Sr Public Relations Manager – MICO

Do you have what it takes to design and execute leading-edge communication programs for some of the most profitable and important enterprise businesses at Microsoft? Have a passion for technology, communications and “influencing the influencers” in today’s constantly evolving new media environment? If so - we want to talk with you!

The Commercial Communications team is looking for a PR manager to drive the communications agenda for Cloud + Enterprise and Developer business.   In this role you will have the unique opportunity to create and execute a communications strategy for Microsoft’s global datacenter portfolio that positively shifts the perceptions of consumers, technologists, business audiences and policy makers.  

The position will focus primarily on PR strategies and tactics but will also create and manage direct to customer and field facing materials.

Additional details on specific areas of responsibility are included below. However, we are a small, agile team that needs candidates who thrive on change, embrace new things and take on new responsibilities.   Net, the nature of the job and associated duties can and will vary over time.

In this role you will:

Create and execute a communications strategy for Microsoft’s global datacenter portfolio, including:

End to end announce strategy from ground breaking to deprecation of physical datacenter facilities

End to end announce strategy for regional commercial cloud service announcements (Office 365, Azure and Dynamics)

Partnering with consumer cloud service teams on regional service announcements

Provide subject matter expertise and counsel on all Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure Organization related communications issues.

Partner with engineering, marketing and field teams on datacenter communication planning and execution

Develop and maintain content, messaging and positioning guidance in support of our global datacenter portfolio and the Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure Organization

Partner with and manage external agency resources

Skills and Experiences we are looking for:

Undergraduate Degree in Communications, Marketing or Information

Technology

5-6 years of PR and marketing communications experience

Broad marketing, digital marketing or communications program design experience preferred

Experience with cloud services, datacenters, datacenter communications and/or issues management for information technology companies

Experience marketing to IT, developer, business or start-up audiences

Additional experience in field, sales or technical roles is a plus

Excellent communications, writing and project management skills

Integrated marketing, messaging and positioning proficiency.

Candidates should have a proven track record of cross-group collaboration, the ability to influence corporate and field teams at multiple levels of the organization, and business maturity.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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SLP Traveler, Speech language Pathologist

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP TravelerTraveling Speech-Language Pathologist needed to work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to develop a plan of care for each speech pathology patient. The SLP will provide skilled speech pathology services to patients with speech, language and/or hearing deficits in accordance with physician's orders. Recent experience required.

 www.AlliedTravelWeb.com

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Sr Ptnr/Chnl Mktg Mgr SMB

The US SMB Channel Marketing team is leading the way in transforming and developing a thriving SMB partner ecosystem to serve US SMB customers in a mobile first, cloud first world.   Bring your passion for marketing to our energetic and creative team.   We are focused on driving business impact while being a positive place to work with very high team morale. Join a team that exemplifies excellence with back-to-back Top SMSP Sales team wins at MGX the past two years!

We are looking for a seasoned marketer to be responsible for understanding the needs, behaviors, and business drivers of our partners and then translate those understandings into end-to-end strategies and campaigns that help win Microsoft business through partners.   You will develop marketing that communicates why Microsoft SMB Cloud solutions are the right choice for customers and why Microsoft is the right choice for growing a partner’s business.  

Core Responsibilities:

This highly collaborative role works across the company to develop, execute and manage to-partner marketing initiatives that grow partner awareness and capacity for Microsoft SMB solutions (O365, Azure, Windows Server, SQL and CRM Online) by:

  Influencing US SMB revenue and market share growth by working collaboratively to develop innovative marketing solutions for engaging, enabling and motivating SMB partners

  Being a subject matter expert on the partner value proposition for Microsoft SMB Cloud solutions

  Developing and executing a competitive partner recruit strategy

  Performing marketing analysis to measure ROMI and identify opportunities for growing partner capacity to drive sales growth against SMB sales targets

  Incorporating scalability and simplicity in to all your marketing

  Maintaining clear and consistent communication across a broad array of internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications:

  Strong marketing communications skills

  Proven ability to design, develop and execute integrated channel marketing initiatives

  Proven ability to think long term about business needs and opportunities

  Collaboration and communication skills with demonstrated ability to be effective in a cross-functional environment

  Project & Budget management

  Positive, “can do” attitude with a passion to drive business results

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Design Integrator

Our organization is focused on our commerce and store investments. This business brings together all the great minds behind our on-line stores for our products, services, devices, customers, and partners to provide our end users with the best experience possible. Bring your customer focus and technical expertise to an exciting and growing business at Microsoft!

Your passion is building beautiful, responsive, and usable web experiences.   You’re a CSS guru.   You’re ready to have a big impact on Microsoft and our customers worldwide.

So what are you waiting for?   Come join us!   We are looking for a web designer/developer with expert-level CSS skills and strong JavaScript skills to help us bring our users an online commerce experience that is beautiful and inviting.   We are a fun, inclusive team that values quality, collaboration, and results.

Responsibilities of this role include:

•Design, implementation, and testing of client-side web code (CSS 3, JavaScript, and HTML 5) to make our site look great every day

•Being a key influencer within the engineering team for our client-side technology choices

•Building responsive web experiences that look great across multiple devices and browsers

•Collaborating with the UX design team, program management team, and engineering team

•Running, writing and maintaining unit tests and automated integration tests

•Contributing to team-wide infrastructure investments

Qualifications include:

•Four or more years of professional experience in website development

•Demonstrated professional experience with and expert-level knowledge of CSS, including experience developing responsive web UI using Bootstrap, Foundation, 960 Grid System, and/or comparable CSS frameworks

•Proficiency and demonstrated professional experience with JavaScript and commonly used JavaScript frameworks

•Experience with ASP.NET and Razor a plus but not required

•Experience with Scrum, Test-Driven Development and Continuous Deployment a plus

This position is based in Redmond, WA. This position is based in Redmond, WA.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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BUS. PROG MGR - CONTENT & COMM

Do you want to play a significant role in the shift to “Cloud First”? Do you have an obsession for customers and ensuring they have a good experience with our technology? Do you have an ability to quickly understand complex programs, services and offerings and a knack for simplifying and clearly communicating the details to multiple audiences? If so, come join the Azure Business Operations team as the Content and Communications Program Manager.   We are looking for a highly driven, aspiring individual who is ready to grow their career within the rapidly growing Cloud business.

As the Content and Communications PM on the Enterprise Business Operations team, you will become a subject matter expert in everything Azure.   You will have responsibility for all content as it relates to enterprise business models, service offerings, service metering, promotions and pricing.   This will include content in outbound communications to our key Enterprise Agreement customers and Partners as well as content published on the Azure Enterprise Portal and to our internal licensing, operations and sales teams.

Come help us to transform to be the dominant leader in this market.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  Deliver training content for internal operations and sales teams

  Deliver enterprise portal release communications

  Review and approve pricing in global Azure communications

  Own customer messaging on the Azure Enterprise Portal including notification content

  Create and manage training materials, help files and feature documentation

  Manage ad hoc communications with regard to customer specific or global issues

  Ensure Enterprise content lands appropriately on www.azure.com http://www.azure.com>

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

  Strong verbal and written communication skills

  Highly organized, with great attention to ensure required details are not overlooked

  Results and action oriented - makes sure the job gets done on time

  Strong leadership skills with proven ability deliver results without direct influence

  Strong qualitative data analysis skills

KEY LEADERSHIP/PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES/INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

  Strong multi-tasking aptitude in order to manage multiple issues/projects in a fast-paced environment

  Working ability to remain effective under stress, and respond to pressure in a manner acceptable to others and to the organization.

