The Microsoft Developer Division Server & Tools Online Team is seeking a program manager to help us build innovative new Community Platform web applications, including forums, community-driven portals, blogs, social bookmarks, a feeds and tags service, plus content management. Our team is focused on transforming MSDN, TechNet and the (new) Expression web sites into the most innovative, community-focused web sites within Microsoft and the industry.
Making our sites more community driven not only helps our customers become more successful, but it improves our business by encouraging customers to engage more deeply with both Microsoft and each other. Our goal is to help technical professionals worldwide become more successful by connecting them to relevant resources, peers, and experts from Microsoft and the community.
In this role, you will collaborate with other program managers, developers and testers to define, build and deliver the platform. You will help drive features that enable critical capabilities, such as social bookmaking, tag cloud browsing, tag and search experience integration, feed syndication and more.
This job is a good fit if you…
•     Have deep understanding of Web 2.0 and online communities, especially social bookmarking, etc.
•     Possess great abstract thinking and analytical skills.
•     Enjoy working in a complex, fast moving environment.
•     Are an experienced program manager.
•     Have experience working with agile engineering processes.
•     Work experience directly related to engineering of complex web sites, tools and user experiences.
•     Experience shipping products/web sites.
•     Strong cross-group collaboration skills.
Specific qualifications include:
•     Strong technical background with expertise in web technologies like HTTP, ASP.NET, SQL Server, AJAX, JavaScript, XML
•     Work experience directly related to engineering of complex web sites, tools and user experiences
•     3-5 years successful experience as a technical PM. (Microsoft PM experience desirable but not required.)
•     Strong cross-group collaboration skills
•     Demonstrated ability to write stories, functional specs and other technical documents
•     Experience shipping products/web sites
•     BS or higher in technical field