Main Responsibilities of a Senior Technical Program Manager at Microsoft
Kartik, a Senior Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, manages the global deployment of "electrical, mechanical telemetry systems," overseeing approximately one hundred concurrent projects. This involves creating "reporting templates," streamlining onboarding processes, and ultimately automating systems to improve efficiency and gain executive buy-in.
Project Management, Data Analysis, Teamwork, Technology, Communication
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Kartik Atyam
Senior Technical Program Manager
Microsoft
UCLA
UC Berkeley
Engineering - Civil
Architecture, Construction & Design, Technology
Real Estate
Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Manages deployment of telemetry systems (heat, humidity, power, water usage sensors) across global sites.
2. Employs a programmatic approach, leveraging a team of subject matter experts to manage numerous concurrent projects.
3. Focuses on building reporting templates, systems, and processes to improve project onboarding, efficiency, and milestone delivery.
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What are your main responsibilities within your current role?
As a technical program manager at Microsoft, particularly on the data center infrastructure side, my role is unique and different from a software program manager. My focus is on the physical infrastructure.
My job is to manage the deployment of telemetry systems for electrical and mechanical infrastructure. This includes heat, humidity, power, and water usage sensors. I work with many different partners across most of our global sites.
I manage around a hundred projects simultaneously, so I take a programmatic approach. I rely on my team of subject matter experts to manage the process flow.
My work involves building reporting templates to understand project status better. I also develop systems and processes to make onboarding new projects more efficient, ensuring partners have consistent goals and deliver by their milestones.
This means consolidating contract language into actionable steps. We then implement reporting and tooling systems to make the process more effective, efficient, and understandable.
The next step is to accelerate this process with automation and gain executive buy-in for future proposals.