  Seize opportunities by having a passion for the customer and drive for value creation

  Relationship building skills, maturity, high degree of self-confidence

  Customer focus and ability to gather impressions and incorporate feedback

  Strong cross-group communication, collaboration, negotiation, and leadership skills

  Reliable and responsible

The candidate must also have:

  A Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, or closely related field

  5+ years of relevant business experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications:  

  Prior Microsoft experience

MBA

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Senior Software II

Our team is on the forefront of Microsoft’s “Cloud First, Device First” mission.  

Our team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to provide IC leadership for our developer experience and will deepen the team’s understanding of application usage patterns, provide for telemetry and instrumentation, and provide for better debugging capabilities across the technology stack.

Qualifications:

3+ year track record shipping software

3+ years of professional experience in C/C++/C#/Java

A BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience

Proven capability to work through ambiguity to achieve effective test coverage

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Program Manager II

Are you passionate about the mobile app experiences?   We’re a startup team focused on the customer and passionate about shipping high quality, engaging and yet highly trustworthy customer experiences..

We are looking for PM with a ‘can-do’ mindset, great interpersonal skills, and strong technical background in operating system security, malware detection, threat analysis, and an understanding of mobile apps and developers. As a technical PM, you'll need to use a data driven approach to understand the customer security needs, go deep technically and help the team make the right decisions and deliver in face of ambiguities. You will need to learn fast, mentor people around you about your area, a good decision maker and excellent at cross group communication.

If you have experience and expertise in   app development or OS internals come talk to us.

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United States of America: Campaign Manager - #Showyourselfie Campaign

The Global Poverty Project and United Nations Population Fund's new global campaign, #Showyourselfie, is growing fast internationally. As such, we are looking for a talented, driven and passionate Campaign Manager to elevate the campaign to scale across 2015. The position is a consultancy for a period of ten months.

About #Showyourselfie:

Showyourselfie, a campaign by the United Nations Population Fund and Global Poverty Project, is a visual petition to ensure that the rights and needs of adolescents and youth (age 10 - 24) are strongly included in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

The campaign is mobilizing young people around the world to submit their selfie as a personal signature and demonstrate visible support for youth. #Showyourselfie will present the largest ever visual handover to Member States at the UN General Assembly in September 2015 and call for bigger and better investment in young people's rights and needs at the national and global level.

Responsibilities

The Campaign Manager for #Showyourselfie will be responsible for driving a global partnership, marketing and social media driven campaign to ensure that the rights and needs of adolescents and youth are at the center of the Post-2015 development agenda. The campaign, launched in August 2014, on International Youth Day, aims to develop the largest ever visual petition to hand over to world leaders at the UN General Assembly in September 2015. The visual petition aims to ensure that governments will adequately invest in the rights and needs of young people. The Campaign Manager will be responsible for driving all elements of the campaign including high-level partner engagement, strategic activation, marketing and media.

This is a full-time 10-month position starting in January 2015 and ending in October 2015. The role will be based at the UNFPA headquarters in New York City, with 2 days being spent at the Global Poverty Project headquarters.

Responsibilities include:

Acting as key liaison between UNFPA and GPP staff as related to the campaignDriving marketing and media strategy – online and offlineSecuring and managing partners across sectorsPrivate sectorNGO/CSOEntertainment and musicAmplification partners – including in Global SouthInnovationCreative agenciesDigital

Additionally, the Campaign Manager will oversee:

Campaign websiteRelationships with media, digital and creative partnersBranding and design of campaigning materialsIssue campaign development on 6 key issuesDesignProductionRoll-outTimelinesSocial media – oversight and managementHigh-level support, event and creative management for photo handover at United Nations General Assembly in September 2015

The Campaign Manager will work with the Global Poverty Project team, a full time Campaign Associate for day-to-day activities and a team of five at UNFPA to provide guidance as related to engagement of UNFPA offices globally.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

5-7 years of relevant campaigning experienceStrong leadership and project management skills and experienceProven success in delivering a high-profile global cause-driven campaign across multiple platformsExperience and familiarity with current international development issuesSignificant past experience in relationship and coalition buildingUnderstanding of grassroots & high-level global campaigningExcellent written and verbal communication skillsOrganisational skills and a strong attention to detailProfessional and able to interact successfully and manage range of individualsComfortable defending ideas and thinking on your feetUnderstanding of international development & policy landscape, including UN politicsCreative thinking & entrepreneurial attitudeKnowledge of international media landscape (national and international)Solution-driven and ability to proactively spot and solve issues.Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.Friendly, flexible, confident and assertive personalitySense of humor

Desirable

Experience of working with a UN agencyUnderstanding of digital marketing and global youth market

Other:

Campaign Manager's time will be split between UNFPA's office (3 days per week)and GPP's office (2) days a weekApplications are accepted on a rolling basisReports to both GPP and UNFPAMust be able to make a 10 month commitment

Location

Details

Full time for a period of ten monthsSalary commensurate with experience

About the Global Poverty Project:

Our vision is a world without extreme poverty by 2030. The Global Poverty Project's mission is to grow the number and effectiveness of Global Citizens to achieve the public, business and political commitment and action to end extreme poverty by 2030. We campaign for government, business and consumer action that will create important systemic change for the world's extreme poor, and build a movement that engages and educates people, and supports them to take simple but effective individual actions for change.

About the United Nations Population Fund:

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives. We work in about 150 countries that are home to 80 per cent of the world's population. In these countries, the Fund is a catalyst for progress. Working with governments and through partnerships with other UN agencies, civil society and the private sector, we make a real difference in the lives of millions of people, especially those who are most vulnerable. www.unfpa.org

How to Apply:

Please send a CV and a cover letter tohr_us@globalpovertyproject.com.

Please use "Campaign Manager, #Showyourselfie" as the subject line.

Due to the high volume of applications, we can only contact shortlisted candidates.

Senior Software Engineer

Are you passionate about Agile Development, Services, BigData and Analytics? Do you want to build best-in-class development tools utilizing modern technologies, and in the process, influence how Microsoft develops software?

We are part of the Visual Studio Online team, the cloud offering of VS/TFS for developers as well as being the foundation of the new One Engineering system. Visual Studio Online is Microsoft’s next generation of development tools and services in the cloud. We ship new features every 3 weeks and our adoption is growing at a very rapid clip.

We have an opening for a senior developer on the Visual Studio Online - Service Insights team. The Service Insights team is the center of the presentation for Business, Operational and Customer Intelligence data. We are looking for a self-driven, customer focused developer with a passion for building scalable services and with deep knowledge of analytics technologies. We’d like a developer with passion for diving in advanced analytics disciplines such as data mining, predictive analytics, statistical analysis and machine learning will be a plus. The position will require you to have extensive knowledge of Analytics technologies, BigData solutions and advanced skills in C# and SQL Server. We’re looking for a candidate who seeks big challenges as part of a strong team and can mix great collaboration skills with an ability to work independently and deliver well thought out solutions to tough problems.

