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Principal PM Manager, Commercial Cloud Demand Planning

Microsoft· Technical Program Management
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Redmond, WA, Austin, TX$142.8k - $274.8kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Microsoft CSCP/CLOUD Planning role leading the team responsible for forecasting, capacity planning, and deployment of racks/capacity for Microsoft Commercial Cloud Storage and related services, with a 24–36 month horizon, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on data-driven demand plans, efficiency, and customer capacity availability.

Responsibilities

  • 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 introductions, end-of-life), migration plans, data center constraints, supply availability, and capex targets
  • Develop technical insights into the product, customer value, COGS, and margin drivers to support well-balanced data-driven decisions for the business
  • Optimize the demand plan for supply availability, business growth, and cost; provide clear demand plan to all downstream partners
  • Lead cross-functional discussions with EG(s), Finance, and Hardware Engineering on 24-month capacity plan, collaboratively identify risks and opportunities; support CVP-level decision-making via monthly interlocks and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cadence
  • Serve as focal point with EGs for all capacity topics
  • Identify business transformation opportunities to drive accuracy, capex optimization velocity, reduce cycle time and increase predictability
  • Identify macro / micro industry trends affecting demand and bake them into planning process
  • Bring thought leadership to help management build and execute vision, inspire team members to do their best work, and proactively align with stakeholders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience
  • 1+ year(s) project or people management experience
  • 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects

Skills

Required:ForecastingCapacity planningData science / statistical modelingLeadership / people management

Benefits

  • See company benefits information linked in job description
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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