The Microsoft HoloLens Team continues to innovate and develop ground-breaking augmented reality devices and innovative technology across computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and image and video processing, networking and graphics. This role will be part of the System Program Management team that drives technology development, product design, product development, and organizational excellence to deliver world class products. We are seeking a Principal Technical Hardware Program Manager to join our team. The candidate will be a key member of our solutions team, responsible for delivering Product Solutions by scoping the needs across multiple organizations and for providing system level solutions that bridge hardware and software. The scope of this role includes driving decisions for feature sets and capabilities, creating and driving schedules, driving issues to closure, facilitating and reporting on program progress.
As a Principal Program Manager you will be responsible for the following including but not limited to: Team leadership for cross functional and cross organizational product development teams Interface across multiple teams outside of the immediate org (e.g. software and experiences) in driving programs. Cross functional collaboration with the partner teams is critical to success Define and execute to product feature requirements and to author specifications or product requirements Program manage the schedule, deliverables, product costs, and budgets Manage vendor engagements, including initial
Required 10+ years of experience in program management within a product development and engineering team Experience managing Asian and European development partners and written/managed development contracts B.S./M.S. in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Preferred Full responsibility for multiple delivered-to-market product development cycles in high performance products incorporating cutting edge technologies Hardware development experience Demonstrated cross-functional and cross-org experience Excellent written and verbal communication Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security