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As a Principal Technical Program Manager on the Azure High Performance Computing & Artificial Intelligence Platform team, you will lead the strategy, execution, and delivery of customer-facing AI supercomputing programs. You will manage complex, cross-organizational initiatives spanning datacenter infrastructure, hardware platforms, networking, storage, software systems, reliability, and operations to support frontier model training and next-generation AI workloads. The role involves partnering with engineering teams and executive stakeholders to translate customer needs into scalable platform capabilities while mentoring team members and supporting the Product Management team. You will utilize expertise in AI systems and large-scale distributed computing to solve technical challenges related to high-performance computing. Required skills include extensive experience in technical program management, data analysis, or product development, along with a proven track record of managing cross-functional projects within complex, fast-paced environments involving modern cloud infrastructure concepts.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn?
Median $193000 from 169 postings across 36 companies.
Translate complex customer needs into scalable platform capabilities for frontier model training.
Manage high-visibility programs to support strategic customers on their cloud AI journeys.
Influence executive decision-making and align stakeholders across multiple internal organizations.
Mentor team members and provide technical support to the Product Management team.
Deliver infrastructure solutions for large-scale inference systems and scientific simulations.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development (or equivalent).
At least 6 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other required security screenings.
Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development (preferred).
10+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects (preferred).
5+ years of experience with modern cloud infrastructure concepts and design techniques (preferred).
At least 1 year of experience reading and/or writing code (preferred).
1+ year of proven technical program management track record in a fast-paced, dynamic environment (preferred).
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