Technical Principal Program Manager

The Azure Host and Innovation Team builds the foundation for our next generation Cloud offerings. We are on the forefront of modern hosting and are accountable for the platform that supports our industry-leading Infrastructure. The Team is responsible for the design, strategy, and execution of our vision to deliver the core platform for Microsoft Azure: The World’s AI Supercomputer.

We have resources, industry connections, and proven global leadership that helps us to continue delivery of exponential platform innovations. We focus on building platform experiences that power Azure datacenters to run Compute Infrastructure supporting Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Cloud Services, etc. You will have an opportunity to become a part of a strategic and innovative team, with Microsoft-wide impact, while helping us take on competitors such as Amazon and Google.

Do you want to be part of the team building the cloud platform for Microsoft? Are you intereted in learning more about cloud computing, large scale distributed systems engineering problems and working on bleeding edge technology at massive scale? Are you looking to grow your career in a cloud services platform with scale and availability targets that don’t exist in the industry today? We are hiring an experienced Principal Technical Program Manager to drive the Next Generation Host infrastructure for Microsoft Azure. This role will emphasize efficiency, performance, and innovative design and will collaborate with numerous peers across our engineering Program Management and Development Teams across the business to achieve targets for the platform infrastructure that do not yet exist within the industry today.

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.

• You will be part of inclusive and diverse world-class PM team to deliver new and improve existing Azure services.
• You will partner with Software and Hardware Engineering to design complex technical solutions across feature areas. You’ll also give key stakeholders data-driven recommendations based on identified risks.
• You’ll define success criteria and create relationships for implementing multiple feature areas for highly complex cross-functional projects. You’ll coordinate and ensure alignment across the business.
• You will deliver on roadmap for multiple feature groups across divisions, track project schedules, drive development of staging and implementation plans, and lead governance programs.
• You will drive continuous improvements by validating use cases and writing test cases from scratch. You’ll also provide expertise needed for departments to collect performance metrics, lead customer support, and define and lead direct customer engagements.
• You will create clarity, generate energy, and define what it means to deliver success for our customers, engineering teams, and the business.

Required/Minimum 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.

Other Requirements: 

• 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. 

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ 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.
• 1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 27, 2025. 

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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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