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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 Technical Program Manager II joins the Cyber Defense Investigations – Escalations team, which serves as the deep-dive investigative arm for high-severity, nation-state security incidents within a first-party cloud estate. In this role, you will coordinate complex workstreams, track milestones, and build operational mechanisms like roadmaps, dashboards, and decision logs to ensure security initiatives move from planning to execution. You will translate technical inputs into clear plans, identify blockers, and improve workflows by automating manual processes. Key skills include program management, data analysis, and the ability to organize ambiguous information. You will utilize tools such as Azure DevOps, Power BI, Kusto/KQL, and AI-assisted tools to measure program health and improve operational decision-making while supporting incident response, threat intelligence, and detection engineering efforts.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn?
Median $191875 from 276 postings across 48 companies.
Coordinate security programs by defining objectives, milestones, owners, dependencies, and success measures.
Support complex incident workstreams by coordinating activities across threat intelligence, containment, and detection engineering teams.
Build and maintain program mechanisms including roadmaps, trackers, dashboards, and decision logs.
Track commitments and identify blockers to ensure actions and decisions reach closure.
Improve team workflows by automating manual processes and documenting operational standards.
Use data and AI-assisted tools to identify trends and measure program health.
Translate technical information into clear status reports and communications for leadership audiences.
Capture lessons learned from incidents and track resulting improvements through completion.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree and 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development or equivalent experience.
Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field and 1+ years of experience in program management, project management, security operations, engineering, data analysis, or a related technical discipline (preferred).
Experience coordinating projects or initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, teams, or workstreams (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to organize ambiguous or complex information into clear plans, actions, owners, milestones, and deliverables (preferred).
Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical or operational information for different audiences (preferred).
Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving environment where priorities may change in response to emerging security events (preferred).
Familiarity with cybersecurity, incident response, security operations, threat intelligence, or cloud technologies (preferred).
Familiarity with program and data tools such as Azure DevOps, Power BI, Kusto/KQL, Microsoft 365, or similar platforms (preferred).
Cybersecurity
SaaS
Cloud
Identity and Access Management
Security Architecture
Agile
AI
Risk Management
Program Governance
Security Controls
Technical Program Management
Data Sensitivity
Integrations
Metrics
Reporting
Azure
Cloud Services
Distributed Systems
Azure DevOps
GitHub
Kusto
Power BI
Grafana
Scripting
Workflow Automation
Service Telemetry
Live-site Operations
Data Querying
Azure
Kusto Query Language
SQL
Power BI
GitHub
Azure DevOps
Responsible AI
Automation Frameworks
Telemetry
Incident Management
Source Control
Cloud Governance
Vulnerability Management
Security Operations
Compliance Engineering
S360
Service Tree
AI
ML Systems
Model Training Pipelines
ML Infrastructure
GPU Compute
Observability
Infrastructure
Data Platforms
System Design
Architecture
Cloud Cost
Automation