Principal Technical Program Manager- AI Infrastructure

Microsoft

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On-site
Location
Redmond, WA · Mountain View, CA
Salary
$142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted
today
Closes
Dec 2, 2026

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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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TL;DR · Principal Technical Program Manager- AI Infrastructure

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As a Principal Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, you will lead the development of advanced AI infrastructure platforms, ensuring seamless integration across hardware and software stacks. Your role involves orchestrating end-to-end delivery from early development through production readiness, managing dependencies, risks, and cross-team tradeoffs to maintain project momentum. You will establish robust operating rhythms for reporting, alignment, and clear escalation paths while improving tools and processes to enhance predictability. This high-impact position requires expertise in system-level thinking, strong technical depth, and the ability to drive complex programs across multiple infrastructure domains, addressing novel scaling challenges and evolving execution models to preserve security, reliability, and quality. Preferred qualifications include experience with platform bring-up, system integration, and hardware/software co-development, as well as strong communication skills for influencing technical discussions involving architecture, trade-offs, and performance optimization in AI workloads.

Skills

Azure Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Python PostgreSQL Prometheus Grafana AWS Terraform Git Linux REST JSON/WebAPI Scalability Security Reliability PerformanceOptimization AIWorkloadsTrainingInference

What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end delivery from development through production readiness.
  • Manage dependencies, risks, and cross-team tradeoffs for consistent execution.
  • Ensure platform and performance readiness through bring-up and benchmarking.
  • Establish operating rhythm with reporting, alignment, and clear escalation paths.
  • Identify systemic gaps and drive alignment across infrastructure domains.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of engineering or technical program management experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • Experience driving platform bring-up and system integration programs.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills across hardware and software teams.
  • Ability to manage dependencies and risks in complex, cross-functional projects.
  • Influence technical discussions on architecture and performance optimization.
  • Specialized security screenings for Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

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