Basic Qualifications

- BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics

- 6+ years writing code in C#/Java and SQL Server development experience

- Strong C# coding skills

- Development experience in SQL Server, BigData and cloud storage technologies

Preferred:

- Excellent technical, design and problem solving skills

- Demonstrated passion for quality, performance, and engineering excellence

- Ability to deal with ambiguity and communicate effectively

- Ability to work independently, as part of a small team, or in collaboration with large product groups

- Experience in shipping multiple versions of products and services

- Experience in building high performance, scalable online services is highly preferred

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Trades Instructor - Employment Readiness - State of Michigan - Jackson, MI

The employee in this position will teach a technical Microsoft Digital Literacy (MDL) Computer Operations trade, provide facilitation of Money Smart and Work Skills Modules, and administer appropriate tests/assessments. The MDL Computer Operations class will provide entry level computer skills and supplemental programming to qualified prisoners that reflect current and future labor market trends.

Required Education and Experience:
Education Possession of an associate's degree in an area of the specific trade or occupation to be taught. Experience No specific type or amount is required.

Alternate Education and Experience:
Possession of an appropriate bachelor's degree, master's degree, or vocational teacher certification may be substituted for the education and experience requirements. OR

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school and four years of recent experience in the practice of the specific trade or occupation to be taught, including six months of experience training others in the trade or occupation may be substituted for the education and experience requirements.
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Regional Campaign Manager

Regional Campaign Manager

Windows is on the threshold of its next step forward with Windows 10.   A big part of this next step is innovation in helping Windows customers discover and experience apps, games and content created by developers and publishers through the Windows Store.   We’ve started that journey, are growing, and looking for passionate professionals who want to create, market and run this new experience with us.

We are looking to hire highly analytical and customer oriented digital marketing professionals with deep regional expertise and cultural insights.   In this role, you will help operate a world-class consumer service by assessing potential digital marketing campaigns against our quality and local relevancy standards, and approving their distribution to defined customer segments within a group of priority markets.   You will monitor and analyze campaign performance across a number of distribution channels and be accountable for any distribution changes needed to achieve a clear set of business objectives.

As a qualified candidate you will need to demonstrate:

1) Familiarity with Microsoft’s broad portfolio of consumer products

2) Keen appreciation and passion for the power and possibilities of mobile applications

3) Strong desire to create consumer delight by building and managing consumer services

4) Quantitative analysis skills and qualitative judgment to make the right decisions

5) Exceptional management skills allowing you to track, measure and improve both your work, and that of others on your team

6) Outstanding interpersonal skills and work habits allowing you to deliver results  

7) Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing and prioritizing multiple tasks while meeting deadlines under pressure

8) Proven ability to collect and synthesize inputs from multiple sources, both inside and outside the team

9) Professional experience defining and executing consumer marketing with a combination of mobile, online and digital products

10) Great proficiency with data analysis and collaboration tools like Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and web-based tool sets

Professional Qualifications:   The preferred candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and 5 plus years of experience in online/mobile retail operations or digital advertising with leading global firms leveraging data-driven marketing.   Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English are required. Business-level fluency in non-English language(s) strongly preferred with a specific emphasis on French, German, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin and Japanese.

MBA from top tier program preferred.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Senior Software Engineer Lead

Senior Software Engineer Lead

PRODUCT

Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is a rapidly growing business at Microsoft and is considered one of the leaders in Software as a Service in the world of business applications. CRM consists of a model driven platform that revolutionizes how business applications are designed and delivered.   This platform drives business applications for domains such as Sales, Marketing and Customer Service - whilst also enabling customization by business users - or completely new solutions to be built by business users, developers, and ISV's.

This is an exciting time to join Dynamics where we are innovating and rethinking CRM - focusing on what capabilities next generation business productivity software needs to provide in a mobile first, cloud first world.   We aim to build the best-in-class cloud application experience on Azure and are looking for experienced engineers to help us design the next version of our online service and lead Microsoft’s charge against SalesForce.com.   This is a great opportunity to work on something highly strategic to Microsoft.

TEAM

The team consists of highly motivated, innovative, customer focused engineers and engineering leaders. We’re optimizing our engineering for the cloud first with a faster cadence of releases to deliver innovation at an exciting pace. Our team works in an agile start-up like environment where we expect each team member to think out of the box to contribute and collaborate towards the mission of the team in a feature-crew setting. As part of this team you would get exciting opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies across a variety of platforms to build the next generation application experiences for Dynamics CRM and revolutionize the way businesses operate.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITY

We are looking for a passionate and motivated development lead to be a technical leader in design and implementation for the next generation cloud platform capabilities in Dynamics CRM leveraging Office365 and Azure.   You will be focused on leading a team of developers to design, implement, and deliver high quality features that provide the foundation for cutting-edge user experiences and complex business process definitions which scale out to support active usage around the world by thousands of customers 24x7.   You will be expected to work collaboratively within the team and provide technical oversight to developers, work through competing priorities, and solve complex technical challenges to meet business goals and maintain live site availability.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate is an experienced Software Development Lead with a proven track record of delivering products.

- 3+ years of experience working as a Development Lead

- 7+ years of experience in software development

- Deep knowledge of C#, ASP.NET, and SQL

- Working knowledge of HTML5 and JavaScript

- Experience developing with Azure cloud services

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work in a dynamic and agile environment

- Able to collaborate well within the team and across product groups to deliver end to end experiences

- Passionate, self-motivated and customer focused

- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

PRODUCT

Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is a rapidly growing business at Microsoft and is considered one of the leaders in Software as a Service in the world of business applications. CRM consists of a model driven platform that revolutionizes how business applications are designed and delivered.   This platform drives business applications for domains such as Sales, Marketing and Customer Service - whilst also enabling customization by business users - or completely new solutions to be built by business users, developers, and ISV's.

This is an exciting time to join Dynamics where we are innovating and rethinking CRM - focusing on what capabilities next generation business productivity software needs to provide in a mobile first, cloud first world.   We aim to build the best-in-class cloud application experience on Azure and are looking for experienced engineers to help us design the next version of our online service and lead Microsoft’s charge against SalesForce.com.   This is a great opportunity to work on something highly strategic to Microsoft.

TEAM

The team consists of highly motivated, innovative, customer focused engineers and engineering leaders. We’re optimizing our engineering for the cloud first with a faster cadence of releases to deliver innovation at an exciting pace. Our team works in an agile start-up like environment where we expect each team member to think out of the box to contribute and collaborate towards the mission of the team in a feature-crew setting. As part of this team you would get exciting opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies across a variety of platforms to build the next generation application experiences for Dynamics CRM and revolutionize the way businesses operate.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for a passionate and motivated principal level developer to be a technical leader in design and implementation for the next generation cloud platform capabilities in Dynamics CRM leveraging Office365 and Azure.   These capabilities must not only provide the foundation for cutting-edge user experiences and complex business process definitions, they must also scale out to support active usage around the world by thousands of customers 24x7.   You will be expected to work closely with the development leadership team and our architects to design, implement, and ship features, work through competing priorities, and solve complex technical challenges to meet business goals and maintain live site availability.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE - YOU

The ideal candidate is a strong Software Development Engineer with a proven track record of delivering products:

- 10+ years of experience in software development

- Deep knowledge of C#, ASP.NET, SQL, HTML5, and JavaScript

- Experience designing and deploying distributed systems leveraging Azure services

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work in a dynamic and agile environment

- Ability to provide technical leadership at the senior level

- Ability to think and execute creatively and independently

- Able to collaborate well within the team and across product groups to deliver end to end experiences

- Passionate, self-motivated and customer focused

- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Senior Program Manager

Microsoft is on a mission to revamp its Digital Store to be a one stop shop for all the company has to offer for its platforms. We’re taking a huge step forward in opening new opportunities for our end users and developers alike and are looking for a passionate, self-driven and technically strong PM to help make this reality.

