Principal Hardware Product Manager

Collaborate with customers and partner organizations to drive a hardware accelerator and server infrastructure initiative for Azure data centers. Identify and prioritize customer needs, market opportunities, and competitive gaps, and translate them into clear and actionable product requirements and specifications. Lead the strategic product vision and drive internal alignment among wide-ranging cross-functional stakeholders to define the hardware technology platform plan of record. Lead technical programs from concept to execution, collaborating with architecture, engineering and business teams to develop and drive end-to-end product development. Establish platform and front end network prioritization strategies based on workload analysis. Track dependencies across SoC, OS, agents, networking, and telemetry. Work closely with supply teams to mitigate risks related to hardware availability and timeline shifts. Engage with senior leadership, highlighting risks across functional teams and providing recommendations to support product level decisions. Operate effectively in ambiguity. Apply process where it creates value, and design process where it's needed. Recognize the situations where each approach is most appropriate. Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. 3+ years of experience working in HW accelerator programs or a product manager 7+ years of technical product management experience, including products within datacenter Hardware systems and/or Cloud infrastructure. 7+ years experience creating product roadmap(s) from conception to launch, driving end-to-end program execution, defining product go-to-market strategy, and leading program direction discussions. Communication skills, including the ability to build compelling internal/external presentations and technology-focused whitepapers, and comprehensive business review materials as well as the ability to translate abstract thoughts, key themes and tactics into understandable messages for broad consumption. Demonstrable knowledge and depth of security concepts, especially those pertaining to Cloud / Server architectures and business models. Demonstrated excellent analytical, problem resolution and decision-making skills. Superior judgment, team building, and the ability to work under continual deadline pressure required. Proven experience in effective cross group, cross company, and cross industry collaboration. Adaptability, flexibility and the ability to deal with ambiguity associated with working in a fast paced and changing environment with a highly organized, process-focused aptitude. Demonstrated problem solving and negotiating skills; the ability to deal with conflict and multiple constituencies and manage multiple simultaneous objectives is imperative. Must be conversant in software and hardware architectures. Includes knowledge of the component technologies (networking, silicon, storage, memory, etc.) in the hardware industry.