross-functional teams
• 6+ years in a leadership position with a provider of cloud, datacenter, utility, or critical environment services

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years working in delivering or maintaining cloud capacity or infrastructure focused Site Reliability Engineering
• Expert knowledge of data center processes and technology
• Expert knowledge of hardware manufacturing or integration processes and technology
• Ability and interest in operating in technical domains and environments that have ambiguity
• Demonstrated experience and ability to influence without authority across engineering teams
• Experience leading critical engineering initiatives that span multiple teams, which often have conflicting priorities and schedules
• Excellent program management skills and experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills

Technical Program Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $158,500 - $276,600 per year.
Microsoft has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets (see below). The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role (except as noted below); the applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidate's primary work location. Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.
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There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $202,800 - $304,200 per year.
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