Director of Project Management

Director, Project Management

Overview

Microsoft Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) is a global organization hosting over 6,000 strategic sellers, industry and security experts, elite engineers, world-class data scientists and architects, consultants, and delivery specialists. Together with our partners, we help Microsoft’s most strategic customers worldwide to address their specific challenges and provide comprehensive and industry-specific solutions that meet their unique needs. ISD is at the forefront of innovation, driving value across the entirety of the customers’ digital and AI transformation journey through repeatable and customized cutting-edge solutions through strategic engagements with customers across the globe powered by Microsoft Cloud and AI.

Responsibilities

• You will represent GDC in the delivery of large transformational deals from origination through delivery stabilization. This includes working with cross-functional, cross-organizational teams and providing customer-facing executive leadership through the delivery lifecycle.   

• As the appointed leader for strategic customer delivery, you will orchestrate across architects, project managers and technical delivery teams within GDC.  

• This includes driving the strategy for project delivery aligned with committed project outcomes and development of robust project plans to drive predictable delivery outcomes.   

• As the strategic GDC leader you will orchestrate the initiation and mobilization of delivery teams and ensure alignment and land expected delivery outcomes.  

• You will be a part of Microsoft steering committees and enable faster executive decision making, escalation path for delivery and triage with engineering. 

• You will be accountable for the financial performance of the deal, including Azure Consumed Revenue (ACR), ISD revenue and gross margin, in addition to the core GDC delivery metrics  

• Ensure effective quality management and change control techniques across the delivery cycle.   

• You will be responsible for anchoring key relationships with both internal and external stakeholders through strategic and targeted communications, preventing and managing escalations proactively to drive high customer satisfaction  

Other
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Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications (RQs/MQs) 
Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 20+ years  experience in project management 

• OR equivalent experience 

Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs) 

 

• Experience in driving large transformational projects as CTO/CIO of large corporation or as a delivery leader at a technology/ITservices organization  

• Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 20+ years experience in project management,  

• OR equivalent experience 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) and Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification. 

• 8+ years financial management experience. 

• Agile certification, Scrum Master, Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Professional Scrum Master One (PSM1) certification. 

• OR Experience in creating and managing intellectual property (IP). 

• OR Experience in creating publications. 

 

 

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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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Experience Level

Executive Level