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.
Set long term strategy for your organization, aligning with broader organizational goals and investment, and build the tactical execution plan that helps the team deliver on the vision.
Provide strong technical leadership that helps the team develop reliable and scalable solutions for Microsoft.
Build a world class engineering team by being a role model, providing coaching to leaders, and caring for individual and team needs.
Partner with senior stakeholders and engineering leaders in Identity and other divisions in to deliver on critical initiatives.
Ensure operational excellence of your software to ensure it is secure, reliable, scalable and performant.
Build healthy, collaborative relationships across the division and Microsoft to adopt best practices and contribute successes from your team.
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 organizations
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.
Prior experience working in data analytics, big data, or client applications/SDKs
Apply via :
careers.microsoft.com
