3 months ago
Tokyo, JapanStaff+
Responsibilities
- Shape customer opportunities and translate business needs into actionable technical approaches.
- Build and deliver production-grade solutions in customer environments with end-to-end ownership.
- Deliver iterative, high-impact solutions in ambiguous and fast-moving environments.
- Engage senior stakeholders, build trust, align priorities, and guide technical and business decisions.
- Apply industry and customer context to tailor solutions.
- Prepare and transition work to FDE crews with clear scope and technical direction.
- Navigate complex account dynamics while driving urgency, accountability, and continuity across engagements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience in engineering, product or technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
- At least 3 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Experience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver solutions end-to-end.
- Fluency in Japanese and English.
- Preferred: bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
- Preferred: 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Preferred: 2+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles such as consulting, solutions engineering, or field engineering.
- Preferred: experience with AI/ML technologies, cloud architecture, data engineering, and AI tools and workflows for creating software engineering artifacts.
- Comfort with travel of up to 25%.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package supporting health, wellness, and financial needs.
- Informal and flexible work environment.
- Travel requirements may be up to 25%.
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.