Minecraft Regulatory Compliance and Acceleration Program Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Mojang Studios is seeking a Regulatory Compliance and Acceleration Program Manager to lead regulatory compliance and acceleration programs focused on digital safety and responsible AI. Reporting to the Director of Franchise Compliance, this role translates regulatory requirements into durable product and operational processes, coordinates regulatory-inquiry responses with Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA), and owns required documentation such as Digital Safety Risk Assessments. The role also leads transparency-reporting efforts and creates and operates an agentic, AI-native program to improve the speed, quality, and scalability of compliance work. The ideal candidate combines compliance or legal-domain expertise with technical, product, or development fluency.

The role works across legal, safety, policy, engineering, product, data, and operations teams throughout Microsoft. Mojang Studios describes its team as creative and collaborative, with a goal of reflecting the diverse global Minecraft community.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Nice To Haves

• 4+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• At least 1 year of experience reading and/or writing code.
• Experience delivering compliance or legal programs for a technology platform, game company, or digital service, particularly in digital safety or AI.
• Experience interpreting regulatory requirements and converting them into product, engineering, and operational deliverables.
• Experience preparing risk assessments, regulatory documentation, transparency reports, or responses to government inquiries.
• Experience partnering with legal counsel and multidisciplinary product teams.
• Experience applying AI, automation, or agentic capabilities to governed business processes.
• Excellent program leadership, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs that fulfill digital safety and responsible AI regulatory requirements.
• Own required regulatory documentation, including reviews, submissions, and recurring updates.
• Partner with CELA and cross-functional teams to investigate and respond to regulatory inquiries.
• Lead transparency-reporting planning, data coordination, quality review, and delivery.
• Provide compliance guidance for product releases and readiness decisions.
• Design and implement an agentic, AI-native program that automates repeatable compliance workflows while maintaining appropriate human oversight.
• Establish governance, controls, metrics, and reporting for regulatory obligations and risks.
• Coordinate across legal, safety, policy, engineering, product, data, and operations teams throughout Microsoft.

What This Job Offers

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