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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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Principal Technical Program Manager- Trust joins the MSec Trust Privacy team to lead strategic privacy and data governance programs across Microsoft Security. This senior individual contributor role involves managing complex, cross-organizational programs for security products, services, research, and data platforms. The person will define governance approaches for data collection, usage, and protection while translating legal and regulatory requirements into actionable technical guidance. Key responsibilities include leading privacy work for artificial intelligence—specifically model training, anonymization, de-identification, and differential privacy—and developing decision frameworks, playbooks, and certification processes. The role requires expertise in privacy engineering, cybersecurity data, and enterprise data governance. Candidates must possess skills in translating policy into technical requirements and navigating the intersection of privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence to resolve systemic risks through technical analysis and stakeholder alignment across engineering, legal, and research teams.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn?
Median $190350 from 195 postings across 32 companies.
Lead cross-organizational privacy and data governance programs for security products, services, and research platforms.
Define governance approaches for the collection, use, sharing, and protection of security-related data.
Translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into actionable technical guidance for engineering teams.
Manage privacy and data governance for artificial intelligence, including model training and de-identification techniques.
Develop decision frameworks, standards, playbooks, and certification processes to make requirements repeatable and auditable.
Identify systemic risks and drive resolutions through technical analysis and stakeholder alignment.
Serve as a trusted advisor for high-impact decisions by communicating technical trade-offs and regulatory implications.
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 pass Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud background checks.
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).
Experience with privacy engineering, data protection, responsible AI, cybersecurity data, or enterprise data governance (preferred).
Knowledge of anonymization, de-identification, differential privacy, tokenization, synthetic data, or privacy-preserving machine learning (preferred).
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