You will be responsible for shaping the Developer and End User experiences around the Store ecosystem by owning key pieces of the App onboarding and Certification services. This system is essential for detecting abuse and enforcing Store policies around security, content and variety of other technical standards. It is key to maintaining and enhancing the overall perceived quality and trustworthiness of Store in the eyes of the end Users. You will work closely with partner teams in Windows Developer Platform, Developer Division, other Abuse detection teams and rest of Store to deliver on the upcoming release and the ongoing system enhancements.

Required qualifications include:

- 5+ years of program management experience in a product team defining and shipping software/services

- Excellent core program management skills

- Experience collaborating and negotiating with other teams

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

- Demonstrated track record of helping others and being a great team player

- Preferred: Experience with scalable services

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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IT Service Engineering Manager

People all over the world use Yammer to communicate and collaborate openly with their coworkers. This makes workplaces more effective and makes employees happier and more engaged. We know this for a fact, because we’re not only building Yammer; we’re using it every day to do our jobs. We need people who are enthusiastic, who ask great questions, and who have strong opinions (but aren’t afraid to admit when they’re wrong).

Yammer IT is a global department that covers our offices in both San Francisco and London. Spanning two cities on opposite sides of the ocean, we nonetheless work closely together on projects and have a follow-the-sun support structure. As individuals we span a wide variety of expertise, and cover a wide variety of tasks.

Our team is looking for people who have a love for the work we do, complimented by a strong customer service oriented attitude. We're a tight-knit team in charge of a wide spread of resources, so your excellent problem solving skills and ability to work well within a team environment will be crucial to your—and our—success.

We have a great opportunity to join our SF based team as a local IT leader reporting to the Global IT Director.

No day is ever the same in Yammer IT.

What we want you to do:

Providing feedback on the local IT team to Global IT Director

Providing guidance and mentorship on projects.

Oversee day-to-day operations and thorough completion of projects.

Encourage IT-wide discussion on future projects and maintain engagement among staff.

Continue to administer Core Responsibilities.

Broadcasting IT-related information that impact Yammer groups.

Become the local representation for IT in the SF office.

Collaborating with Global IT Director in crafting weekly meeting agendas.

Identify, define, and develop IT roadmap and vision.

Effectively staff resources onto projects to encourage efficacy and team growth.

Acting as liaison for Yammer IT to the larger Microsoft community.

Collaborating with Yammer teams to define and develop IT solutions to their pain points.

Involved in Yammer IT hiring decisions.

Managerial tasks, including one: ones and Connect generation and submissions, input in people advancement discussions.

Building relationships with MSFT IT and supporting the Non Windows support model through use of our SW and services.

What we'd like you to have:

3-5 years management experience working in a corporate environment

Casper Experience

Lync phone system experience

Experience with Mac OS X, in particular within Active Directory environments

Experience with efficiently supporting systems that support hundreds of desktops users

Knowledge of LDAP, including Open Directory and Active Directory

Expert knowledge of Mac OS

What we use:

Operating Systems: Mac OSX, *NIX, Windows 8/Server 2012

Casper Mac Management tool

JIRA

Office 365

Open LDAP

Aruba Wireless

Dell

HyperV

KVM

ESXI

GITHub

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. The Yammer team has folks from a variety of backgrounds, races, ethnicities, previous work histories, and life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. The Yammer product is used by all kinds of people, so that diversity of experiences is critical to how we develop. We believe in sane work hours, using our vacation time, learning on the job, and offer paid parental leave.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Travel Speech Therapist SNF

*SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP)- travel Speech Language Pathologist/SLP/Speech Language Pathology needed for a Quality Care Driven Assisted Living/Skilled Nursing facilities.*

Rehab Management Company that is Therapist Owned and Operated.  Their reputation in the Rehab Community is one that they expect positive outcomes for their patients.  Productivity is 80% with an emphasis on "true" one on one patient care.

Excellent Rehab Dept and supportive Therapy Team. Multidisciplinary environment that has an excellent ebb and flow. 

*JOB DESCRIPTION:*

Speech language pathologists/SLP work with patients who are suffering from, or are prone to, disorders related to speech, language, cognitive communication, voice, swallowing, and fluency. In order to address patients’ needs, the speech language pathologist/SLP develops individualized plans that take into account the patient’s needs, progress, and eventual discharge plans.

*QUALIFICATIONS:*

Determine appropriate speech therapy programs and make adjustments as necessary

Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology/SLP from an accredited speech language pathology/SLP program

Speech Therapy license, or pending, in the state

Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC)

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•Housing stipend

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•Mileage or drive time if working between two facilities

•Paid weekly

•Medical and dental from your first day

•One-on-one personalized service

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•Licensure reimbursement if placed in that state

•Continuing education offered after each 13 week contract

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Audience Mktg Mgr M&O

Are you a creative, entrepreneurial marketer who has the appetite to growth-hack?   Do you want to engage & enable millions as they journey towards a cloud-first, mobile first world? If so, this is the job for you!

The US M&O Developer Evangelism and Experiences (DX) team is looking for a motivated, creative and hungry leader to drive our online learning and virtual events programs.   DX’s mission is a unique and exciting charter to secure the next generation platform by driving adoption through evangelism, community engagement, audience marketing and a vibrant solutions ecosystem.   Our technical audiences of Developers, IT Pros and STEM Students are at the very core of all of these efforts.  

Learning is a critical part of the journey towards true, lasting adoption.   The Online Learning & Virtual events lead will drive the strategy and execution plan across online channels to train key DX audiences and build lasting relationships as they grow in their usage of key Microsoft technologies, including Azure, Visual Studio, Windows Server, Windows and Windows Phone.  

This lead will have the opportunity to partner with key stakeholders across the company to build engaging education content, design and execute premier virtual events, and build integrated marketing plans to drive demand and ongoing dialogue to support the learning motion. The target audiences number in the MILLIONS - so the ability for this role to drive impact is MASSIVE.

Key responsibilities include:

  Establish technical learning paths for key DX audiences and ensure relevant training content is in place to serve audience needs as the move along the platform adoption curve

  Design and execute moment-in-time virtual events to engage and train existing users and bring in new audiences

  Architect and land demand generation programs in partnership with the Go-to-market team, including email, social and paid media

  Serve as the ROB lead for online learning and virtual events within DX including monthly and quarterly business reviews, MYR, and all other executive reviews

  Pilot new, innovative ways to leverage online channels to deliver learning content, especially for non-traditional Microsoft audiences (students, startups, competitive)

  Partner with key stakeholders to launch innovative end-to-end marketing campaigns and programs to expedite adoption of Visual Studio, Windows Server, Azure, Windows Phone and Windows 10.

  Provide regular and timely reporting on key performance indicators/ metrics to LT and field, along with implications and insights based on the data, compete landscape, and overall market trend.

  Demonstrate rigor around financial management in alignment with budget and forecast.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have the ability to think strategically about the business, and drive effective cross group collaboration across multiple key stakeholders. A minimum of 5 years of IT industry experience with a proven track record of successfully leading global or subsidiary-wide marketing campaigns and programs with tangible results. Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer/information science, business or equivalent, MBA preferred. Candidate must have an amazing cross-teaming track record, a passion for the developer audience/space, along with very strong written and verbal communication skills.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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SOLUTION SPEC

mba req - no jd required

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Devices are everywhere. Apps are everywhere. Apps need data to build great Mobile-First experiences, but much of the data is not available via APIs. That’s where we come in. Azure API Management team is delivering a platform that connects the application developers with the data in public and private cloud.

