Senior Product Manager - AI Infrastructure Competitive Strategy
Microsoft · Austin, TX, US
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About the Role
Join the Systems Planning and Architecture (SPARC) team within Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure (AHSI) to lead competitive analysis supporting Azure's AI infrastructure roadmaps. You will evaluate evolving cloud infrastructure technologies and competitive platforms to inform product planning and architecture decisions, developing a fact-based understanding of Microsoft's infrastructure performance, cost, power, and availability.
Responsibilities
- Lead competitive assessments of AI accelerators, CPUs, memory, networking, storage, and rack-scale infrastructure supporting Azure’s Maia, Cobalt, and AI systems roadmaps.
- Evaluate competitor and industry roadmaps across architecture, process technology, performance, power, memory, system configuration, deployment timing, and supply-chain dependencies.
- Develop analytical models that connect product specifications, workload performance, power, cost, and utilization to assess platform competitiveness and total cost of ownership.
- Synthesize inputs from engineering teams, performance measurements, financial models, suppliers, market research, and public information into a consistent, decision-ready view of the competitive landscape.
- Identify key technology and product decision points across silicon architecture, memory, packaging, networking, and system design, and assess their implications for future Azure products.
- Partner with architecture, engineering, workload, performance, finance, sourcing, and product-planning teams to evaluate tradeoffs and align assumptions across organizations.
- Translate complex and incomplete information into clear insights, scenarios, and recommendations for product teams and senior leaders.
- Establish repeatable analyses, dashboards, and review mechanisms that improve the consistency, transparency, and reuse of competitive, performance, and cost information.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security-screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Skills
- Cloud infrastructure
- Semiconductors
- AI systems
- Datacenter hardware
- Product strategy
- Competitive analysis
- Management consulting
- Quantitative analysis
- Performance benchmarking
- Cost modeling
- Total cost of ownership
- Market analysis
- Capacity analysis
- Financial modeling
- Structured problem-solving
- Technical communication
- AI accelerators
- CPUs
- High-bandwidth memory
- Advanced packaging
- Networking
- Storage
- Server systems
- Rack-scale architecture
- Semiconductor development
- Supply chains
- Hyperscale cloud platforms
- Hardware ecosystems
Location
- U.S.
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, semiconductors, AI systems, datacenter hardware, product strategy, competitive analysis, or management consulting.
- 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
Education Level
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (U.S. typical base pay range)
- USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area)
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
About the Company
- Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
- Employees come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to achieve shared goals.
- Microsoft fosters a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability.
- The Systems Planning and Architecture (SPARC) team is part of Azure Hardware Systems and Infrastructure (AHSI), which powers Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission.
- AHSI delivers core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's cloud businesses including Microsoft Azure, Bing, MSN, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Teams and Xbox Live.
Equal Opportunity
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- Information on requesting accommodations for disabilities or religious needs is available.