Microsoft-Program Manager Tech 3 /REDMOND, WA( Remote )-10 days

Title: Program Manager Tech 3 ( Remote ) Location: REDMOND, WA Duration: Short term Contract This is a Remote position. Prior Microsoft experience is required for this role. For ex-Microsoft contractors/employees, please mention the access break (cooling period) also ? Candidate Location Requirements: Fully Remote Domestic US Sourcing, candidates must be able to work standard PST business hours ? If hybrid, # of days contractor will be required to work onsite: N/A ? Daily Schedule & OT estimate: 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday, 8-5pm PST - no OT ? Chance for Extension (Y/N): Highly Likely ? Equipment or Software Required: Supplier to provide standard laptop ? Attestation Required/Type (if applicable): N/A ? Motivators for this need: The motivators for this need are skillset and quick hire.

Typical Day in the Role
? Purpose of the Team: The purpose of this team is supporting experimentation in a large consumer sales enablement organization. The team leads the experimentation function for large digital stores. This team works with business partners across the Stores engineering and marketing teams. They perform research on the websites and Store channels. They define, test and refine hypothesis. They publish online experiences and deliver reports on insights.
? Key projects: This role will contribute to planning, documenting and managing activities related to experiments for the Experimentation program. The role will also provision access and deployment instructions for commonly used tools across the network, including: Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, ContentSquare, and various internal tools. The role will collaborate closely with marketing team partners including site management, product management, analytics, design, and dev teams. Contractor should have experience in strategic planning of experiments, test design, planning, and analyzing A/B tests. The candidate should have extensive project management experience and be able to coordinate concurrent projects with multiple stakeholders. They will work with lots of external stakeholders as well.
? Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of 50% meetings, 50% heads down. The role will work with three larger vendor teams that maintain day to day tickets, run experiments tracked through Azure DevOps and be hands on with the teams to ensure experiments gather all info and meet metrics. They will work closely with the sponsor on strategy and long term planning/road mapping.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition
? What makes this role interesting? - This role provides the opportunity to work in a role focusing on web platforms on a highly collaborative team.
? Unique Selling Points: This role will gain experience conducting A/B testing with websites.

Candidate Requirements? Years of Experience Required: 5-7+ overall years of experience in the field.? Degrees or certifications required: No degree is required to be eligible for this role, however a Digital marketing degree is preferred.? Disqualifiers: Candidates with exclusively a Systems and operations background/mainly PMP experience will not be eligible for the role - An exclusively operations background and PMP certifications primarily emphasize procedural aspects, while this role requires a more dynamic and creative approach, with a specific focus on developing and implementing experimentation strategies, planning, executing, and reporting.? Best vs. Average: The ideal resume would contain experience with complex experimentation. Working with multiple stakeholders is also a plus.? Some front-end development knowledge (helpful, not required)
• Visual software knowledge
• Industry experience with A/B testing
• Comparable team experience
Strong communications and influencing skills - written and presentation.Operational responsibilities including sprint planning, Kanban maintenance.Experience driving a project to completion? Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on meeting deadlines, attention to detail, quality of work, and feedback from teammates.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience
1. Minimum 5 years experience with A/B testing platforms and toolkits.
2. Minimum 7 years experience with Adobe Analytics, Power BI, Azure Dev Ops.
3. Minimum 4 years experience with a background in Online/Digital UX and eCommerce best practices.

Hard Skills Assessments
? Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP week of 10/7
? Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include 2 rounds - a screen from sponsor and panel interview with 2-3 interviewers
? Required Candidate Preparation: Candidates should be prepared to discuss previous experiments they've worked on, what issues they encountered prior to the assessment.

Accountabilities & deliverables:
? Plan and execute tests as the Experimentation Program Manager (subject matter expert), including strategic planning, roadmap development, and individual test designs.
? Gather all necessary information from key business stakeholders and participants to document requirements for new experiments.
? Ensure the finalization of experiment readouts and their proper posting to the central repository.
? Review analyses of completed tests to guarantee result accuracy, provide clear customer insights, and deliver actionable recommendations to stakeholders.
? Become very familiar and be able to search our library of past experiments, Insights, and Learning Series to understand effective strategies for enhancing the customer experience on our site. Over time, compose new Insights and Learning Series to improve the quality of experiments and achieve conclusive outcomes (wins or losses, not inconclusive), thereby maximizing the overall impact of our experimentation program.
? Have the ability to run basic reports for planning sessions, status/guardrail check-ins as needed, and estimating test durations for new experiments.
? Support training and community activities related to the experimentation program.
? Collaborate with tool partners to provision new accounts for Adobe Analytics, Target, ExP, and ContentSquare.
? Attend all required team, standup, and other meetings.

Experience required:
? 5-10 years experience
? Experience driving a project to completion.
? Strong background in Online/Digital UX and eCommerce best practices
? Knowledge and past experience in A/B testing, processes
? Someone who knows how to look at the why behind the what.
? Experience looking at traffic sources to the websites.
? Experience in A/B testing platforms and toolkits
? Experience in Adobe Analytics, Power BI, Azure Dev Ops (preferred, but not required)
? Strong communications and influencing skills - written and presentation.
? Operational responsibilities including sprint planning, Kanban maintenance.
? Some front-end development knowledge (helpful, not required)

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