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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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The Senior Technical Program Manager joins the Integrated Planning & Execution Datacenter Infrastructure team to manage regional health across an Americas-wide portfolio. This senior individual-contributor role involves turning complex technical and business signals into clear assessments and coordinated actions to ensure regions can serve intended workloads. You will independently lead programs from launch readiness to growth and recovery, identifying constraints in capacity, power availability, and deployment bottlenecks. Key responsibilities include developing mitigation options, driving accountable recovery plans, and strengthening operating models. You must possess deep knowledge of datacenter deployment architectures, including compute, networking, storage, power, and cooling. The role requires expertise in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and AI/ML platforms to solve problems related to platform readiness, scalability, and reliability for large-scale compute environments.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn in Washington?
Median $174950 from 58 postings across 12 companies.
Own regional health assessments by integrating capacity, demand, and service-readiness signals into evidence-backed views.
Identify infrastructure constraints such as availability-zone imbalances, power availability, and deployment bottlenecks.
Develop decision-ready mitigation options for supply acceleration, demand shaping, and alternative workload placement.
Drive accountable recovery plans with named owners, milestones, and measurable exit criteria to resolve cross-team blockers.
Translate complex technical risks into actionable plans for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ensure platform, tooling, and operational readiness for AI workloads prior to production cutover.
Provide data-driven updates to senior leadership regarding progress, risks, and business impact.
Define and implement repeatable deployment playbooks and automation opportunities to reduce time-to-live.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in engineering, technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or similar role in highly technical environments (preferred).
Proven experience leading complex, cross-team technical programs with significant infrastructure or platform components (preferred).
Strong technical foundation in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, AI/ML platforms, or hardware-software integrations (preferred).
Experience delivering or scaling AI, HPC, or GPU-based platforms in production environments (preferred).
Experience driving cycle-time reduction or large-scale process transformation (preferred).