 | Driven to Succeed Program managers are customer focused, working to ensure that the products Microsoft produces will delight users and enable them to do their best. Program management is also an opportunity to flex technical muscles: your technical decisions and direction are what drive products and features through to completion.
Working across multiple groups with marketing and sales personnel on the customer end, program managers translate customer requirements into product features and create functional specifications. On the implementation end, they prioritize and deliver on those features, working closely with key technical resources, such as
software development,
testing,
documentation,
localization,
tech support, and more.
Program managers typically have a software development background. This technical expertise is blended with evangelism, empathy, conflict negotiation skills, and a passion for driving projects through to completion.
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A few job titles found here:Program Manager
Leads the technical side of a product development team, managing and defining the functional specifications and defining how the product will work.
Lead/Group Program Manager
Works with various program managers to improve Microsoft's product management processes and strategies.
Product Designer
Works closely with development, usability, and visual design to create rich and useful user experiences in many forms and different mediums.
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Technical/Program Management
