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The Principal Technical Program Manager joins the Azure HPC & AI Infrastructure team to provide technical leadership for networking architectures connecting GPU and accelerated computing infrastructure. This role involves defining multi-year technical strategies and roadmaps for large-scale AI training and inference workloads. You will lead complex infrastructure programs from early technology evaluation through qualification, deployment, and operation at hyperscale. Key responsibilities include translating workload requirements into architecture decisions regarding bandwidth, latency, and congestion management. You will work with technologies including InfiniBand, RDMA, high-performance Ethernet, network interface devices, switches, optics, and emerging AI interconnect architectures. The position requires navigating ambiguous environments to align hardware, software, and systems engineering stakeholders while ensuring that strategic silicon and networking suppliers meet rigorous performance, reliability, and cost requirements for global AI infrastructure.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn in Remote?
Median $208800 from 31 postings across 13 companies.
Define the multi-year technical strategy and architecture for networking capabilities supporting large-scale AI training and inference.
Translate AI workload requirements into specific networking requirements for bandwidth, latency, topology, and congestion management.
Lead technical evaluations and architectural decisions for InfiniBand, RDMA, Ethernet fabrics, switches, and optics.
Influence the technical roadmaps of strategic silicon and networking suppliers to meet performance and cost requirements.
Drive complex infrastructure programs from early technology exploration through qualification, production readiness, and fleet deployment.
Establish engineering mechanisms and success criteria to measure performance, reliability, availability, and operational health.
Identify architectural and operational risks early and drive cross-organizational resolution of issues affecting infrastructure readiness.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree and 6+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development (or equivalent).
3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development (preferred).
8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects (preferred).
1+ year of experience reading and/or writing code (preferred).
1+ year of experience designing, developing, deploying, or operating large-scale datacenter, cloud, HPC, accelerated computing, or AI infrastructure (preferred).
1+ year of deep technical experience with high-performance networking technologies like InfiniBand, Ethernet, RDMA/RoCE, or high-speed interconnects (preferred).