Microsoft

Sr Technical Solution Manager

Microsoft$116K — $203K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in a relevant field plus 4+ years in project management, operations, or engineering, or a Bachelor's plus 6+ years of experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft's security requirements and pass background screenings.
  • Preferred experience in high-volume contact center operations.
  • Preferred experience in Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery.
  • Experience with deploying and maintaining package software solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Build coordination between business and engineering teams to address complex challenges.
  • Develop strategy and roadmap for impactful solutions, integrating emerging technologies.
  • Gain stakeholder support and clarify requirements for engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with engineering to design and execute compliant technical solutions.
  • Track project schedules, manage risks, and ensure resource allocation.
  • Establish success criteria and evaluate performance metrics through feedback.
  • Facilitate user adoption and improve solutions post-launch based on stakeholder input.

Benefits

  • Access to ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
  • Flexible work arrangements including hybrid or remote options.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policies.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are looking for a Sr Technical Solution Manager to us AI to drive the implementation of Business Continuity / Dial Tone solution for our customer support ecosystem to ensure our critical support infrastructure is available when our customers need us most. This role will work with business and engineering team to define the Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR) scenarios and requirements and drive implementation. They will develop and maintain BCDR playbooks so all roles across the company know what to do during an outage. They will also conduct periodic outage drills to ensure all people, process, and technology is ready at a moments notice.

Responsibilities

  • Build cross-team coordination and community across business and engineering teams to solve complex business-process and technology-integration challenges and deliver technical solutions.


  • Develop vision, strategy, and roadmap for complex, high-impact solution areas aligned with business, security, and compliance objectives, incorporating emerging-technology research and proof-of-concept evaluations.


  • Garner stakeholder support and buy-in for the solution vision and strategy; clarify requirements, communicate priorities, and translate complex problem statements into business requirements for engineering teams.


  • Partner with engineering teams to design roadmaps and develop technical solutions that meet business, technical, and compliance needs.


  • Track and communicate project schedules end-to-end; hold stakeholders accountable, manage risks, and allocate resources effectively.


  • Define success criteria and performance metrics; use KPIs and OKRs, success metrics, and Voice of Customer feedback to consolidate status updates and evaluate and resolve solution performance issues.


  • Drive adoption and continuous improvement; conduct user acceptance testing and focus groups, enable and train stakeholders/partners on changes, and mature solutions post-launch by addressing feedback.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Business, Project Management, Supply Chain, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in project management, operations, or engineering OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Project Management, Supply Chain, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in project management, operations, or engineering OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check. This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in high volume contact center operations.


  • Experience working in the Business Continuity / Disaster Recovering arena.


  • Experience deploying and maintaining package software solutions.


Technical Solution Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 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 $148,400 - $222,600 per year.

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

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

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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