New 
GM, Partnerships Lead (OAI)
 Microsoft | |
 United States, California, San Francisco | |
 Nov 28, 2024 | |
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Overview Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we're dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world. Are you interested in managing and guiding Microsoft's largest and most important technical partnership? Are you interested in ensuring that Microsoft stays at the forefront of the AI industry and delivers the benefits of AI to Microsoft, our customers and partners, while representing the CTO of Microsoft? Are you a partner-focused self-starter who understands what it takes to design collaborative workstreams, can execute and hold groups accountable for success, and drive complex, multi-workstream activities from incubation to production? The Office of the CTO (OCTO) OpenAI Partnership Team is a small group that acts as 'air traffic control' for Microsoft's strategically important relationship with OpenAI. Our goal is to ensure that Microsoft maintains a healthy relationship with OpenAI, identifies opportunities for collaboration, and delivers on the promise of ourindustry-defining partnership. We are now looking for our next team leader: an experienced Program Manager who is excited by new technological trends and motivated by working with partners to deliver joint success. This role requires a self-motivated individual, comfortable operating in a very fast-paced and highly technical environment who will help support Microsoft's AI ambitions. This individual will provide strategic planning support, reporting and analysis of research breakthroughs and technology trends, and relationship management across multiple stakeholder groups. This individual will be responsible for managing day-to-day partnership activities: this includes designing and executing programs for research collaboration, IP transfer, escalations and dispute resolution, and contract governance. This individual should be able to switch between high-level strategic thinking and excellent program management, moving from recommendations for how Microsoft should take advantage of OpenAI's research breakthroughs to tactical documenting of our partnership activities. A key success factor will be ensuring that Microsoft leaders - up to and including members of the SLT - have the information needed to make sound strategic decisions. This role requires collaborating with teams and executives across Microsoft, OpenAI, and other stakeholder groups, managing the interaction of research, product, policy, and PR/Comms to drive successful delivery of joint projects - all while staying focused on Microsoft's strategic goals. This role is located either in Redmond, WA, or San Francisco/Bay Area, CA. This role is eligible for hybrid work.
ResponsibilitiesWe are looking for passionate individuals who:Are resourceful, proactive and detail oriented, and are comfortable working in ambiguous environments, keeping shared goals in mind and working with a collaborative and curious mindset.Have excellent knowledge of the modern AI landscape, including contemporary trends in large language and multi-modal model development, and opportunities and challenges in AI product development.Have negotiation expertise, including proven experience in deal origination, negotiation, and execution, with a focus on achieving favorable outcomes for all parties.Have a demonstrated ability to design and execute multiple, complex collaboration activities between stakeholder groups. Skills include defining success criteria for key strategic workstreams: partnering with senior leaders across engineering, strategy, and research to identify milestones, responsibilities, and processes that accelerate our product groups' existing efforts.Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.Can apply excellent project and program management techniques to drive clarity and accountability for large, complex collaboration efforts across multiple teams.Be eager to learn, work hard and have fun! | |