We are looking to add a strong developer to be part of Azure API Management team. In this role you will be responsible for design, implementation, shipping and servicing several features across the entire product. This opportunity will enable you to gain firsthand experiences working on cloud scale distributed systems, protocols, big data, security and social identities, web technologies. You will also gain experiences with open source frameworks, tools and solutions.

Successful candidates are those who are passionate and willing to embrace the challenges on all fronts from staying on top of cutting edge technology, developing and shipping daily to help customers unlock the potential of their data.

Requirements

  Have a BS or MS in Computer Science and 5+ years of product development experience

  Have a passion for quality software and the drive to ensure users are thrilled with our products

  Excellent programming skills in C#, SQL and web technologies

  Big Data experience is a plus

  Proven record of working cross group

  Passion for live site excellence

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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SECURITY SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Would you enjoy helping to protect Microsoft and its customers from attacks related security vulnerabilities and exploitations? Do you like analyzing how different types of exploitation work, down to the assembly level, and then design the innovative ways to defend and detect these attacks? Do you like hunting 0day attacks? If so, the MSRC exploit defense and detection team might be a good fit for you.

We have an immediate opening for a Security Software Engineer with the following duties:

(1) Research reported vulnerabilities/exploits to understand what leads to success exploitation.

(2) Identify factors present in the attack chain that might help defense and detection.

(3) Design/implement automated analytical components and perform in-depth analysis to identify real-world attacks.

Candidates need to have knowledge of Windows architecture or other in-depth knowledge of a product, security-mindedness, and solid debugging and coding skills in C/C++.

Other traits that would make a candidate more attractive include experience triaging crashes for exploitability, experience with understanding assembly and exploits/malware, penetration testing experience, experience with common hacking   tools, data analysis.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Sr. PR Manager

Summary

The senior PR manager for Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health is responsible for owning communications plan development and execution against activities related to Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health. This would include depth media engagement, telling a broad cross-audience story around the key differentiators associated with the Microsoft Band and the value of the Microsoft Health platform. The role will require gaining a deep technical understanding of the product and developing core communications materials. This role will be responsible for fostering a close partnership with the product marketing and engineering teams, as well as partnering and developing materials that can be used in partnership with local subsidiaries. In the event of a product crisis, this person will be responsible for driving a response plan, partnering closely with engineering, legal and marketing teams.

Responsibilities and Deliverables

  Develops and executes against communications plan of record for Microsoft Band & Microsoft Health

  Drafts press releases, blog posts, product messaging, reactive statements and advisories

  Delivers toolkits/assets for launch and sustenance to support in-country communications

  Oversees PR event planning and logistics related to Microsoft Band & Microsoft Health

  Develops crisis communications plans as needed

  Partners closely with marketing and engineering in communications development and plan execution

Qualifications

  Strong writing, communications planning and storytelling skills

  Technical expertise and the ability to conduct product demos

  Ability to influence under stressful situations and rapid deadlines

  Event management expertise

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Senior PR Manager role

Do you thrive under pressure? See opportunity in a crisis? Feel confident in your ability to influence broad groups of people and make decisions to achieve the right outcome? If so, a senior public relations manager on Microsoft’s Reactive Communications team may be the fast-moving media strategy and communications position just for you.  

Your work directly influences the trust and favorability customers have of Microsoft, and the reputation of our products and services for customers.

As a member of a world-class communications group, your work will be focused on setting context quickly for customers and the media during situations that require, and benefit from, timely communications. Issues present in the position range across a wide spectrum of products, services and topics, globally.   There is also a level of engagement in the role, centered on advising co-workers on strategies to avoid problems altogether, or mitigate during situations to avoid inadvertently creating issues unnecessarily.  

The Senior PR Manager role will create and adapt as needed, coordinated communications ready for use in a variety of channels. The position requires effective communications experience with social and digital media, consumer and business press, as well as a proven track record of collaboration across a number of internal teams and subject matter experts, as well as experience communicating with senior executives.  

Senior PR Managers are responsible for:

  Defining and executing on communications strategies for issues that have significant corporate and/or product brand impact.

  Counseling communications group partners on response best practices to avoid potential pitfalls. This type of preventative consultation is the “proactive” avoidance expertise inherent in “reactive” issues management.

  Partnering with communications groups across Microsoft to develop and mature response communications processes and procedures.

  Providing executive communications and analysis to leaders and various stakeholders across the company during the lifecycle of the issue.

Key areas of experience and competency include:

  Sound problem identification, judgment, resolution and decision-making skills often in ambiguous situations.

  Excellent written communication skills, maintained to a high standard during times of extreme time-pressure.

  An ability to assess the severity and priority of multiple incoming inquiries from press, customers and internal employees.

  Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and to work effectively with executives.

  Broad cross-company interaction requiring excellent communication skills.   Technical writing background a plus.

  Demonstrated capacity to lead others collaboratively, under pressure, to reach cross group consensus in short periods of time.

  Experience working in the information technology industry or a similar industry, where the ability to understand complicated technologies and intersections is a regular requirement.  

  The ability to grasp the dynamics of an issue, creatively think through possible approaches and articulate the way in which a situation can be explained and contextualized for various audiences.

The successful candidate will have at least 7-10 years of public relations, communications and/or product marketing and product management experience, coupled with a deep understanding of media relations and success in dealing with complex, strategic, customer communications challenges. A B.A in Communications or B.S. degree in Computer Science or similar field is preferred. Experience authoring or managing content for IT or security professionals is a plus. This role requires responding to intermittent and unexpected issues that may occur and result in work activity occurring outside the hours of 8am - 6pm.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in these positions. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Support Escalation Engineer - Exchange

Support Escalation Engineer

The Support Escalation Engineer is a technical leader who will have the opportunity to solve technically complex problems for some of the world’s largest companies, as well as smaller companies on the leading edge of their industry.   As a trusted advisor to IT Professionals and Developers, you will have influence over a broad range of solutions that create business value for our customers.   Your technical and relationship skills are critical to the success of the customer’s perception of value to the Microsoft solution.

At Microsoft CSS Supporting Engineering, the sentence: “That’s not our problem” doesn’t exist in our lexicon.   With more than 8,000 employees, we deliver world-class assistance around the clock to businesses, partners and developers in 24 languages.

Support Escalation Engineering at Microsoft

The Support Escalation Engineer - You will use advanced troubleshooting methods and tools to solve technically complex problems.   These highly complex escalated problems require broad, in-depth product knowledge and may include support of additional product lines.   You also have the opportunity to assist in the growth of other Engineers through mentoring, training scenarios and collaboration during problem solving. This will allow the freedom to broadly enable customer self-help by creating leveraged resources, automated self-help solutions, and sharing your expertise via social media.   We’ll provide you with abundant resources, including a rich content library, advanced diagnostic tools, and access to other Microsoft experts.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Support Escalation Engineer you will represent Microsoft and communicate with corporate customers via telephone, written correspondence, or electronic service regarding escalated problems in Microsoft software products, and manage relationships with those customers.

It’s your chance to:

  Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, while working with diverse audiences including highly technical IT professionals, developers, architects, and executive management.

