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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 Senior Technical Program Manager joins the Microsoft Specialized Clouds team to lead planning and AI transformation for engineering. This role involves owning the strategy for improving the planning lifecycle, including intake, prioritization, dependency management, and capacity allocation. You will partner with the AI v-team to translate engineering scenarios into scalable AI-enabled capabilities, establishing governance and operating rhythms to improve productivity and decision quality. Key responsibilities include building agentic systems, AI-powered automation, and workflow optimizations while ensuring security and reliability. Required skills include experience in engineering, technical program management, data analysis, or product development, alongside cross-functional project management. You will utilize systems-thinking to manage complex dependencies across engineering, data science, and security, specifically addressing the needs of secure, compliant, and highly reliable cloud environments for mission-critical customers.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn?
Median $190350 from 263 postings across 39 companies.
Lead a cross-organization v-team to align priorities and establish repeatable planning practices across MSC.
Define the vision, roadmap, and success measures for AI-powered semester planning.
Partner with the CTO office to set priorities and maintain an outcome-focused roadmap for AI-first engineering.
Identify high-impact opportunities to improve engineering workflows using emerging AI capabilities.
Drive alignment across workstreams to ensure AI-enabled workflows and agentic capabilities meet organizational needs.
Support Lighthouse experiments and translate successful approaches into sustained improvements for planning and operations.
Define success measures to assess improvements in engineering productivity, quality, and operational outcomes.
Communicate progress, risks, and strategic decisions to executive leadership.
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 experience.
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Verification of U.S. citizenship is required due to legal restrictions.
Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
Experience building automation, data, and analytics solutions to improve processes and decision-making (preferred).
Experience delivering AI-powered capabilities like copilots, agents, or workflow automation from concept to deployment (preferred).
Experience leading portfolio or planning programs in large engineering or cloud organizations (preferred).
Experience delivering technical programs in cloud infrastructure, government environments, or other regulated industries (preferred).
AI
Cybersecurity
Telemetry
Data Analysis
Risk and Compliance
Governance
Product Development
Automated Workflows
Systems Thinking
Security Operations
Audit Requirements