Principal PM Manager, Commercial Cloud Demand Planning

Overview Microsoft’s Cloud business is experiencing explosive growth, and the Capacity, Supply Chain & Provisioning (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the infrastructure underlying this growth. Our mission is to deliver the world’s computer with an industry-leading supply chain. CSCP is responsible for strategic sourcing, customer demand forecasting, capacity planning and management, supply chain planning and execution, capacity provisioning, and decommissioning and dispositioning of datacenter assets worldwide. Microsoft Cloud Planning (MCP) is the central planning function within CSCP focusing on forecasting, capacity planning, hardware demand planning, inventory buffer strategies, and Integrated Business Planning (IBP). MCP is responsible for effectively collaborating with Cloud Services development partners, deeply understanding business goals, translating those needs into useful signals that inform long- mid- and short-term capacity plans, and providing consumable feedback signals that help inform future plans and goals. The function closely partners with Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, Data Centers, New Product Introduction Teams, and the other Supply Chain organizations to plan capacity and hardware demand. The Commercial Cloud Planning team within MCP is chartered with generating an accurate and affordable hardware forecast and demand plan for Microsoft Commercial Cloud, which includes all Compute & Storage and all 1P Services and Appliances. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to lead the team of leaders and planners that are accountable for both planning and deployment of racks / capacity for all Standard (Hard Disk Drive based) Storage Services. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. #CSCP #CSCPJobs #CSCPHiringNow Responsibilities In this role, you will lead the team that forecasts, plans, manages capacity & deployment for all Azure Standard Storage Services (HDD based) and XArchive (Tape based) within Microsoft’s Cloud. This team estimates consumption usage, plans for large scale migrations, develops efficiency plans with engineering, and partners with supply planning & sourcing on procurement and execution strategies. You will partner closely with leaders across the organization in Engineering Groups, Finance, HW PMs, CO+I, and other Supply Chain functions. Your team is responsible for delivering high quality, accurate, and stable rack demand plans for standard compute and storage hardware. Your team works within a horizon of 24 (eventually 36) months incorporating statistical model forecasts, decommission plans, hardware and software roadmaps (including planned engineering efficiencies), hardware transition plans, and customer migration plans, and drive our demand to enable strategic priorities. Your leadership will enable customer capacity availability, margins, data center health, and positive customer experiences for all businesses, internal and external. We are looking for a leader with forecasting and capacity/demand planning skills, Data Science skills, deep Cloud Industry experience, Supply Chain expertise, a robust collaborative approach towards problem solving, and people management skills consistent with Microsoft’s Model, Coach, Care leadership values. Build, coach, and develop a high performing team of technical program management and demand planning professionals Identify and drive progress towards team Objectives and Key Results Lead generation of unconstrained and constrained short-term and mid-term hardware and capex demand plans leveraging statistical modeling, decommission plans, product-lifecycle plans (new product introduc…

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