Program Manager 2

Overview
Are you a person who is obsessed with build new products? Do you like the
thrill of working in a fast-paced startup-like environment? We're looking for
creative product owner who can help us identify, define, and drive execution
for growing Cognitive service through research, innovation, data analysis, and
experimentation.

We expect that you're comfortable with market & data analysis,
experimentation, talking to customers, partnering with internal teams to get
things done, tackling ambiguous questions, defining features & scenarios,
driving & planning efforts across various teams, and learning new skills.
You'll need the humility to be okay with ideas and projects that don't pan out
and be able to learn from them.

You will be working on Azure Cognitive services for Language. Cognitive
services is set of Azure services that packages Microsoft's wealth in AI into
out of the box APIs for Language, Speech, Vision & Decision. Unlocks multiple
scenarios including redacting personal information, automating processes,
building conversation applications, enriching search index and many more. We
seek candidates with a growth mindset who are willing to continually learn and
grow. We love self-learning / self-motivated individuals who take initiative
and fully own their work. Given the distributed nature of our team, we also
rely on efficient self-confident communicators to represent their work while
they partner with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• You 'll need to understand market trends and growth opportunities and what our customers and competitors are doing in response to those.


• You'll be a key stakeholder in defining the growth strategy for our product.


• You'll help us define and understand key telemetry signals. Are there patterns of usage that lead to churn or retention, for example?


• You'll propose product strategies and marketing efforts to capitalize on growth opportunities.


• You'll define scenarios and features aimed at meeting growth goals. You'll work closely with engineering teams to build these experiences along other partner teams.


• You'll be an active learner and problem-solver, eager to work alongside data scientists, engineers, and designers to get things done.


• You'll be seeking meaning in the data, curious and comfortable exploring large data sets to find clues about growth opportunities.

Qualifications

Required Qualified
* ‎2-‎4+ years working in a technical field (engineer, data analyst, data scientist, product manager, growth-hacking, and/or equivalent).
* Bachelor 's degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, Science, or similar experience.
* Proven experience in defining & shipping product scenarios/experiences.
* Proficient in SQL and data analysis tools.
* Obsession with customer experience.
* Make recommendations based on data.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Experience in web development and JavaScript is a plus.
* Machine learning expertise is a plus
* Custom success and sales experience is a plus
Preffered Skills
* Ability to define, plan, and drive execution for scenarios & features to production. Take an idea from conception to materialization.
* Ability to plan work across various teams and overcome obstacles to ensure delivery goals are met.
* Ability to "fail fast" - build a prototype, test a hypothesis, sell your vision, and provide thought leadership.
* Ability to analyze data and come up with conclusions.
* Ability to learn new and complex technologies quickly, and to keep up with a fast-changing technology environment.
* Ability to be self-driven.
* Ability to own & debug customer issues. Involve appropriate engineering teams as needed to resolve them.
* Excellent communications skills and ability to work effectively in an agile environment across different time zones.
* Good tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty.
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.

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