Principal Customer Experience Engineering Manager

Are you interested in working for one of the most exciting and fastest growing teams at Microsoft, passionate about exceeding customer expectations and advancing Microsoft's cloud-first strategy Do you thrive in a start-up like environment, excited about cloud computing, and dedicated to driving growth in one of Microsoft's core businesses If so, then look no further! Join Azure Advanced Cloud Engineering (ACE), a global Azure Engineering Support organization that is customer-obsessed and support engaged, with an engineering mindset. Our mission is to turn Azure customers into fans by providing a world-class engineering-led support experience. We are seeking a customer-obsessed leader with an engineering mindset to join us in delivering world-class support experiences to our key Azure customers. This role requires strong operational and people leadership with a technical background to manage a team of Azure Cloud Engineers responsible for providing top-notch support to key customers on Azure. You will collaborate with engineering teams within Azure, support, and field teams to deliver solutions and new capabilities, leading a team of highly skilled engineers supporting our customers" mission-critical Azure deployments. As a Principal Customer Experience Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for end-to-end engineering support delivery for a portfolio of Microsoft strategic customers. You will lead a high-performing team that supports key Azure customers in resolving critical and complex technical issues in a 24x7x365 environment. Additionally, you will be accountable for enabling a customer-obsessed environment, fostering continual engineering improvement, ensuring technical readiness, and promoting a people and culture that thrives on excellence and innovation. Qualifications: - 12+ years of customer-facing experience managing complex workloads in cloud computing for global Fortune 500 customers. - 3+ years of experience managing and leading highly technical teams in a fast-paced environment. - 3+ years of experience in resolving customer challenges, developing customer-centric solutions, and delivering stellar customer experiences. - Bachelors degree in technology preferred or equivalent relevant experience. - Strong communication skills with executive presence, including the ability to engage in high-level discussions. - Demonstrated ability to recruit and develop global teams that drive innovation and change. - Sound understanding of cloud computing technologies across various customer lifecycles of deployment and support.,