Senior Technical Program Manager - Advertising at Microsoft

This role requires an individual with depth of knowledge of the global advertising space - in particular performance advertising and audience-led buying across search, display, native or programmatic - a keen intellect for generating data driven answers to complex business questions as well as superior communication skills to influence a range of different partners and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead & develop an effective framework to identify growth opportunities through analysis of marketplace, advertiser and monetization trends for the global markets and drive demand programs in partnership with relevant teams to help execute against the opportunities.
• Serve as the key partner to Business Planning, Demand Planning,  Market Sciences, and Sales Strategy teams on opportunities, programs and measurement.
• Work on ad-hoc projects with the basic theme of analyzing large quantities of data to generate meaningful actionable insights for our advertisers.
• Collaborate with different parts/teams of the Microsoft Advertising eco system, as required, to leverage diverse assets and tools towards solving on-demand business problems.
• Showcase thought leadership by unlocking newer and lesser explored areas of driving sustainable advertiser demand growth through effective monitoring of demand performance, quality, and diversification including the development of suitable frameworks and building the case for Leadership 
• team buy-in, where appropriate.
• Research evolving industry trends and our competitive landscape to understand implications for our business and advertiser base – develop and land strategic recommendations with our business leadership.
• Be a Strategic Advisor: Provide thought leadership, advice, influence and insight to partners across other teams.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND consolidated experience in advanced analytics, product/technical program management or product development

OR equivalent experience.

• Experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Experience in one or more of the following: strategy/management consulting, business planning, media/advertising, market research, product management, or financial modeling.
• Proven experience in applying sophisticated analytics to solve complex business questions. 
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with turning large scale data into actionable insights and decisions.
• Hands-on approach to data analysis / data mining with a solid focus on quality. 
• Experience with MS Excel.
• Superior communications skills, both verbal and written and ability to engage with business partners and executives to influence and drive data based strategic decisions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SQL and PowerBI OR any other analytical platforms. 
• Experience in Digital Advertising.