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  • Posted: Sep 5, 2022
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Microsoft Corporation (commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operatin...
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    Principal Group Engineering Manager

    Responsibilities

    In this role, you will

    • Lead the development efforts in Microsoft Africa Development Center in Nairobi and enable us to successfully grow diverse and inclusive engineering teams.You will be able to mix strategy and tactics – create clarity on where the site and charters owned there will be in about 2-3 years' time.
    • Provide strong technical leadership that helps the team develop solutions for Microsoft
    • Provide leadership and coaching to the team during times of rapid change and cultural, process, and systems transformation
    • Partner with senior stakeholders and engineering leaders in Identity and other divisions in to deliver and run prioritized Identity investments
    • Ensure that our engineering strategy is aligned with organization goals, and best practices are geared to achieve optimum service health
    • Contribute to the Identity leadership team by building collaborative relationships with peers and senior leaders and leveraging best practices

    Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, or related discipline
    • 10+ years of professional experience in product management, program management, or software engineering, including significant experience as a leader and manager of managers
    • Proven experience in delivering and managing applications that meet the fundamental bars of security, availability, user experience, and efficiency
    • Ability to motivate and develop a diverse and inclusive, cohesive, and high performing team
    • Ability to manage stakeholder and partner relationships to influence, drive collaboration, innovation, and adoption across Microsoft
    • Strong interpersonal and group dynamic skills coupled with excellent written and verbal communication skills

    Highly Valued Skills 

    • You also ideally have experience in international software development, ideally with exposure to African talent market and the technical landscape.
    • Experience influencing executive leadership and executive stakeholders. 
    • Excellent communications skills, comfortable presenting to large audiences and customers. 
    • Prior experience working in the Identity and/or Security domains. 

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Microsoft on careers.microsoft.com to apply

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