Senior Supply Chain Program Manager - New Product Introduction

Senior Supply Chain Program Manager

Join the team powering the future of Microsoft's cloud. As a Senior Supply Chain Program Manager in the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization, you'll play a critical role in bringing next-generation cloud solutions to life.

In this high-impact role, you'll combine your technical expertise and business acumen to drive seamless product launches through a world-class supply chain readiness framework. You'll partner closely with teams across Engineering, Infrastructure, Data Center Readiness, and Product Management to deliver at scale and ensure Microsoft's cloud innovations reach customers on time, in volume, and with uncompromising quality.

As Microsoft's cloud business continues its rapid growth, this is your opportunity to help shape the backbone of our global cloud infrastructure and make an impact on one of the most transformative supply chain ecosystems in the world.

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.

Responsibilities

In this role, you'll help drive the success of the end-to-end supply chain for new Artificial Intelligence (AI) products, ensuring smooth and scalable launches. You'll work cross-functionally across partner teams and supply chain functions to execute an NPI (New Product Introduction) framework that meets both business and customer goals.

Leveraging your technical and business expertise, you'll collaborate with and influence partner teams to optimize plans, decisions, and readiness activities through Design for Supply Chain (DfSC) principles to enable new solutions to scale efficiently, predictably, and with exceptional quality.

Specific duties include :

• Lead cross-functional stakeholders to define and execute NPI readiness strategies for AI and cloud products.
• Drive risk management, schedule acceleration, and trade-off decisions to maximize customer capacity and delivery reliability.
• Use analytics and cost-benefit insights to inform strategic decisions and optimize performance.
• Maintain deep understanding of product technical attributes, milestones, and interdependencies to guide execution.
• Provide real-time thought leadership on AI and GPU trends and their impact on Microsoft's supply chain.
• Collaborate with Engineering to align on schedule, quality, risks, and product changes to meet business and customer needs.
• Influence across teams through early lifecycle engagement to achieve broad business goals.
• Scale and improve NPI processes, increasing clarity, simplifying execution, and driving operational excellence.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field AND 4+ years experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations, program management, hardware development, or consumer electronics

OR equivalent experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations or a related area.

4+ years of experience in Supply Chain, High-tech Manufacturing, New Product Introduction, Sourcing, Operations or related fields

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.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Cloud, GPU, or AI-related high-tech hardware or supply chain operations.

Proven track record in program management at a high-tech company, successfully establishing and executing supply chain processes.

Demonstrated ability to work with global, cross-functional teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

Experiene in leadership, collaboration, and influence skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, conflicting priorities, and change.

Proficient in data analytics, problem-solving, and delivering high-quality outputs.

NPI Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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.