Principal Group Security Assurance Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

6d • $142,800 - $304,200

About The Position

Microsoft’s M365 Security Team is seeking a Principal Group Security Assurance Manager to help scale the team and advance its goal of delivering secure and trusted productivity experiences. The role manages a team of Security professionals while also engaging directly with technical work such as Security Reviews, Threat Models, and Security Architecture. It calls for strong technology skills, growth engineering, data-informed decision making, partner engagement, and customer focus.

The position supports security assurance across widely used Microsoft 365 productivity applications and services, including AI platforms and implementations. It involves leading teams through AI transformation, driving secure engineering practices, guiding engineering teams, addressing security incidents and risks, and managing security and privacy programs and their metrics.

Candidates must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements. The role requires a Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter. It also requires citizenship or eligible status verification for access to export-controlled information and, because the position supports government customers, verification of citizenship where required or permitted by law.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 6+ years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of people management experience.
• Must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Must provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status for assessment of eligibility to access export-controlled information; citizenship is also subject to verification for government-customer-related restrictions, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or a related field and 8+ years of relevant experience in an enterprise setting; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 12+ years of relevant experience in an enterprise setting; or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of people management and/or informal or indirect team leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of Security Assurance professionals and guide them through the AI Transformation.
• Drive understanding and decision-making around Security Incidents and the Post Incident Review (PIR) Process.
• Drive Secure Engineering policies, practices, and tooling across Microsoft user-facing services, including AI platforms and implementations.
• Guide Engineering Teams across Microsoft on security best practices.
• Collaborate with teams across Microsoft to define state-of-the-art detection, prevention, and elimination of security risks.
• Identify emerging security problems requiring additional focus and contribute to solutions, often using AI.
• Mentor people inside and outside Microsoft on building secure platforms and systems.
• Plan and manage an expanding portfolio of security and privacy programs and track associated metrics.
• Perform other reasonable activities directed by management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal