PM Engage
PM Engage is a platform that presents an opportunity for the PGP1, PGP2 & PGPX students from our listed B-Schools to get mentored by Microsoft Program Managers by signing up for a virtual Mentorship and compete in our flagship case study competition - PM Challenge.
Who can participate?
- (1) IIM Ahmedabad
- (2) IIM Bangalore
- (1) ISB Hyderabad
- (2) ISB Mohali
- (1) IIM Calcutta
- (2) IIM Kozhikode
- (3) FMS
- (4) XLRI
- (1) IIM Lucknow
- (2) IIFT
- (3) IIM Indore
- (4) IIM Shillong
Program Flow
How does this work? Participate through these 3 Phases.
Online Registration Guidance
Form a team of 2 and register.
We are accepting separate teams for PGP1 & PGP2/PGPX. Check the eligibility for PGP2/PGPX participation from your B-School before applying.
Eligibility - Meet our QIA criteria (Qualified - current MBA student from our listed B-School, Interested in the PM Role with Microsoft, Available to intern with Microsoft next summer/work with Microsoft as an FTE)
Closed on Sept 23, 2020 @ 11:59 PM IST
Submission of Case Study Proposals
Think like a product leader, solve the case challenge assigned to your respective school and submit your proposals before the deadline.
Case Study Announcement on Sept 25th, 2020
Submission deadline: Oct 4th, 2020 @ 11:59 PM IST
Mentorship & Case Study Competition
Top 3 Teams from PGP1 & Top 2 teams from PGP2/PGPX/1-Year MBA with exceptional case study proposals from your campus will get shortlisted for mentorship.
Top team will compete in the PM Challenge final round.
Mentorship Timelines - Oct 17th - Oct 31st, 2020.
PM Challenge Final Round - November TBD
Program Manager @ Microsoft
As the in-house advocate for the millions of people worldwide who use Microsoft products, you drive the vision, design, implementation and market success of next-generation software solutions.
As the owner and advocate of your product components, some of the questions which you would be addressing through your role are:
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It's all about the Customer
Who is the customer? What customer problem am I addressing?
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Desiging a Product
What product solution do I craft to address this gap?
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Cutomer Experience
How do I deliver the best customer experience possible?
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Best Product Solution
Does the product solution meet the business need (revenue, brand, etc.)?
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Design, Develop, Deploy
How do I take the product from conceptualization to launch?
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Team Work
How do I work with marketing, and various sales channels to drive adoption?
Roles & Responsibilities
The role entails the following three distinct aspects:
Defining and executing product strategy and roadmap
Defining who the product is for, identifying the fundamental problem that we are solving, understanding the competition, and our core positioning w.r.t to the competition, identifying our approach to the market and partnerships.
Building the Product
Lots of whiteboarding, storyboarding, sketching and designing, iterating with engineering on tradeoffs between priority/timelines/capabilities, partnering across teams in Microsoft to deliver the solution, performing usability studies, planning versions, legal, marketing, monetization plans etc.
Connecting with the customer
Evangelizing the product through customer connect, being the ‘face’ of the product, experimentation, and data analysis, iterating on feedback and learnings.
Pro-Tip
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Answer the ‘who’ & ‘why’ before the ‘what’ when you begin ideating.
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Utilize learnings from the PM workshop held by Microsoft at your campus.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is a mandatory process to complete your registration for the program. Please refer to the PDF document here:
https://microsoft.acehacker.com/engage/download/pm-engage-online-application-form.pdf for the steps to be followed on the Microsoft career site.
Have more Questions?
Email us at microsoft@acehacker.com if you have more questions.
You will receive a response within 24 hours.
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