Senior Azure Product Manager

Onico Solutions; Richmond Hill; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking a Senior Azure Product Manager to engage with Microsoft Partners and lead the Azure Cloud product strategy. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in Azure product management, strong business acumen, and excellent communication skills. This is a permanent remote-based position.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Azure Cloud Product Management or Solution Architecture.
• Strong business acumen and technical competency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the product strategy and lead the development of the product roadmap for Azure Cloud.
• Define Cloud product value-propositions, service descriptions, product features and pricing strategies.
• Lead and deliver Go-To-Market plans engaging cross functional collaboration.

Skills

Azure Cloud Product Management

Communication Skills

Business Acumen

Technical Competency

Relationship Building

Job description

The Senior Azure Product Manager will engage with Microsoft Partner Managers, Account Teams, and other support personnel while utilizing their knowledge of Partner Center, Marketplace, EMSP, AAMP, CAF and other Microsoft resources.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the product strategy and lead the development of the product roadmap for Azure Cloud
• Use analysis of target market trends to enhance or distinguish product placement as well as maintain product requirements within the competitive arena
• Be current and apply thought leadership towards the Cloud building blocks including infrastructure, platform, and application management
• Identify and validate critical managed services to focus on while defending against distraction of the myriad of potential services
• Define Cloud product value-propositions, service descriptions, product features and pricing strategies
• Lead and deliver Go-To-Market plans engaging cross functional collaboration with Product Marketing, Sales, Sales Engineering and Support
• Manage revenue forecasts which will align to Finance and Sales revenue plans
• Build and present compelling business cases which demonstrate your astute knowledge of the industry, market, technology, and financial returns
• Work closely with Marketing and Sales to drive revenue results to achieve forecasts
• Support product lifecycle and have a point of view on product development, service and support sustainment and end of life
• Identify and maintain relationships with product partners, third party vendors
• Be a key contributor on the Microsoft Alliance partnership driving revenue opportunities and maintaining or exceeded skills and capability requirements
• Evangelize our current solutions internally and externally via blogs, conferences, and customer meetups as well as requirements gathering

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Azure Cloud Product Management or Solution Architecture
• Knowledge of Microsoft Partner Center, Marketplace, EMSP, AAMP, CAF
• Strong business acumen and technical competency
• Commanding knowledge of sales, marketing, and general business management
• Ability to simplify complex technical concepts and communicate effectively to a non-technical audience
• Ability to develop good relationships across all levels of the organization
• Understand high-level technical architecture
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

This is a permanent remote based position.