NPI Supply Program Manager
Microsoft’s Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP’s vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries.
The Cloud Sourcing, Security and Sustainability (CS3) organization within CSCP manages sourcing, strategy, and suppliers to provide cost, flexibility, and supply advantages that enable our org to become a world-class supply chain. Effective sourcing and supply chain management drive reliable performance, cost efficiency, and supply resilience while providing timely insights across Microsoft's infrastructure ecosystem. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Drive supply chain readiness for new product introductions by coordinating key milestones, dependencies, and cross-functional execution plans with engineering, sourcing, and operations teams.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks that could impact product launch schedules, capacity availability, cost, or customer commitments.
- Lead BOM governance and change management processes, ensuring alignment between engineering releases, sourcing activities, and production schedules.
- Evaluate design, volume, and forecast changes to determine impacts on supply continuity, lead times, inventory strategy, and supplier readiness.
- Provide executive-ready reporting on material readiness, highlighting key risks, constraints, mitigation plans, and launch status.
- Represent supply chain requirements during phase gate reviews and influence cross-functional decisions that support successful product launches.
- Serve as the primary supply chain contact for NPI demand planning, including Capex and Opex requirements, ensuring alignment across stakeholders.
- Drive timely planning and execution of capital requests required to support infrastructure deployment schedules.
- Develop and execute procurement and inventory strategies, including strategic risk-buy decisions, to meet long-lead-time requirements and production commitments.
- Build and maintain end-to-end supply chain models incorporating demand signals, end-of-life planning, supplier capacity constraints, resiliency strategies, and multi-sourcing scenarios.
- Lead supply chain continuity and resilience initiatives through proactive risk assessments, supplier engagement, and mitigation planning.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field AND 4+ years experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations, program management, hardware development, or consumer electronics OR equivalent experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations or a related area.
- 4+ years of experience supporting NPI and manufacturing activities for PCBA, server, networking, datacenter, semiconductor, or other electronics products.
- 4+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional programs across engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and operations teams.
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field AND 6+ years experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations, program management, hardware development, or consumer electronics OR Bachelor's Degree Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field AND 8+ years experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations, program management, hardware development, or consumer electronics OR equivalent experience in engineering, manufacturing, operations or a related area.
5+ years of experience in electronics supply chain, hardware delivery, or technology infrastructure environments.
Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, AI hardware, datacenter technologies, or related large-scale technology platforms.
Experience with supplier capacity planning, supply chain resiliency, risk mitigation, and multi-sourcing strategies.
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NPI Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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