  Exhibit leadership through personal responsibility, accountability and teamwork.

  Act as a technical focal point in cooperative relationships with other companies.

  Manage crisis situations that may involve technically challenging issues and diverse audiences.

  Be responsive to customer needs which may sometimes require outside of normal business hours or on-call rotation.

  Use trace analysis, debug skills, source code, and other proprietary tools, to analyze problems and develop solutions to meet customer needs; this may involve writing code.

  Maintain strong working knowledge of released products, take ownership for product improvement, and participate in pre-release activities and BETA programs.

  Lead triage meetings to share knowledge with other engineers and develop customer solutions efficiently.

  Travel within the US and internationally may be available.

  Earn certifications as an MCSE, MCSD or MCPD. Microsoft will facilitate this opportunity through company provided resources and testing centers (required within one year of employment).        

Business Division Specific:

Microsoft Exchange Server is the most flexible and reliable messaging system available on the market.   It is the most widely used messaging system by small, medium, and Enterprise level businesses around the world and has been seen as the leading messaging system available for over a decade.   This position is for an opportunity to become a member of the Exchange Support team working with on premise, cloud, and coexistence scenarios working with, supporting, and influencing this world class messaging system.  

In Microsoft Services, we help businesses around the world to accelerate the power of Microsoft products and technologies. Working with 60,000 partners worldwide on some of the largest and most complex technological challenges around, we provide technical consulting & support services to 54 million customers. Across Enterprise Services and Customer Support Services we have a global team of 10,000 professionals in 88 countries, and we draw on the full resources of the Microsoft organization worldwide.

Benefits of working at Microsoft:

Microsoft values different life experiences and viewpoints. We seek out people from diverse backgrounds and encourage them to take risks and approach challenges unconventionally. We will invest in your health and financial future, and encourage you to pursue your interests and passions away from the office. Our products and technologies help you balance life away from the office and enable you to manage your schedule efficiently.

Your Career:

We take your career seriously at Microsoft and will ensure that we provide regular reviews throughout the year to offer continuous feedback and support to inspire you, develop your skills and ensure your personal satisfaction and growth. The Microsoft performance philosophy recognizes higher performance with bigger rewards through a formal annual performance review.

Skills and qualifications:

  5+ years or equivalent skill level deploying and administrating Exchange Server (2003, 2007, and/or 2010).

  Advanced proficiency in Exchange Server (2003, 2007, and/or 2010) in addition to other networking products and networking operating systems (Windows 2003, 2008, etc.).

  Strong customer service, accurate and logical problem solving, and communication skills, plus the ability to work in a team environment

  Minimum of 3 years of experience in systems development, network operations, software support or I.T. consulting.

  Solid understanding of client/server, networking, and Internet technologies fundamentals.

  Desired background in Technical Training. Education Bachelor's Degree in Comp. Science, Comp. Info. Sys., Math, Engineering, Business, or related field.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Deputy Manager

Deputy Manager – Branded Restaurant

This company have a very strong presence on the high street and exciting times are ahead, as they invest highly in their brand development and sites throughout the UK!  They support all of their mangers through comprehensive L&D plans and are always looking to develop talent for the future succession.

Deputy Manager / Assistant Manager

We are seeking a talented and hungry Deputy Manager / Assistant Manager who is seeking career development within a fast paced restaurant environment. We are seeking an individual who wants to develop and progress within a training timescale to become ‘The Best General Manager ‘. This company believes in internal progression, they are a very unique and working with them is a culture, so much more than a job!

Deputy Manager / Assistant Manager

- You will help build a fun working environment and support the team to achieve profitable sales and delight customers with excellent service.
- The ideal applicant will have a flair for restaurants, pubs, catering or retailing as well as a proven record in developing sales and achieving KPI’s coupled with a love of food and a passion for the business.
- You need to be an expert in your field, driven by customer service excellence, have confident presentation skills and strong attention to detail.
- You will have commercial acumen and be driven by success and maximising all opportunities within the business as a Deputy Manager or Assistant Manager.

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We have been established since 2005 and are known for our ability to provide results. We represent people with talent and ambition and those that can make a difference to your business and businesses that can make a difference to your career!

Limitless opportunities…

If the role advertised isn’t exactly what you are looking for but you are experienced in Retail Management, Fashion, Buying, Merchandising, E-Commerce, Marketing or Hospitality Management then get in touch as we will have additional jobs in leading retail and hospitality brands that could be right up your street...

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Support Escalation Engineer

Microsoft

Unified Communications Enterprise Support

Support Escalation Engineer

Generalist

Are you ready for the Next Generation?   Be on the cutting edge of Microsoft technologies by joining our Enterprise Unified Communications Support team!   Learn the nuts and bolts of our revolutionary new enterprise communications and collaboration products - Microsoft Lync and Exchange Unified Messaging Services. Imagine having the resources to influence tomorrow’s reality today, and having fun while you do it. That’s Microsoft. Right now, we’re looking for people who think big and dream big - people a lot like you. If you’re ready to discover just how far your talents can take you, read on…

The Opportunity

Work in a team environment at one of our US global escalation sites to enable Lync engineers and architects to maximize the usefulness or our products, including Lync and Office Communications Server and their integration into PBX systems, VoIP solutions, Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging and video conferencing solutions.   Our product support teams are structured by product category, so that every customer has access to highly focused assistance and expertise. Support Escalation Engineers may also be required to support the Cloud offering equivalents of Lync and Exchange UM and work with several peer support groups and the appropriate backend operations teams to assist in resolving complex customer issues.

Those who work in the Unified Communications organization are passionate about technology and helping others. They must be highly observant and skilled in detection in order to resolve issues. This requires empathy, outstanding logic skills, the ability to think differently than the crowd, and a genuine desire to help people do their best. Successful candidates should also be able to manage a diverse number of work items from different customers and be able to prioritize and multitask effectively throughout the working day.   Some on-call and weekend or late night shift responsibilities may be required on occasion.

Product support offers many opportunities for specialization and advancement, and support engineers receive world-class training in order to stay on top of emerging technologies. Team members have the freedom to pursue the types of products that interest them most or pursue training in new products at any time to expand their skills and advance their careers.

Responsibilities:

Represent Microsoft and communicate with corporate customers via telephone, written correspondence, or electronic service regarding technically complex escalated problems identified in Microsoft software products, and manage relationships with those customers.   Frequently, these problems will not only be technically complex, but will be politically charged situations requiring the highest level of customer focus skills.

Ø Receive escalated, technically complex mission critical or politically hot customer issues, and maintain ownership of issue until resolved completely.

Ø Solve highly complex level of escalated problems, involving broad, in-depth product knowledge or in-depth product specialty.

Ø Acquire & coordinate resources from other product support groups as needed to resolve complex, multi-product customer issues.

Ø Represent Microsoft professionally during occasional customer facing on-site engagements.

Ø Act as technical lead, mentor, and role model on a team of engineers; provide direction to others, review solutions and articles, etc. Mentor new Support Engineers.

Ø Develop and deliver technical training to other engineers.

Ø Maintain strong working knowledge of pre-release products and take ownership for product improvement in key product areas.

Ø Report software bugs and customer suggestions.

Ø Write complex technical articles, sample scripts and diagnostic rules to improve engineer and customer product knowledge and supportability.

Ø Assist with selection of new team members.

Ø May act as technical focal point in cooperative relationships with other companies.

