Senior Product Manager- Azure OpenAI

Overview

Join the Azure OpenAI product team working on developing technologies that will revolutionize how people interact with each other and their environments. Azure OpenAI is at the heart of Digital Transformation, sweeping through every business and every industry on the planet. At Microsoft AI, our mission is "Amplifying human ingenuity with intelligent technology" and we are doing so by building the most innovative AI Platform services to help businesses digitally transform, by integrating cognitive services to their high value use cases to achieve more through the power of AI.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager- Azure OpenAI to join our group and help us lead the next generation of Azure OpenAI and AI Platform featured. As a Senior Product Manager- Azure OpenAI, you will be responsible for designing and developing new features within the Azure OpenAI Service including REST API design and other tooling for interacting with OpenAI's models.

You are front and center with the world's leading brands representing the AI platform core engineering team in support of their digital journey, empowering them to accelerate their value and achieve more. Grow your career by being part of a world class engineering team.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

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.

Responsibilities

The role involves collaborating closely across the Azure AI Platform, Azure OpenAI and OpenAI teams.

• Work cross-functionally to bring features live to the service

• Drive product requirements definition, product planning and product design (including writing PRDs) of new features and enhancements

• Clearly communicate product benefits to our users and internal stakeholders

• Lead matrixed internal Microsoft teams and partners using a breadth of technical knowledge and industry experience

• Anticipate, identify, and mitigate blockers to customer success goals

• Collaborate with key roles including core team of engineers, applied researchers, and others to deliver full Microsoft value to customers

• Share actionable insight, learnings, feedback to drive continuous improvements
• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
  • OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in product development. Including delivering one or more AI, cloud services, enterprise grade solutions, and mobile apps

• 2+ years of practical experience in AI techniques & tools, as evidenced by prior projects

• 2+ years working on REST APIs or other code-first products

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLM) such as OpenAI and others, Azure AI, Azure ML or their equivalent is highly preferred

• Customer focus and a deep commitment to delivering products that create customer value and delightful experiences

• Enterprise customer and partner engagement skills including ability to create a delivery plan, track progress, and resolve issues, risks, and blockers as they arise

• Effective communication skills with a broad range of audiences and ability to influence without authority

• A high tolerance for ambiguity and change

• Outstanding problem solving and conflict-resolution skills across a set of technical, product, and business challenges

• Experience with enterprise solutions and a deep technical understanding of software and hardware

Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. 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 $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 29, 2024.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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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