Program Manager in Mixed Reality team

Microsoft Development Center Serbia

Beograd

27.10.2021.

Mixed Reality Overview 

In Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together—whether that’s scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more.  

We’re a growing team of talented engineers, program managers and artists putting technology on a human path across all Windows devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, the Internet of Things, phones, tablets, desktops, and Xbox. Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, previous work histories, life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. Our varied backgrounds and unique experiences enable us to be better at building the best solutions for our customers and make for dynamic and joyful collaborations with colleagues!  

If you are passionate about groundbreaking Mixed Reality technology and want to work on a team dedicated to a culture of inclusion, growth mindset and collaboration, we need you!  

Team Overview: 

The Microsoft Mixed Reality & AI Lab – Belgrade sits at the forefront of research, hardware, and software development in the field of virtual human presence in mixed reality.  Comprising a diverse, multidisciplinary team, we approach our work not just as an exciting technological opportunity, but with a responsibility to develop this new medium of 3D communication in an inclusive and ethical way.  We combine insights in computer vision, machine learning, and graphics, to understand the motion, shape, and appearance of a user, and recreate their likeness remotely using advanced computer graphics. We guide our technological development by building human-centric experiences to ensure we design solutions that people will love to use.

This job gives you opportunity to:

Work with world-class AI researchers, hardware and software engineers
Leave a strong impact on the upcoming set of Microsoft Mixed Reality products
Learn and grow in the field of software/hardware integration, performance optimization and experience-driven development.

Responsibilities

Meet regularly with engineering peers to design solutions, review engineering progress, solve problems, and validate solutions. 
Understand competitive and industry landscape in Mixed Reality domain and use this information to align development objectives and tailor experiences we develop to match our leading position and ambitions in this space. 
Coordinate complex hardware and software projects with internal and external partners, and work with them to resolve platform hardware, software, and service issues.
Take part in and coordinate defining KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for novel approaches the team is designing and developing.
Define and drive result validation and evaluation.
Communicate project and program status to peers and executives.

Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or related technical discipline. 
Ability to write clear scenarios, project requirements and specifications in English.

Preferred qualifications: 

2+ years of experience in Product Management or related disciplines.
2+ years of experience in Software or Hardware Engineering fields.
Strong technical background and understanding of software engineering principles, with demonstrated ability to come up with solutions and conquer new technical domains. 
Strong creative, analytical and critical thinking abilities. 
Entrepreneurial spirit and growth mindset – we mostly prototype, develop and work in unexplored areas – it’s important that we learn from our missed opportunities with enthusiasm and recover from unproductive development paths quickly. 
Ability to seek for and aggregate diverse perspectives from team members.
Ability to analyze, articulate and communicate complex issues.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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