Senior Product Manager

The Azure Maia team is at the forefront of software+hardware AI innovation! Azure Maia is Microsoft's in-house AI accelerator, designed to deliver exceptional performance, scalability, and cost efficiency for frontier AI workloads. As a Product Manager for the Maia SDK, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Azure's AI infrastructure

This is your chance to work on a product that is key to Microsoft’s AI strategy. You'll work with a global team of technical PMs and collaborate with top engineers, data scientists, and hardware experts to bring new generations of Azure Maia to life. If you are passionate about AI and the intersection of software and hardware, thrive in a fast-paced environment while taking a long-term view, and are eager to make a significant impact, we want you to be part of our journey. Join us and help create the future of AI with Azure Maia! 

Responsibilities

• Technical documentation: You will be responsible for defining, designing, and implementing the documentation framework for the SDK (including APIs, tools, libraries, and samples/tutorials). You’ll work closely with engineering to curate high quality documentation to unlock software development on Microsoft’s latest AI accelerator

• Packaging and release: Define the release process for the SDK and partner with engineering to ensure quality and completeness, with focus on automation and scalability-focused infrastructure and tooling

• Competitive analysis and market understanding: Drive product and user experience definition through deep understanding of comparative products in-market and target user needs. You’ll be the champion for the user and create an experience that exceeds their expectations

• Cross-functional collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams to synthesize information, drive alignment, and influence priorities 

• Hands-on: Learn through experience. Participate in user acceptance testing of targeted scenarios to identify product opportunities to drive the feedback loop

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/project/program management or software development OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience in deep learning, machine learning and/or AI
• 1+ years of experience with technical documentation frameworks such as Doxygen, Sphinx, etc

 
Preferred Qualifications: 

• Familiarity with SDKs and GPUs or other AI accelerators 
• Experience with Python packaging and distribution, releasing and distributing SDKs 
• Ability to work closely with developers to extract and document technical details effectively 
• Proven ability to work effectively across geographically distributed teams
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for automated documentation generation, packaging, integrating builds, versioning, and deployments 

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