Managing Success Microsoft Technical Management plays a key role in delivering solutions, by successfully managing the top talent that implements the solutions. Technical Management professionals use their keen business sense to identify trends, needed skills, and business demands in order to predict and fulfill future staffing needs. We look for individuals with management backgrounds who understand how to attract and retain top talent. They demonstrate leadership to their team in their ability to lead by example. They not only respond to the needs of their teams, but also drive customer satisfaction across all facets of Microsoft.

A few job titles found here:

Engagement Manager
Is responsible for closing consulting-services sales and delivering consulting-services projects; oversees all engagement negotiations, including contractual, fiscal, and scheduling; monitors performance of Microsoft services staff and partners on engagements.

Practice Manager
Manages engagement managers, professional development managers, and consultants within their practice; is responsible for the everyday management of the strategy, sales, and delivery of a targeted set of objectives to our customers.

Partner Resource Manager
Is responsible for staffing all engagements using partner resources, ensuring that the most highly skilled regional partner resources are distributed across multiple engagements; builds and maintains relationships with key partners to maintain familiarity with their resource skills to successfully staff engagements.

Professional Development Manager
Manages Professional Development Managers and Resource Managers to ensure that Microsoft delivers successfully to our customers; key objectives include developing and implementing processes to ensure that resource capabilities will meet forecasted resource requirements.

Professional Development Director
Manages Professional Development Managers and Resource Managers to ensure that Microsoft delivers successfully to our customers; key objectives include developing and implementing processes to ensure that resource capabilities will meet forecasted resource requirements.

Practice Manager
Manages engagement managers, professional development managers, and consultants within their practice; is responsible for the everyday management of the strategy, sales, and delivery of a targeted set of objectives to our customers.