Principal Technical Program Manager

Azure Core is at the forefront of innovation for Microsoft’s Cloud and Artificial Intelligence (AI) mission. We are responsible for designing and building the foundational primitives, platforms, hardware and services that power the current and next generation of applications including Generative AI. Our work expands the Azure Cloud (AI Regions, Region Expansions, New Clouds), scales out new hardware product introduction, enables the safe, scalable, and efficient evolution of Azure and improves the foundations of platform quality for every developer and enterprise.

We are seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager with a bias for action to design developer tools and platforms that help accelerate Azure Cloud expansion and meet the future scale demanded of Microsoft Cloud’s hardware fleet lifecycle. You will work with a team of software engineers and drive ongoing innovation in this area meeting increasing customer demands while improving engineering velocity.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of cloud infrastructure at one of the world’s largest cloud providers. You will work across engineering, operations, and compliance teams to define strategy, drive innovation (including AI-powered capabilities), and deliver measurable impact on Azure’s business and customer trust.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• Oversee the development and management of product work for orchestration, dependency graph optimizations and developer tooling.
• You’ll drive cross-divisional teams to define success criteria and provide strategic knowledge to help them understand return on investment; you’ll also oversee team collaboration and ensure alignment on program management and release.
• You will oversee cross-divisional teams as they deliver on feature roadmap, track project schedules, develop staging and implementation, and hold teams accountable for leading governance programs.
• You will oversee teams driving continuous improvements by using industry expertise to teach them to validate use cases and helping them partner with other departments to collect performance metrics, and you’ll oversee teams that own customer support and ensure cross-divisional participation in direct customer engagements.
• Innovate product and program management practices across Azure services and champion the adoption of generative AI tools to streamline planning, feedback-loop synthesis, and engineering system efficiency, setting a new standard for scalable, data-informed decision-making across the platform.

Required Qualifications:            

• Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development 
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. 
• 6+ years working on developer platforms, orchestration platforms and building large-scale distributed systems.

Other Qualifications: 

• 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: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years' experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 6+ years of experience working with graph databases and developer languages used to manage resources within cloud environments.

Technical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.