Qualifications:

Required:

Ø Minimum of 3 years of experience in systems development, network operations, software support or I.T. consulting.

Ø Solid understanding of client/server, networking, and Internet technologies fundamentals.

Ø Previous experience deploying, administrating and/or supporting an enterprise instant messaging, real time communications solution or enterprise messaging solution such as OCS/Lync, Jabber, Exchange, or Cisco WebEX.

Ø Alternatively, a candidate with in-depth hands on experience in the deployment and management of Lync or OCS into an existing PBX/iPBX/VoIP environment or the deployment and management of a non-Microsoft VoIP solution such as Cisco Call Manager, Siemens OpenScape, and IBM Sametime will be considered.

Ø   Ability to analyze and interpret data captures and trace logs to resolve customer issues in production environments specific to authentication, network connectivity, messaging, SIP or VoIP and Unified Communications.

Ø Strong Network and/or VoIP experience with underlying technologies such as Routing & Switching Protocols, TCP/IP, DNS, QoS, SIP, VLANs, and WAN protocols and technologies.

Ø Initiative to develop expertise on new technologies beyond the provided classroom training.

Ø Candidates with strong and lengthy experience in supporting complex, enterprise networking products and networking operating systems (preferably Windows Server but not limited to) for 3 years or more will be considered even when the above qualifications may not all be present.

Ø Candidates must also have strong customer service, accurate and logical problem solving, communication skills, and the ability to work in a team environment.

Ø Full Microsoft certifications for the products we support is required within one year of employment.

Recommended:

Ø Strong knowledge of VoIP, PSTN converged voice and data IP communications packages, VoIP Hosted PBX, SIP trunks, all-in-one voice and video web conferencing, network monitoring, and diagnosis is preferred.

Ø The ideal candidate will have a four year degree in C.S. or E.E. and a minimum of three years product support experience or the equivalent in work experience.

Ø Prior knowledge of the products to be supported, and other networking products and/or networking operating systems, is highly recommended.  

Ø Programming and debugging skills are a plus but not required. The ability to read and analyze network traces is ideal.

Location:   Charlotte, NC; Las Colinas, TX; Redmond, WA

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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SR SECURITY SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Security has emerged as the key to cloud computing.   Almost daily, news headlines report on organizations who have fallen victim to hackers of all stripes.   As a result, we are making significant investments in a broad range of tools and techniques to turn the table on the attackers and protect customers.

Join the hunt!   We are looking for a seasoned software engineer to build an advanced distributed and social user experience for the collaboration and exchange of threat intelligence.   Our customers include the top cyber-hunters in government and industry who are desperate for new tools to accelerate their efforts to thwart global threats.   This is a golden opportunity for the right individual who obsesses about customer productivity.  

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will drive decisions around the right Web UI frameworks to use, as well as how to leverage things like Outlook and social media to make our customers more productive.

Candidates should have strong interpersonal and communications skills, great conceptual, analytical and problem solving abilities, and an interest in working on hard ambiguous problems in a fast paced environment.

Core Qualifications:

- 6+ years of experience designing, building and shipping software

  products.

- Strong C# expertise is required.

- Familiarity with a wide range of Web UX frameworks and techniques

  such as ASP.Net, MVC/MVVM, KnockoutJS, AngularJS, HTML5, Office

  add-ons, and JQuery.

- Experience developing scale-able and resilient cloud-hosted Web

  experiences.

- BS degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent

  experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience developing and operating resilient Azure-hosted Web apps

  with flexible scale.

- Experience with claims-based authentication and authorization using

  Azure Active Directory.

- Knowledgeable about modern security related subjects and trends such

  as: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), kill chain, rootkits, Spear Phishing,

  PtH and other credential compromise techniques.

- Experience with STIX, TAXII, and Cybox standards a plus!

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.   All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Partner Business Evangelism Director - US DX Azure Team

Cloud Computing is the next step toward ubiquitous and pervasive computing for the world.   Microsoft Azure is our cloud computing platform used to build, host, and scale web applications and is a strategic focus for the company.   The Developer Experience (DX) group within Microsoft has the mission to engage with organizations to accelerate the adoption of Microsoft technology by enabling the development of applications and services on the Microsoft platform. The Partner & Technical Evangelism (PTE) team in the US DX organization leads our business development efforts focused on recruiting key cloud services vendors (CSV) to develop their applications on our cloud platform.  

The US DX team is looking for a Partner Business Evangelism (PBE) Director who demonstrates exceptional leadership and management skills with a combination of business development and technical expertise.   As a leader on the PTE Team focused on Azure, you will be responsible for driving your team to identify and close new Azure CSV accounts in the US.   You will guide your team to work closely with the broader Microsoft sales teams to engage our CSV partners and drive strong revenue growth.   You and your team will help partners build out their Azure practice by providing leadership to our organizations in identifying opportunities that will leverage the cloud and bringing Azure applications into production.  

In this role, you would be responsible for:

  Recruiting, hiring, and retaining strong talent to build out your team

  Managing a high performing team and driving deployment of high quality and top revenue generating accounts

  Securing targeted accounts in the coverage area

  Delivering on revenue targets

  Ongoing evangelism of Microsoft Azure and future service roadmaps

  Exceptional opportunity pipeline management with accurate forecasting represented at bi-weekly pipeline reviews

  Creating Azure opportunity development plans compatible with overall Microsoft account management strategies

  Accurately representing your business at executive business reviews

  Delivering ongoing market and competitive insights to the business group

  Developing a comprehensive training and readiness plan for your team

The ideal candidate will have:

  Minimum of 7 years of experience in Enterprise business development, software consulting or solution development

  Strong understanding of cloud computing technologies, business drivers, and emerging trends

  Strong knowledge of Software as a Service business model and implementation strategies

  Exceptional leadership skills and community building

  Proven record of growing new businesses and building technical relationships with senior executives

  Results driven; strong analytical skills with exceptional verbal and written communication

  Exceptional decision-making, conflict resolution, negotiation skills, and follow through

  BS/BA degree, MBA preferred

This individual will need to demonstrate success in developing growth strategies and transforming them into execution.   This position also involves a large amount of exposure to senior management and requires the ability to communicate concisely and consistently.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Account Executive

The US Health and Life Sciences (HLS) sales organization has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Microsoft Account Executive to become part of something special.   The company is making a major investment in Healthcare growing the number of customers served and dedicated resources each year.   Our clients are primarily healthcare systems, hospitals, clinics and health plans.  

This opportunity has been created by splitting one of our most successful territories as a result of multiple years of success allowing us to hire an additional Account Executive to manage the healthcare customers in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Southern Illinois.   The newly created position will be responsible for approximately 25 customers spread across these states with the largest concentration of customers is the Missouri / Southern Illinois area.

As an HLS Account Executive you will be responsible for achieving quarterly and annual revenue targets by selling Microsoft technologies and support services across the territory. The successful candidate must be able to creatively tackle complex architecture sales, major competitive threats, and customer "inertia," as well as be able to quickly make appropriate judgment calls and effectively allocate and manage resources.

You will be responsible for conducting quarterly business reviews with key customer contacts to gain insight into their business initiatives and barriers to the success of those initiatives. You will possess executive presence and the ability to develop win/win business relationships at the CxO level within IT and the lines of business. Annual improvements in customer satisfaction will be expected and measured by annual survey.

