Overview
We are looking to hire a Director, Federal Program Management Delivery, based in the Washington DC metro area, to lead secure delivery for Intelligence Community customers, translating complex mission and security requirements into trusted, scalable outcomes that protect national interests and strengthen Microsoft’s Federal Intelligence business. This role focuses on developing people and operating effectively in a highly matrixed environment—partnering across delivery, engineering, sales, and security leaders to drive alignment, accelerate execution, and achieve measurable business and mission outcomes.
This role is ideal for a leader who thrives at the intersection of mission, cybersecurity, and delivery execution, and who is motivated by protecting the nation’s most critical systems.
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.
Responsibilities
Lead Secure, High‑Impact Delivery
- Own the overall health, quality, and success of a portfolio of security consulting engagements.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for **security related **delivery, technical, financial, and contractual matters—stepping in early to manage risk and keep outcomes on track.
- Engage directly with customer executives and steering committees to remove blockers, build trust, and drive results.
- Ensure consistent delivery excellence through Microsoft methodologies, quality standards, and governance.
Drive Business Growth & Portfolio Performance
- Partner closely with Sales, pursuits, engineering, and portfolio teams to shape deliverable, outcome‑focused opportunities.
- Ensure engagements are structured for success—balancing customer value, risk, consumption, and financial health.
- Identify opportunities to expand existing engagements, accelerate cloud consumption, and bring forward next-step proposals.
- Own consultant utilization, business target attainment for security, and backlog risk.
Enable Teams & Build Talent
- Lead and develop Consultants through coaching, clear expectations, and accountability.
- Model Microsoft’s Model, Coach, Care leadership culture—creating an environment where people grow and perform at their best.
- Partner with capacity and resource teams to align the right skills to the right work at the right time.
- Attract, retain, and develop talent capable of delivering in high‑trust, regulated federal environments.
Partner Across Microsoft
- Collaborate across Sales, Customer Success, Engineering, Finance, Operations, and Quality teams to deliver seamless customer experiences.
- Act as a connector across organizational boundaries to align priorities and solve complex challenges.
- Support pre-sales activities for large or strategic engagements to ensure strong delivery foundations from day one.
Improve How We Deliver
- Champion the use, reuse, and creation of intellectual property (IP) to improve consistency, scale, and efficiency.
- Capture lessons learned and partner with delivery excellence and quality teams to drive continuous improvement across the practice.
**Other **
- Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in related field AND 6+ years experience in consulting/professional services delivery, project management, practice management, or related field
- OR equivalent experience.
3+ years people management experience.
Other Requirements
Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:
- The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
- Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
- 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
- Experience delivering cybersecurity, cloud, or technology solutions in regulated, mission‑driven, or complex enterprise environments, including public sector or similarly governed industries.
- Demonstrated people leadership experience, such as leading, mentoring, or coaching teams through delivery, operational change, or growth—especially within matrixed or cross‑functional organizations.
- Working knowledge of core security concepts (e.g., Zero Trust, identity, cloud security, risk management) and the ability to apply them pragmatically to customer and business needs.
- Ability to translate customer, mission, and business priorities into actionable execution plans, balancing security requirements with delivery speed, quality, and measurable outcomes.
- Exposure to financial and operational management, including managing to budgets or forecasts, and using business metrics (such as delivery health, utilization, margin, or customer satisfaction) to guide decisions and drive performance.
- Familiarity with AI and AI‑first approaches in cybersecurity, along with experience or interest in developing, using, or scaling reusable assets or intellectual property (e.g., playbooks, patterns, accelerators) to improve consistency, efficiency, and impact.
Consulting Project Management M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $122,500 - $214,600 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 $154,500 - $231,700 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.**