Job Detail
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Job ID 133294
Job Description
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary (USD):
$ 65.00-70.00/hr DOE
Start Date:
11.01.2023
The Azure Monetization and Business Planning (AM+BP) team in Business Planning serves as the center of monetization and pricing strategies for Azure products and services. We are responsible for delivering high-impact monetization strategies, packaging, and pricing to create durable profit growth for Azure. Our team is responsible for the end-to-end monetization process from business strategy development through transactability and execution.
One of the key elements of the role of an Azure Business Planner is to support various Azure launches. The launch process is an engine of people, systems, and steps that ultimately take a product or service strategy and get it to market. A launch event is anything requiring a commerce change, including (but not limited to) new product or service releases, price changes, name changes, a change to a service, and a deprecation of a service. In this role, the Azure BP PM will work closely with both the Business Planner and Operations teams to support Azure launches.
Another key element of the role is cross-functional stakeholder engagement in an oftentimes matrixed environment. To successfully collaborate, stakeholders must be aligned, strategies must get proper approvals, and information must be clearly articulated across teams. The Azure BP PM will work closely with Business Planners and their cross-functional stakeholder counterparts (Engineering, Product Marketing, and Finance) to support this engagement through project management.
Job Responsibilities:
The support provided by the Azure BP PM will span across five (5) buckets of work which fall under launch support and project management:
1) Dedicated launch assistance
Engage in and support launch prioritization, escalations, data auditing and validation, and pricing verification leveraging deep fundamental product knowledge gained by being embedded within the individual AM+BP teams.
2) Launch operational process and stakeholder support
The Operations team is responsible for ensuring a compliant launch process and they have a vendor team dedicated to supporting the Business Planner throughout the launch process for specific launch scenarios and tasks. Not all launches will receive Operations vendor support and Operations vendor support does not cover all launch tasks.
The Azure BP PM will provide launch support as needed when the Operations vendor team is over capacity, or the launch is Business Planner-led only with no Operations support (approx. 31% of launches). In these scenarios, the Azure BP PM will assist the Azure Business Planner with launch operational processes such as: Control Tower card updates (represents a launch), Change Requests (output of launch), pre-production ICM creation and updates (correct mistakes/issues), Change Summary validations (ensure all data input is correct), and the exception process (when launch misses the date). This also includes PM support for key stakeholders such as Software Engineers (meter minting process/reporting) and Business Planners (OBI recommendations and gathering systems issues to facilitate improvements of processes).
3) Meeting coordination and support
Facilitate meeting coordination for cross-functional stakeholder meetings, wallows (reviews) with leadership, and team syncs. Attend launch-related meetings on behalf of the Azure Business Planner and serve as the liaison relaying important updates, sharing back relevant information, and advocating for resource prioritization.
4) Team enhancements, improvements, and special projects
Follow new developments, share best practices, and support the coordination of strategic team initiatives. In addition, support new Business Planners by connecting them to critical resources and key stakeholders.
5) Milestone & Project Planner (MAPP) updates
The Milestone & Project planner (MAPP) tool is a project management tracker the AM+BP team uses to track projects that are not yet in, or may never be in, Control Tower. Azure Business Planners leverage MAPP to track their projects and identify needed signoffs and reviews. Supplier will be responsible for helping create and update MAPP projects and signoff milestones on behalf of Azure Business Planners.
Requirements (Aligned with Non-Tech Project Manager Level 3):
• US Citizenship required
• 4-8 years of project management experience
• PMI Certification required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Strong cross team/group/org collaboration skills
• Excellent communication skills, experience working with external vendors, strong project management skills
Preferred Qualifications (Aligned with Non-Tech Project Manager Level 3):
• Master’s degree preferred
• Knowledge/background in software industry products/services/applications, with in-depth knowledge of Microsoft’s products/services/applications
• Ability to foresee and analyze project risks, develop risk management plan and mitigate subsequent issues
• High-powered analytical skills and the ability to understand concepts and situations that pass by many others
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