Principal Technical Program Manager

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Redmond, WA +1 · Technical Program Management

This role is for a Principal Technical Program Manager within Microsoft's Cloud & AI organization, focusing on leading global-scale security initiatives across cloud services. The primary responsibility is to ensure the resilience and compliance of Microsoft services, enabling customers to operate securely. The role involves defining strategy, aligning roadmaps, and delivering secure-by-design solutions in collaboration with engineering, security, services, and compliance teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define program vision, strategy, and execution plans in collaboration with security, services, engineering, and compliance teams.
  2. Own the delivery of complex, cross-team initiatives that span multiple division.
  3. Track and mitigate risks, manage dependencies, and ensure timely delivery of program milestones.
  4. Build and manage program-level dashboards and KPIs, ensuring leadership visibility and data-driven decision-making.
  5. Embody our culture and values

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • engineering
  • product/technical program management
  • data analysis
  • product development
  • managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects

Nice to have

  • 12+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
  • reading and/or writing code
  • scaled up distributed systems
  • high volume log stream handling
  • cloud infrastructure
  • detection technologies

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.