Development of an effective and actionable territory plan that aligns to the client's business priorities satisfies Microsoft's near term business objectives, and positions the territory for consistent long term growth will be required. A critical success factor for this position is a clear vision and attention to detail, leadership, execution, and engagement. Continuous reinforcement of your territory and account strategy, mentoring v-team members, and recognizing individual and team contributions will be critical.

Development and maintenance of a healthy opportunity pipeline and accurately forecasting your business on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis are part of the job. You must be able to qualify opportunities by clearly articulating the opportunity return to Microsoft strategically, financially, or both. You must establish and drive an appropriate rhythm of business process to produce the desired business outcomes.

The ideal candidate has an overall passion for sales within a technology environment and for the business value it drives, the ability to think and act independently and do what's necessary to meet the customer's expectations.   If you have a successful sales professional track record, understand Microsoft solutions, Microsoft licensing, and the Healthcare industry, want to be part of a dynamic organization that is changing the face of healthcare in the US, love to work hard and know how to have fun then this may be the right place for you!

Recommended Qualifications:

  Requires 8-10+ years’ experience as a Field Account Manager, Inside Account Manager, Solution Sales Specialist or Sales Manager.

  Strong customer relationship and interpersonal skills

  Ability to quickly learn new software technologies used at Microsoft.

  Flexibility and a positive attitude to change.

  Tenacity and ability to drive revenue and programs to successful conclusion.

  Strong financial skills as it relates to customer proposal, budget and ROI analysis.

  Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.

  Strong competitive intelligence and strategy skills.

  Ability to lead a virtual team with impact and influence.

  Strong prioritization skills

  Strong objection handling skills.

  Previous work experience in the Health Provider and/or Health Plan industry is preferred.

  Previous knowledge of Microsoft products and solutions preferred.

  Previous knowledge of Microsoft licensing preferred.

  Bachelor’s degree or higher required.

  Must be available for overnight territory travel, training, sales conferences, etc.

  Must be a resident in the St. Louis, Kansas City, or Dallas, TX area. (No relocation available).

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:

Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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Nestle USA - Delivery Agent (CDL A)

Nestle USA

Delivery Agent (CDL A) - Local Driving!

Must have a valid Class A CDL meeting all DOT requirements. We offer great pay and an exciting new career opportunity.

Position Overview:

The Delivery Agents primary function is delivery and distribution of Nestle products on an assigned route within prescribed timelines. Deliver and unload palletized orders; check product quantities for accuracy; and maintain paperwork from distribution center. Delivery Agents manage customer expectations regarding delivery and receiving instructions, and back room storage. The Delivery Agent... View Full Description effectively communicates with Salesperson and/or District Sales Leader and continuously stays current on all State D.O.T. regulations and requirements.

Requirements:

Be at least 21 years of age for DOT covered position
High School Diploma / GED equivalent
A valid Class A CDL meeting DOT requirements
Successful completion of post offer background checks, drug screen, physical and motor vehicle report
Ability to work early morning/late night hours
Willing to work over 40 hours when required
Willing to work any day of the week, weekends and Holidays
Ability to work safely
Read, write and speak English
2 years or more Class A driving experience in a business environment preferred
Grocery/Retail experience preferred
Primary Responsibilities:

Create rapport with appropriate staff members in all accounts, communicate with staff during deliveries, respond to customer requests, and forward customer requests on to sales representative as needed. Communicate with sales representative on special needs stores.
Follow the procedures outlined in the standardized work practices as verified on work-withs. Eliminate waste and maximizes productivity through standardized work (Keep product mobile, No re-work, grab pallets on the way in etc.) Follow Roadnet Schedule.
Maintain neat and Orderly Backrooms, pick up credits on appropriate basis, place loads in proper freezer area, follow store procedures, and complete paperwork appropriately.
Completing proper paperwork for returns, mispicks, and transfers, physically returning product to warehouse when needed. To achieve Above Expectation when physical inventory is completed the variance should be zero.
Conduct activities in a safe manner, follow corporate safety guidelines and requirements (no cell phones while driving, Pre-trip/ Post-trip inspections, proper bending, hand safety, etc.), use PPE, proactively addresses any unsafe conditions observed, locks vehicle, and completes DOT paperwork. Keep a clean and orderly cab and trailer.
Prepare truck for operation by inspecting general condition-validating adherence to DOT standards.
Decision Driving skills including proper following distance, proper eye lead, proper stopping distance, checking intersections, using safety wedge, proper use of horn, left/ right turn execution, seat belt use, checking and scanning mirrors, proper speed maintained, proper lane observance, parks in appropriate locations and avoids backing.
Respond to change with positive attitude, offers suggestions for improvements to increase effectiveness of change, support new initiatives, and maintain an open mind.
Communicate directly with team members on issues, openly shares ideas with others, encourage performance in others, give feedback when needed, train new employees when applicable.
Working Conditions:

Work is performed 50-80% of time at customer locations delivering products, 20-50% on the road driving vehicle.
Hazards: Driving a variety of 12-15 ton vehicles in all types of weather, slippery surfaces, lifting hazards, exposure to moving vehicles and equipment, traffic hazards, fall hazard from work on dock and tailgate, fumes, odors and some bouncing, jarring, vibration from truck operation.
Machinery: Moving machinery, such as bailers, compactors and potentially fork trucks.
Tools/Equipment Used: 12-15 ton truck, hand truck, pallet jack, forklift, carts, dollies, straps, lift gates, and pallets
Safety Equipment: Seat belts, gloves, hearing and eye protection as required.
Employee is exposed to moving machinery such as bailers, compactors and potentially fork trucks.
Normal traffic hazards while operating vehicle.
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This description should not be construed to contain every responsibility that an incumbent in this job may be required to perform. Incumbents are required to perform other related functions assigned.

Nestl USA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and is looking for diversity in qualified candidates for employment: EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.

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Business Administrator

The Global Media and Agency Management team is looking for a dynamic individual who desires an administrative position in a fast-paced marketing team. This position requires strong attention to detail, demonstrated problem-solving skills, ability to change direction in response to changing work situations, ability to accommodate different working styles, ability to prioritize own work, complete projects on time and have excellent customer service skills. Candidate must be a strong team player who will demonstrate drive and initiative, have a positive and professional approach.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Managing GM’s calendar, provide end-to-end complex domestic and international travel planning, including proactive planning of external partner meetings in tandem to drive schedule efficiencies.

Monitoring departmental discretionary budgets and facilitating the procurement process, organizing team morale events, managing projects, space and performing fundamental administrative tasks.

Reconciling and submitting expense reports and auditing PO’s for GM approval.

Providing team support by submitting facilities request, manage alias’s, new hire onboarding support

Manage office hardware and supply needs

Work closely with the broader marketing admin team to ensure all administrative procedures unique to marketing are handled as required and that all group support is running smoothly.

Qualifications include: A minimum of 3-5 years demonstrated work experience supporting senior management in a fast paced administrative capacity, excellent organizational, analytic and interpersonal skills. Effective verbal and written communication skills required. Candidate must be detail-oriented, able to work under pressure with varied time constraints and have the ability to build effective working relationships. Candidate must also maintain confidentiality of information and use discretion. Candidate should be independent, creative thinker and able to take the initiative to "get things done." Proficiency in using MS tools - HeadTrax, MS Expense, My Order, MS Approval, MS Travel etc.  

Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

This position has frequent contact with all levels of Microsoft employees, as well as contact with outside customers.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.

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