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About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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The Principal + Senior Technical Program Manager joins the Cloud Delivery & Governance team to shape the Cloud Delivery strategy for Microsoft Defender services across global, sovereign, and regulated cloud environments. This role involves leading cross-functional technical programs to improve operational readiness, reliability, and delivery performance. You will own program outcomes from problem definition through delivery, identifying service risks, strengthening operational controls, and translating technical limitations into actionable priorities. Key responsibilities include using incident trends and service telemetry to prioritize corrective engineering and automating manual processes. Required skills include experience in engineering, product development, or data analysis, with technical fluency in data querying, telemetry analysis, scripting, and workflow automation using tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub, Kusto, Power BI, or Grafana to solve complex infrastructure and service-operations challenges.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn?
Median $190350 from 282 postings across 45 companies.
Lead cross-functional technical programs to improve operational readiness and reliability of security services across global and regulated cloud environments.
Own program outcomes from problem definition through delivery by setting success measures, milestones, and accountability across engineering and operations teams.
Identify service risks and operational gaps to strengthen controls and improve customer experience, availability, and compliance.
Analyze incident trends and service telemetry to identify recurring failure patterns and prioritize corrective engineering work.
Partner with engineering teams to automate manual processes and improve runbooks and measurable operating practices.
Shape the Cloud Delivery strategy by aligning customer requirements, data sovereignty considerations, and service architecture.
Translate technical limitations and product roadmap information into actionable Cloud Delivery priorities for various regions.
Establish review mechanisms to provide senior leaders with visibility into portfolio health, strategic tradeoffs, and required actions.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development (or equivalent).
Ability to pass Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud background checks.
Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, or data analysis (preferred).
6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects (preferred).
Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs in cloud, enterprise software, infrastructure, or service-operations environments (preferred).
Working knowledge of cloud services, distributed systems, deployment practices, service telemetry, or live-site operations (preferred).
Experience using incident data, operational metrics, or customer signals to identify problems and drive improvements (preferred).
Practical technical fluency in data querying, telemetry analysis, scripting, workflow automation, or systems like Azure DevOps, GitHub, Kusto, Power BI, or Grafana (preferred).
AI
Cybersecurity
Telemetry
Data Analysis
Risk and Compliance
Governance
Product Development
Automated Workflows
Systems Thinking
Security Operations
Audit Requirements
AI
Machine Learning
Site Reliability Engineering
Observability
Anomaly Detection
Telemetry
Predictive Analytics
Intelligent Automation
Data Science
Incident Response
Technical Program Management
Data Analysis