The 5G revolution has begun. To quickly address this next wave of innovation Microsoft has made significant acquisitions of Affirmed Networks, Metaswitch Networks, and most recently AT&T’s Network Cloud as AT&T m ove s its 5G network to Microsoft. Combining these assets into a cohesive Azure offering for mobile operators further pushes Microsoft technologies into one of the most demanding environments to deliver carrier-grade sca la bility and r eliability with the ease of self-service cloud operations.
Azure Operator Nexus provides operators with the ability to deploy, manage, secure, monitor, and configure the hybrid cloud platform at the near edge. The platform is API (Application Programming Interface) driven and provides full lifecycle support for compute, networking, and storage infrastructure, as well as tenant capabilities to support VM ( Virtual Machine ) and containers (VNF – Virtual Network Function and CNF – Containerized Network Function ), and it is optimized for telco workloads . We’re expanding the same platform to the more distribute d far edge, which supports the Radio Access Network (RAN) with 2 main components, Virtual Central Unit ( vCU ) and Virtual Distributed Unit ( vDU ). The far edge has unique requirements to deploy, manage and operate . Doing all at scale is critical.
If you are highly passionate about customers and driving long lasting business value , thrive in cross-team environments , and are comfortable converting ambiguity in to industry leading innovation , then this could be the opportunity for you. We are looking for a vRAN Principal Product Manager. W e need a strategic and technical product manager versed in shipping cloud services at scale , knowledge of 5G RAN technologies, edge computing development environments , and an understanding of how Azure works from infrastructure, support, billing, and operations.
Qualifications:
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development
- OR equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in product management experience shipping products and services.
- 7+ years of experience in technical executive customer relationship management and development, including incubation or related for cloud, mobile and/or IoT services
Other requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- Proficient communication skills, critical thinking abilities, able to articulate Microsoft strategy and tell customer story
- Proven experience working with major telco providers , RAN network function providers as well as hyperscale cloud providers
- Understanding of telco providers’ life cycle of RAN deployment, management and operations at scale
- Understanding of containerized and virtualized application development environments and platform
- Understanding of RAN technologies, in particular, the RAN acceleration technologies in modern compute x86.
- Competent customer service mindset, with focus on delivering end to end customer/business value
- Comfortable and open-minded in working in a fast-paced dynamic environment with rapidly changing requirements
- Track record of making pragmatic business and engineering tradeoffs to solve hard problems and deliver business value
- Ability to effectively collaborate, influence, and leverage outside resources to drive results
- Experience working with senior technical executives at large enterprises and network carriers
- Master’s degree, Ph.D., or significant technical experience with networking technologies
- Understanding of latest technologies including the Open RAN stack is a plus.
Product Management IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 – $256,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $173,200 – $282,200 per year.
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Responsibilities:
We are looking for a vRAN Principal Pro duct Manager with a p assion for maximizing the customer experience evidenced by customer adoption and increased revenue . Specific areas for this role are:
- Work closely with major mobile providers to align technical roadmaps, strategic ecosystem partners to run virtualized RAN ( vRAN ) functionality on Azure Operator Nexus, with system integrators to provide an end-to-end customer solution and operations model
- Coordinate with product groups across Azure and Microsoft to provide a compelling Azure integrated solution and lead to successful product launch
- Define , refine, and deliver a n Operator Nexus vRAN solution focusing on the end-to-end customer experience