Program Manager - Hyderabad / Secunderabad @ Microsoft

Responsibilities

• Drives deep analysis of deployment progress, blockers, and incidents by leveraging existing tools, reports and creating new reports and dashboards through Microsoft based tools ( e.g. Power BI)
• Develops a deep understanding of the workflows in the system as well as the actual work required by data centers and engineering groups. Leads initiatives to enhance processes and drive standardization against mainstream deployments
• Owns metrics and analytics that show the performance of the deployments against goals, as well as trending
• Project managing deployments including servers, network, storage, and supporting infrastructure
• Owns hitting specific cycle time and lead-time goals regarding delivery of the capacity throughout the process
• Drives deep analysis of deployment progress, blockers, and incidents by leveraging existing tools, reports and creating new reports and dashboards through Microsoft based tools ( e.g. Power BI)
• Makes data-driven decisions and speaks to key stakeholders in terms of data-driven stories
• Utilizes enhanced tooling, reports and dashboards to drive daily and weekly triage of blockers in the system as well as predictive indicators for demand to be on track
• Develops and drives strategies to manage deployment demand through the workflow management system in alignment with organizational goals related to throughput and cycle time
• Drives process standards and common methodologies for various physical and logical deployment activities such as network cabling installation, procurement, docking coordination, network provisioning, etc.
• Collaborates closely with data center PM s and Engineering groups as a part of process enhancements
• Develops engineering requirements and collaborates with partner software engineering teams to develop automation within the deployment process

Qualifications

• 3 + years industry experience in enterprise process engineering in complex cross functional matrixed environments, engineering program management, and Infrastructure deployment operations.
• BS or MS in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Exceptional data analysis/presentation: SQL and Power BI or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated technical problem solving and communication skills
• Excellent analytical, verbal, written, interpersonal communication skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced dynamic environment with rapidly changing requirements
• Understanding of process engineering and optimization, including gathering, analyzing, and defining business and functional requirements; creating global metrics, trend charts and other decision-making tools.
• Strong written/oral communication skills required along with desire to communicate with
• Well versed in project management methodologies, approaches and tools with a PMP certification preferred
• Expertise in deployment of high-performance, highly available, large scale distributed network and related technologies
• Proven track record of partnering with software engineering teams to drive improvements in tooling and automation
• Understanding of process engineering and optimization, including gathering, analyzing, and defining business and functional requirements; creating global metrics, trend charts and other decision-making tools
• Knowledge of Supply Chain principles: Forecasting, Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing
• Six sigma experience a plus