Senior Technical Program Manager

Microsoft • ,

12h • $119,800 - $261,000

About The Position

As a Senior Technical Program Manager on Microsoft Azure Core, you will collaborate to deliver the next generation of cloud capacity management technology and manage Azure region health. You will own and operate a large area of the business autonomously, partnering with Software and Hardware Engineering to design technical solutions across feature areas, identify risks, and propose data-based mitigations. You will define success criteria, build relationships to implement features for complex cross-functional projects, coordinate alignment across organizations, and deliver roadmaps for multiple feature groups. The role includes tracking schedules, developing staging and implementation plans, managing governance programs, validating use cases, writing test cases, coordinating performance metrics and customer support, and leading direct customer engagements.

The work supports Microsoft Azure's core cloud platform and is relied upon by customers globally. It provides opportunities to work with high-scale distributed systems. Microsoft describes its mission as empowering every person and organization to achieve more and emphasizes a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and an inclusive work environment.

Requirements

• 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.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in one or more of cloud infrastructure management, datacenter design and operations, server and network equipment deployments, rack design, server design, server/network hardware and software interaction, automation and control systems, network engineering, distributed systems, new product and service development, high-performance computing, and GPUs.
• 2+ years of experience building cloud applications and knowledge of IaaS and PaaS offerings.
• Experience building decision-support, planning, allocation, or optimization products that drive business-critical operational decisions at scale.
• A proven track record of translating business policies, constraints, and objectives into durable platform capabilities rather than one-off solutions.
• Experience building rules-based systems, recommendation engines, policy engines, or optimization-driven products.
• Systems-thinking skills and the ability to model complex relationships between supply, demand, commitments, constraints, and business priorities.
• Experience partnering with engineering, data science, operations research, and business stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Experience defining decision frameworks, tradeoffs, and success metrics in resource-constrained environments.
• Experience building reusable platform capabilities that support multiple scenarios, workflows, and customers.
• Strong product instincts and the ability to simplify complex operational problems into scalable products and experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate a large area of the business autonomously.
• Partner with Software and Hardware Engineering to design technical solutions across feature areas.
• Identify risks and propose data-based mitigations.
• Define success criteria and establish relationships for implementing features on complex cross-functional projects.
• Coordinate projects and ensure alignment across organizations.
• Deliver roadmaps for multiple feature groups, track project schedules, develop staging and implementation plans, and manage governance programs.
• Validate use cases and write test cases from scratch to drive continuous improvements.
• Lead teams in partnering with other departments to collect performance metrics and drive customer support.
• Lead direct customer engagements.

Benefits

• The posting notes that certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation, with additional information available at the linked Microsoft careers page.

What This Job Offers

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